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Radha Mitchell Talks Silent Hill 2

Source:Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor
April 7, 2009


Things were looking quite bleak for Radha Mitchell at the end of the 2006 video game adaptation Silent Hill.

Director Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf) wisely left the door open to a sequel, yet a follow-up has yet to transpire. The last rumblings of Silent Hill 2 dated back to 2007 with writer Roger Avary offering some hope for the game's, and the film's, fans. Then everything went, well, silent.

Last evening, I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Mitchell on the set of The Crazies in Georgia. I broached the subject of Silent Hill 2 to see if she's heard anything new. "I think they're kicking it around, but I don't think Christophe is attached," she said, "which is a shame, he's a nutter but he's so passionate about the game. I think he should do it if they do it again. I'm sure they will, but I'm not sure what incarnation it will be."

Should a second chapter come along, Mitchell wants in, but not as the heroine. "I want to come back as a monster or some crazy creature," she smiles.

The first Silent Hill grossed nearly $100 million worldwide.

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Posted by: MistAh BlistAh on April 7, 2009 at 03:29:56

hmm...There was a lot I didn't like about the first one, but I'd still be up for another. Radha Rocks, I watched Rogue earlier tonight and she was awesome in it, great movie!


Posted by: Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor on April 7, 2009 at 03:40:35

Radha on screen? Awesome. In person? Even better.


Posted by: Mike_D on April 7, 2009 at 03:53:14

I really liked the first one. I still have nightmares about that ****in' siren going off over town before everything turns to hell.


Posted by: Calum on April 7, 2009 at 05:11:29

I love the first film, and any reference to Rose in the second would be amazing because, well...if you see the movie right at the end you'll understand Rose's connection to Silent Hill and the importance of her daughter.


Posted by: kow626 on April 7, 2009 at 05:37:15

scc should b canned. although ill admit da writingn has improved in da later eps of dis season, it should end b4 da new movies cum out. dey moved da story 2 slow n its 2 late 2 get out of da hole.

i liked da 1st silent hill movie although 2 dis day da ending confuses da **** out of me. i welcum a 2nd part.


Posted by: JAFOrlando26 on April 7, 2009 at 09:25:48

I definitely think that they should bring a sequel. The good thing about Silent Hill is that's it's an on going curse. It just doesn't stop with one person. Being that first movie ended with Sharon as the newly incarnated "Alessa" and her mother Rose in this alternative world that Alessa created, I think it's time to see good old Dad try to cross over.

If you remember in Silent Hill 2 the video game; A man named James Sutherland starts to receive letters from his late wife. Those letters guide him to Silent Hill. He desperately tries to find her. He is willing to literally go to hell and back to be with her again. At the end, he realizes the only for him to be with her, is to cross over to the other plain. He kills himself in order to be with his wife.

That is some twisted stuff right there! I think that would be a perfect direction for a Silent Hill sequel.

(My vision)

Chris De Silva (Sean Bean) has sleepless nights. He hears her whispering to him in the darkness...but she is not there. When he goes out to certain familiar places, he turns and sees her for a split second calling out to him, and when he looks again....she is not there. He falls into a deep depression and he starts to have nightmares of Silent Hill and of Rose and "Sharon" (Alessa) calling out to him to go to Silent Hill.

The occurences start to drive him insane, until one day, he receives a letter. The letter has no inscription....simply a return address...."Silent Hill". It's a letter from Rose saying that they need him to go to Silent Hill. He looks at the letter and recognizes his wifes handwriting. He takes the letter and presses it to his face to smell her sweet perfume. He begins to cry and scream out in desperation.....in that vulnerable moment....he makes a decision....

"I need to go to Silent Hill"

Man! I'd have a blast with that movie. I'd even bring back that cop from part one. To top it off, you could have some of the people from part one just be those crazed demons. Those who punished Alessa cease to exist in Silent Hill, but they live as the darkness that they once ran from. Completely consumed by her evil. I'd have Chris De Silva go alone....but if another person needs to be thrown in there with him....why not officer Thomas Gucci. Who knows the town of Silent Hill better than a former townsperson?

I'm telling you....I think that would be a great scenario for the second film. Plus, if Sean Bean signs back on, I definitely think that he will do a great job. He's a good actor. This second movie could be much more darker, and scarier being that it's not about the little girl anymore....it's about a desperate man on the brink of insanity who is trying to find his wife and realizes the horrible reality that she no longer exists in his world.

What you guys think? I'm here all week and I'll be happy to come on board direct this flick! LOL! :)


Posted by: General Gokemidoro on April 7, 2009 at 09:42:56

Hey kow626. Speaking of "da writingn". Your's is funny for about half a second before it becomes sad and pathetic. Maybe you should have stayed in school passed the 2nd grade. Now get your mommy to help you out with the big words here.


Posted by: djblack1313 on April 7, 2009 at 11:12:48

god i love Rhada!!! she's always amazing. i would LOVE her to be the lead again in SH2 (or just for there to BE a SH2!!). i'm really excited about THE CRAZIES too!


Posted by: djblack1313 on April 7, 2009 at 11:15:32

and kow626, i have NO idea what you just said. is there a way to translate or something? i mean, come on.


Posted by: gikey5 on April 7, 2009 at 16:55:41

Kudos to JAFOrlando26. I think that would tie the two movies together very good. Adding Officer Thomas Gucci into the story is nice. Or prehaps he can meet with him in the beginning and they exchange stories about "Sharon" (Alessa) before Chris enters Slient Hill. Then Officer Gucci will have deja vu all over again searching for him in the ghost town like he did with Chris's wife..... which drives him a little nuts for a chance to star in the thrid Slient Hill movie.
Meanwhile in town, Chris finds himself running in-and-out with a seemingly ordinary seventeen-year-old girl named Heather and a private detective named Douglas who has been sent by mysterious forces to find Heather (Silent Hill 3 video game). Douglas needs to talk to her about her past, something having to do with the day she was born. Chris trying to find his wife is the main focus of the movie and the Douglas and Heather are minor (a second plot, if you will).
Just an idea, but your pitch was solid already enough, JAFOrlando26.


Posted by: joe asylo on April 7, 2009 at 17:06:37

the first did left us with some surprise, but seen cone head, it was a true dely that film had.


Posted by: GK1 on April 7, 2009 at 19:00:56

oh gawd PLEASE let a sequel come with the same director.

I loved the first one!


Posted by: jokerzfinest on April 7, 2009 at 20:32:02

another silent hill is what im looking for a decent video game movie comes around with a good following on the systems and they are not capitalizing on it


Posted by: Q3 on April 7, 2009 at 20:54:47

They need to make this movie. It'll be the 2nd most terrifying movie ever...behind the first Silent Hill movie according to my mom.


Posted by: Paul on April 8, 2009 at 01:16:01

I love the overwhelming positivity I'm seeing here. I just hope someone up there takes notice. We want this sequel. The first film did its just right: it cinematically set up the foundation to what the series is. It's ending left the door wide open for a superb sequel that can really explore more intense themes and at the same time be an at least "loosely based" sequel about Chris searching for his wife in Silent Hill. It could be a dark, thematically rich, emotionally potent story to see Chris literally go through hell to find his wife and child.

They could really explore the dark world this time. In the first film, Alessa, or the town itself, *wanted* Rose to find all the clues and get to her eventual destination. Chris on the other hand would be an unwelcome visitor and would be treated much more cruelly. This could be perfect in every which way.


Posted by: Chepe16 on April 8, 2009 at 02:24:20

Yes, bring on the Silent Hill sequel! If Resident Evil can get 3 films why not Silent Hill?


Posted by: JAFOrlando26 on April 8, 2009 at 10:05:06

Thanks gikey5, I appreciate it. That's an awesome idea also, especially if they want to continue the saga. That's the awesome thing about Silent Hill....it's an ongoing thing. The first movie was good because it opened the eyes to the viewers who were not familiar with the game. It showed what Silent Hill is capable of. I think the whole story with Rose looking for Sharon was a nice introduction to a much more darker, and creepy story that is Silent hill.

I think that part 2, if done, should be completely focused on the twisted, dark, physcological/emotional and somewhat spiritual effect that Silent Hill imposes on it's victim.

One of the things I loved the most about part one is when at the end, the demon (Alessa's Dark Side) was explaining it all to Rose, and asked her to make a choice....Rose choice to do whatever possible to save her daughter. She gave herself over to the darkside. The demon fused with Rose in order to cross the only boundary that kept the darkness away from the people responsible. That is some twisted and creepy stuff if you ask me. Rose chose the dark side.

My question is.....what will good old Chris De Silva be willing to do to get his family back? That could be even creepier. I say make the sequel, and bring back the elements of the first movie. Incorporate the storyline and its components, but thrive on Chris De Silva's decision to be with his family again.

Being that he is a man, it can be much more physical, gritty, and scarier. More physical confrontations with the "demons" from Silent Hill. I'm not being sexist, but Sharon was not going to stand there and try to confront Pyramid head and make "a stand" lol. You know what I mean. It can be brutal to see De Silva (Sean Bean) go toe to toe with some of these creatures and see the all out physical brutality that he goes through in order to find his family.

This movie could be very scary if done the right way. Usually with sequels in the scary movie genre, it tends to get light. For instance: The Ring to me if one the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. It was dark, subliminal, and just demonic! lol Then comes part too, and they destroyed the idea. The Ring is another type of idea that could continue....oh no! But good old Samara wanted her mommy! Stupid!

Not Silent Hill 2. Instead of becoming light, and pointless....it could become darker, and take us into a deeper experience of how evil and disturbing Silent Hill really is......

What ya think?


Posted by: Moviefan935 on April 8, 2009 at 14:30:02

I know its off topic movie news. But doesnt anybody think they should do a new good version of the original Silent Hill game? Like they did with the first Resident Evil? Oh man, Im going to get alot of hate on this, lol.

anyways, a second movie would frickin rock. I loved the first one.


Posted by: Paul on April 8, 2009 at 19:16:20

"doesnt anybody think they should do a new good version of the original Silent Hill game? Like they did with the first Resident Evil?"

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Google it. It's out on PS2 and Wii later this year.


Posted by: gikey5 on April 9, 2009 at 00:42:28

Wow....JAFOrlando26, triple kudos to you. You really do have a great story here. Like the more I read, I picture it. And if I was producing the film, I hire you to write the screenplay. Sadly, I'm not, but you have an awesome pitch for the sequel. It would make a solid movie that has the emotional horror stuff that makes Slient Hill a great game to play.


Posted by: kow626 on April 11, 2009 at 11:32:54

i type abbreviated, fast, n dont spellcheck win it cums 2 general comments like on dis site. now let's begin wit our 1st english lesson...

General Gokemidoro
dere's no apostrophe in "your's." n it's "past" da 2nd grade, not "passed." wit ur grammar n punctual skills, u mite b describin urself. i think u need ur moms more dan me...n a demotion in rank is certainly necessary as well. **** it, dishonorable discharge is ur only option.

djblack1313
mayb u should giv ur fellow commenter above a lesson in simple english. urs is much betta. translate? wut did i type, swahili? piglatin? i mean, c'mon...


Posted by: GOodDaY on May 23, 2009 at 18:18:05

awesome idea JAFOrlando26.its my idea too,but another ending could be like this:Chris de silva kills he's monster(ed) wife(like one of the endings in SH2 game) and in return he take's sharon(like the First SH game).if they want to work on SH3 movie this could be very great ending because it's story will be very much closer to SH3 game....how's that?


Posted by: GLrican24 on September 13, 2009 at 01:54:18

A sequel would be great!!! I loved the first one!!! Bring it on!!!


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