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Several creatures from the first four installments made a big screen appearance in the ''Silent Hill'' film adaptation. All of the creatures, with the exception of one, are present in the previous games. Upon being asked on the interpretation of the monsters and whether the film will answer this, [[Film director|director]] [[Christophe Gans]] stated that the most basic explanation was of course that they are victims of Alessa, people in hell as if. However, | Several creatures from the first four installments made a big screen appearance in the ''Silent Hill'' film adaptation. All of the creatures, with the exception of one, are present in the previous games. Upon being asked on the interpretation of the monsters and whether the film will answer this, [[Film director|director]] [[Christophe Gans]] stated that the most basic explanation was of course that they are victims of Alessa, people in hell as if. The movie's plot already signifies this as her vengeance upon the town. This entity being the “Dark” or “Negative” Alessa, complete with a Samara theme. It can be noted that there are several uses of the The Ring's concepts and ideas, such as drawings now linking to things in the town or the lack of the original story on The God. Oppositely, Sharon is any innocent portion of Alessa left, being the "Light" or "Positive” Alessa. A "making of" also states that the monsters were originally humans. | ||
However, it's also stated that other interpretations are possible and further listed that the monsters could be put as simple hallucinations from the protagonists, coming from one’s own psyche.<ref name="preserve">[http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/silenthill/productiondiary/archives/2006/04/on_interpreting.php Christophe Gans' Production Diary] (Fourth Q&A: "On Interpreting Silent Hill's Monsters and Preserving the Atmospheric Quality of the Game", published Friday, [[April 18]], [[2006]].)</ref> While it's similar in nature to the game's "materialization of delusions", a hallucination implies a simpler internal phenomenon rather, happening to anyone. Such an example would be the dangerous fumes emitting around the town that could cause this. However, it's true the film's content features anybody seeing the same proposed hallucinations and being affected by them equally. The surprise ending also changes the idea of it being Rose's own singular hallucination as well, thus leading back to the original nature to the film's monsters. | |||
