Silent Hill: A Letter to James

I will be writing a more in-depth review ASAP on my personal blog but I wanted to give this project the flowers it deserves as I have been following since its announcement.

Overall: 7/10 A nice love letter for Silent Hill. The atmosphere created through the environment, cinematography, and soundtrack truly carry this short film. Though I see people praising this as "better than the official movies," I think that if the same story were put out by Chris Gans, it would be ripped apart for leaving out Laura and Angela and making the changes that it did. HOWEVER, for what it is - a short, fan film on a limited budget, I think it is a great project with a lot of budding actors that have plenty of potential.

Cinematography: 10/10 Gorgeous. Great angles, stellar lighting, cool FX and thoughtful framing of the scenes.

Costuming: 9.5/10 The half a point loss is due to Pyramid Head's helmet not being the right shape. The great sword could be more metallic looking and I do wish Maria's hair wasn't as long but these are minor, personal preferences.

Music: 10/10 Absolutely love it. Pretty sure JustHappyBurger also does music for TheGamingMuse and I love whatever JHB throws out.

Audio and Sound Design: 7/10

Story Adaptation: 6/10 The bones of the story are there and I LOVE the added scenes of James and Mary being happy. For what can be pressed into 10 minutes though, I think it is okay.

Acting: 7/10 Some of the acting definitely feels much more solid while other scenes probably needed a couple more takes. Similarly, some of it was jilted which, to be fair, does fit in with the vibe of the original SH2.

This project was so cool. From the moment I heard about this team developing it I knew I had to contribute to it. I'm a big Silent Hill fan and I really enjoyed this. You will appreciate how much work and effort was put into this. There were no shortcuts taken and the detail to the Silent Hill series was a great takeaway. Hopefully this project gains enough attention so that this team can create more and bigger related projects. The fact that the production team let us contribute and be involved makes it even more special. All that goes to say that this was definitely worth the wait. Go see the film when it comes out!

I'm really sorry, but I think he needs to dedicate himself to something else. This work just looks like a bunch of cosplayers imitating scenes from the video game. Besides, it doesn't feel like a short film; it's more like a trailer with scattered ideas that isn't even appealing to someone who doesn't know anything about the game. I admit that visually it's not that bad, I'd even say it's impressive, but now that there's a remake with realistic graphics, this work seems even more unnecessary and mediocre to me. I'm sorry to be so harsh, but I think they need a real opinion and not just praise or suspiciously positive comments.

I'm a big fan of silent hill, I like all the little projects on YouTube about this game (the second one, I mean). I must admit that I liked visually this "little movie", whatever you want to call it. I was pleased to see a bit more intimacy between Mary and James, which is something we are not shown in the game and which I always liked to imagine. The scene where they are dancing and talking is really beautiful. Eddie's actor was very good, his performance was very true to the game. And since it's a fan project, I thought it was a good movie, fans are always supposed to make content for the community, and I love this kind of thing, when we all contribute together to have something new to watch.

I know it can't be better than a movie financed with millions of dollars but it was definitely spectacular, I would have liked it to be longer but it's understandable that it had to be short. The actor of James is very handsome, good acting, keep it up and he will be a great actor.

As a silent hill fan, I have been waiting for this movie for a few months, I follow them on instagram and I liked it a lot. A pleasure to have seen it.

Honestly, I wanted more and a longer movie. I hope they create more content. Especially with Silent Hill lore. There's a new movie called "Welcome back to Silent Hill" in 2026. In my opinion THIS SHORT FILM IS MORE ACCURATE ! The casting is AMAZING! They should've been the one with the fundings and approval to actually create a movie "movie." Either way congratulations! I loved it. This film is more in-depth and backstories if that makes sense. James has the voice , where it is smooth for the narrative, the whole vibe feels somber and tense like the game, so definitely got the vibe down. The acting feels immersive as well.