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* HellIsThatNoise: Sharon being seconds away from throwing herself off a cliff and into a world of doom is enough of AdultFear already, not to mention the transition to the otherworld, but for some strange and possibly disturbing reason, we have to hear a disturbing voice in the background in both the opening of the film, and during the otherworld transition at the Church, and what makes it more compelling is that the moan was never heard in any of the video games it was based on.

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* HellIsThatNoise: Sharon being seconds away from throwing herself off a cliff and into a world of doom is enough of AdultFear fears already, not to mention the transition to the otherworld, but for some strange and possibly disturbing reason, we have to hear a disturbing voice in the background in both the opening of the film, and during the otherworld transition at the Church, and what makes it more compelling is that the moan was never heard in any of the video games it was based on.
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Dewicked trope


* AdultFear: First, your daughter is suffering from nightmares and nearly sleepwalks off a cliff. Then, you're searching for her desperately in a dark place full of monsters, and there's a crazy cult that wants to burn her at the stake.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The cultists lead by Christabella follow what seems to be a twisted version of Manichaeism dominated by BlackAndWhiteInsanity and obsessive about purity, with no trace of love, compassion or forgiveness.

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* ReligionOfEvil: The cultists lead by Christabella follow what seems to be a twisted version of Manichaeism dualism dominated by BlackAndWhiteInsanity and obsessive about purity, with no trace of love, compassion or forgiveness.
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Cybil carried both a gun and a flashlight


* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Downplayed, despite providing the current page image. Cybil is more of an asskicker than Rose, sure, but that has less to do with the fact that Rose wears a dress and Cybil wears pants than it does that Rose is a civilian who carries a flashlight while Cybil is a cop who carries a ''gun.''

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* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Downplayed, despite providing the current page image. Cybil is more of an asskicker than Rose, sure, but that has less to do with the fact that Rose wears a dress and Cybil wears pants than it does that Rose is a civilian who carries a flashlight while Cybil is a cop who carries a ''gun.'''' And a flashlight.
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* GodIsDispleased: The end of Sharon's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech toward Christbella.
--> '''Sharon''': Your faith brings death! You are alone in this limbo, and God is not here.

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* GodIsDispleased: The end of Sharon's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Rose's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing speech]] toward Christbella.
Christbella carries this remark when she condemns everyone in the church for their crimes against Alessa:
--> '''Sharon''': '''Rose''': Your faith brings death! You are alone in this limbo, and God is not here.
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* GodIsDispleased: The end of Sharon's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech toward Christbella.
--> '''Sharon''': Your faith brings death! You are alone in this limbo, and God is not here.
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** [[spoiler:Cybil is very graphically burned alive, gasping for her mother.

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** [[spoiler:Cybil is very graphically burned alive, gasping for her mother.mother]].

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Changing examples to a list form for easier readability. Added example of crucifixio, since that's got to count..


* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Cybil is very graphically burned alive, gasping for her mother. Also, Christabella and the cultists, along with Colin (whose death is implied rather than seen, but apparently involved barbed wire, an IV drip stand, and lots of screaming). Also Anna who was literally skinned alive by Pyramid Head which is not pretty and even the sounds make her death disturbing.]]

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** The first [[spoiler:Cult member]] seen in the film has been [[spoiler:crucified and left to slowly die in the town's Hellish Otherworld]].
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[[spoiler:Cybil is very graphically burned alive, gasping for her mother. Also, Christabella and mother.
** [[spoiler:Anna, a member of
the cultists, along with Colin (whose Cult who was probably born ''after'' the events that led to the town's current state, is literally skinned alive by Pyramid Head]]. Even the sounds make her death disturbing.
** [[spoiler:Collin, a janitor who
is implied rather than seen, but to have sexually abused Alessa, was killed offscreen before the events of the film. Even though we don't see it, his death apparently involved barbed wire, an IV drip stand, and lots of screaming). Also Anna who was literally skinned alive by Pyramid Head which is not pretty screaming]].
** [[spoiler:Christabella
and even the sounds make rest of her death disturbing.]]Cult are killed in a barbed wire assault on the church toward the end of the movie, after Rose is able to break down their faith and smuggle Dark Alessa into the building. One Cultist is crushed to paste by the living wire coils, and Christabella (the Cult's leader) is subjected to a GroinAttack that quickly tears her in half from the inside]].
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Anna, a younger member of the Cult, hears the Otherworld alarm go off but still chooses to [[spoiler:waste precious time yelling at/battering Dahlia Gillespie, who she knows to be the mother of "the Dark One"]] instead of rushing to safety. [[spoiler:While her mother blames Anna's inevitable and horrific death on the protagonists]], even Christabella (the head of the Cult) seems to recognize that [[spoiler:Anna's own foolish actions led to her death]] and calms the mob.
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Adding a bit of context to make the situation more clear, since Dahlia *does* bring Alessa to be "purified". I still think it's an example, since she tries to stop them once she realizes what that means, but the original text makes it sound like she's not at all complicit.


* AdaptationalHeroism: Here, Dahlia is a tragic victim of circumstance who couldn't stop the cult from [[spoiler: taking Alessa and burning her nearly to death]]. In the source material, Dahlia is a senior member of the cult and did the horrible deed ''herself''.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Here, Dahlia is a tragic victim of circumstance who couldn't stop who, upon realizing what the cult intends to do, tries to stop them from [[spoiler: taking Alessa and burning her nearly to death]]. In the source material, Dahlia is a senior member of the cult and did the horrible deed ''herself''.
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** Dramatically averted with [[spoiler:Alessa and Cybil]]. Both are held above a large bonfire, rather than being put directly inside of it [[spoiler:Although Cybil eventually bursts into flame anyway due to the heat]].
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Cybil is very graphically burned alive, gasping for her mother. Also, Christabella and the cultists, along with Colin (whose death is implied rather than seen, but apparently involved barbed wire, an IV drip stand, and lots of screaming).]]

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Cybil is very graphically burned alive, gasping for her mother. Also, Christabella and the cultists, along with Colin (whose death is implied rather than seen, but apparently involved barbed wire, an IV drip stand, and lots of screaming). Also Anna who was literally skinned alive by Pyramid Head which is not pretty and even the sounds make her death disturbing.]]
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**Also the humming that is heard throughout Rose's time in the otherworld.
**Pyramid Head's voice would also be the case for this trope. Hearing him growl can make you quickly remember what it is you were running from in the beginning.
**Some of the songs and music from Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 count for this as well as hearing something as frightening as the music is sure to send your bladder on overdrive just listening to it.
**The Air Raid Siren may count for this as well considering that when you hear it going off, you only have one option and that's pretty much to fucking run for your life even though you're pretty much screwed already.


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*PoliceAreUseless: Averted even since it was based off of the video game franchise where most of the time Cybil is practically just a cop, but in the film it is treated rather differently as she seems to help Rose only after the fact she's nearly bisected, beheaded, and face grabbed by Pyramid Head along with Rose does she finally realize Rose wasn't lying when she said Cybil had no idea what she was doing... and she was definitely right.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Sharon being seconds away from throwing herself off a cliff and into a world of doom is enough of *AdultFear already, not to mention the transition to the otherworld, but for some strange and possibly disturbing reason, we have to hear a disturbing voice in the background in both the opening of the film, and during the otherworld transition at the Church, and what makes it more compelling is that the moan was never heard in any of the video games it was based on.

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* HellIsThatNoise: Sharon being seconds away from throwing herself off a cliff and into a world of doom is enough of *AdultFear AdultFear already, not to mention the transition to the otherworld, but for some strange and possibly disturbing reason, we have to hear a disturbing voice in the background in both the opening of the film, and during the otherworld transition at the Church, and what makes it more compelling is that the moan was never heard in any of the video games it was based on.
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*HellIsThatNoise: Sharon being seconds away from throwing herself off a cliff and into a world of doom is enough of *AdultFear already, not to mention the transition to the otherworld, but for some strange and possibly disturbing reason, we have to hear a disturbing voice in the background in both the opening of the film, and during the otherworld transition at the Church, and what makes it more compelling is that the moan was never heard in any of the video games it was based on.
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* CreepyChild: Dark Alessa is the most obvious example, but Sharon also has her moments, like when she falls into unconsciousness and starts scribbling in her NightmareFuelColoringBook. [[spoiler: The combined Alessa/Sharon at the end of the movie isn't quite as overtly frightening as Dark Alessa, but she's subtly disturbing in her own way]].

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* CreepyChild: Dark Alessa is the most obvious example, but Sharon also has her moments, like when she falls into unconsciousness and starts scribbling in her NightmareFuelColoringBook. [[spoiler: The combined Alessa/Sharon at the end of the movie isn't quite as overtly frightening as Dark Alessa, but she's subtly disturbing in her own way]]. Alessa's classmates are also disturbing, physically assaulting her and screaming insults at her on a daily basis.
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Christabella's cult is shown to be this, even more monstrous than the actual monsters in the town.

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Christabella's cult is cult, Colin the janitor, and Alessa's classmates are shown to be this, even more monstrous than the actual monsters in the town.
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* FairCop: Cybil Bennett is normally this in the video games. As portrayed here by a HellBentForLeather Creator/LaurenHolly, she does not disappoint.
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* SingleIssueWonk: There are droves of people who condemn the movie as garbage simply because [[GenderFlip they made Harry Mason a female]] for the film. Though the excuse the film makers used to defend that choice, namely that they didn't consider Harry to be strong or manly enough to be male, and that in their view it is apparently a feminine trait to be willing to protect your child by putting your own life in danger, does comes across as quite sexist and certainly doesn't help matters.
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A sequel film based (mostly) on ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' -- ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' -- was released on October 26th, 2012. It was directed by MJ Basset and follows the adventures of Sharon some years later.

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A sequel film based (mostly) on ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' -- ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' -- was released on October 26th, 2012. It was directed by MJ Basset Bassett and follows the adventures of Sharon some years later.
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A sequel film based (mostly) on ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' -- ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' -- was released on October 26th, 2012. It was directed by Michael J. Basset and follows the adventures of Sharon some years later.

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A sequel film based (mostly) on ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' -- ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' -- was released on October 26th, 2012. It was directed by Michael J. MJ Basset and follows the adventures of Sharon some years later.
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* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler: Cybil. Rather than get into the elevator with Rose, she stays behind to ostensibly hold off the cultists...except there's very little the cultists could do to stop the elevator once the door was closed.]]

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* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler: Cybil. Rather than get into the elevator with Rose, she stays behind to ostensibly hold off the cultists...except there's very little the cultists could do to stop the elevator once the door was closed. It seems that the time they used burning her before Sharon ended up saving Sharon, but there was no way Cybil would have known that at the time.]]
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* ToiletHorror: A memorable scene takes place in a bathroom in which janitor monster resides.
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* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Downplayed, despite providing the current page image. Cybil is more of an asskicker than Rose, sure, but that has less to do with the fact that Rose wears a dress and Cybil wears pants than it does that Rose is a civilian who carries a flashlight while Cybil is a cop who carries a ''gun.''
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[[caption-width-right:180:[[BlatantLies A relaxing place to visit.]] I don't bloody think.]]

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[[caption-width-right:180:[[BlatantLies A relaxing place to visit.]] ]] I don't bloody think.]]
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[[caption-width-right:180:[[BlatantLies A relaxing place to visit.]]]]

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]] I don't bloody think.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Christabella, the cult leader who is responsible for Silent Hill's EldritchLocation status.]]
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A sequel film based (mostly) on ''SilentHill3'' -- ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' -- was released on October 26th, 2012. It was directed by Michael J. Basset and follows the adventures of Sharon some years later.

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A sequel film based (mostly) on ''SilentHill3'' ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' -- ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'' -- was released on October 26th, 2012. It was directed by Michael J. Basset and follows the adventures of Sharon some years later.
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[[caption-width-right:344:[[BlatantLies A relaxing place to visit.]]]]

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Christabella's cult is shown to be this, even more monstrous than the actual monsters in the town.

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