From the Lost Days a new Fan Film on Indiegogo

Posted By: Whitney   July 17th, 2015 | 1:13 pm

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Last year Alex Slevin of FoG Films tried to crowdfund his fan film, From the Lost Days – Silent Hill 15th Anniversary Film, a live action feature film that adapted both the Silent Hill & Silent Hill 3 video games through Kickstarter. Unfortunately the project wasn’t funded back then but thankfully the team is trying again on Indieogogo!

Fans may remember FoG Film’s first foray in the Silent Hill fan film territory with their adaption of Silent Hill 2, Broken Notes, back in 2008. Like Broken Notes, From the Lost Days will be shot in Spanish but will be subtitled in English with more language subtitles options hopefully in the future.

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The campaign has 20 days left to reach their goal of €2,500 EUR. If the project reaches its crowdfunding goal filming will begin next month in various locations in the Alicante province of Spain, with a tentative release sometime in the first quarter of 2016.

From interview with Alex last year and seeing the cast, location photos and pre production artwork on the Facebook and Indiegogo page I am really excited to see Lost Days happen! The first game is my favorite in the series so it will be a real treat to see a more faithful film adaptation.

Full Press Release

Fog · Films a spanish film production association, which spent seven years doing independent productions, is finalizing the details on preproduction

for his next film “FROM THE LOST DAYS,” a new adaptation of the cult Silent Hill video game series.

The first attempt to adapt the Silent Hill series came with “BROKEN NOTES” which was done with a very low budget but nevertheless It had a significant impact on the internet thanks to fans of the popular franchise created by Konami in 1999. This group of filmmakers has decided to launch a more solid and ambitious project for which they seek funds and other support through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.

The aim is to create a faithfully adaptation of the Sillent Hill plot and characters trying to move away from the typical clichés and commercial film conventions in this type of productions.

“FROM THE LOST DAYS” is an adaptation of the first and third Silent Hill games. It has the enigmatic plot, the strange places and the even stranger characters taken from the games, but arranged to create a coherent single feature film.

If the project reaches the crowdfunding goal it will be filmed in various locations in the province of Alicante in Spain during August 2015.

The objective is to deliver the film in the first quarter of 2016.

The Fog·Films association appreciates any support or broadcasting shows that could help us to move forward with this non-profit project.

Thank you for showing your interest. We are really thankful for all your support.

Interested in Donating?

Lost Days FB Page

Source (FROM THE LOST DAYS Indiegogo)



Voices in the Static #28 – Silent Hills is Officially Cancelled

Posted By: Whitney   May 6th, 2015 | 8:38 pm

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In this twenty-eighth episode I will be discussing last week’s heartbreaking news that Silent Hills is cancelled with fellow Silent Hill fans.

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Konami Please… [Updated]

Posted By: Whitney   April 26th, 2015 | 10:35 am

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Don’t drag this out any longer.

The signs are all there: Kojima is leaving, P.T. is being pulled from PSN, and now this sad quote regarding Silent Hills from Guillermo del Toro during the San Francisco International Film Festival last night:

“It’s not gonna happen and that breaks my greasy heart.”

Will you just confirm that Silent Hills is cancelled already? 🙁

[Update]

Apparently the Guillermo quote that was passed around today was taken a bit out of context. The “it’s not going to happen” was in regards to collaborating with Kojima, not whether or not the game has been cancelled. As of right now Silent Hills’ status remains up in the air. This is the time to say something one way or another Konami. 🙁



Voices in the Static #27 – Hideo Kojima is leaving Konami?!

Posted By: Whitney   March 22nd, 2015 | 9:01 pm

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In this twenty-seventh episode I will be discussing this week’s shocking announcement that video game designer and former Vice President of Konami Digital Entertainment, Hideo Kojima is leaving the publisher and what this might mean for Silent Hills future.

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March 14th – 24 Hour Fundraising Twitch Stream for Rachael!

Posted By: Whitney   March 9th, 2015 | 4:48 pm

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Gareth McGilvray, a Scottish Silent Hill fan currently living in Australia reached out in regards to an ongoing fund-raiser for his younger sister Rachael. Rachael was recently diagnosed with endometrial cancer and an inoperable brain tumor which sadly only leaves her with a year to live. Rachael’s boyfriend proposed this last Christmas and the family and Rachael would like to return to Scotland for her wedding (maybe for the last time) but given the short notice they need assistance to make her dream wedding happen.

To help raise funds Gareth and some friends will be holding 24 hour live stream March 14th playing through some Resident Evil and Silent Hill titles!

24 Hour Fund Raising Twitch Stream

Saturday, 12pm, March 14th 2015 AEST

Saturday, 1am, March 14th 2015 (UK)

Friday, 5pm, March 13th 2015 PST

Tune in at https://twitch.tv/gareth_mcg83

I hope you guys can check it out and spread the word! You can check out their fundraiser page HERE



Happy Sweet Sixteen Silent Hill!

Posted By: Whitney   January 31st, 2015 | 8:05 am

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Happy “Sweet Sixteen” to my favorite entry in the entire franchise, the original Silent Hill! 16 years ago today was the start of an amazing series with its Jan 31, 1999 North American release! I can’t believe its been so long, it feels just like yesterday!



Donate to Silent Hill Prelude!

Posted By: Whitney   December 27th, 2014 | 10:12 pm

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The folks behind Silent Hill Prelude has finally started their Indiegogo campaign!

What is Prelude?

Prelude is fan short film (aprox. 60 min) based strongly around the Silent Hill universe. This film’s purpose is to help provide background and context to the events, characters, and articles found within the first Silent Hill game. There was so much untold, and so much left unanswered within the notes found in Silent Hill 1 that Prelude will fill in the missing story pieces and provide more background to the events and characters leading up to the game. Prelude’s goal is to enrich your Silent Hill experience whether you are a seasoned fan or new to the genre.

This project has been in development for over 2 years and is now finally starting to gain the momentum to become a reality. Over the many years Silent Hill has given us a beautiful story to lose ourselves in and has held a very special place in our hearts. Hollywood has attempted to adapt many video games into major motion pictures, and although few have been successful many tend to stray from the original source material and as a result have fallen short. We feel that we owe it to not only ourselves, but the fans of Silent Hill a story that is original, but true to the games, and that is our story of Prelude.

You can view their test scene below:

The team is looking to raise $52,325 the break down is as follows:

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Even if they don’t hit their goal they are still going to try and get the film made!

I’m really excited about this project! The test footage looked excellent, I hope to get the crew on my podcast soon to talk more about their project! 🙂

Donate to Silent Hill Prelude on Indiegogo!

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Voices in the Static #25 – Silent Hill Speedruns

Posted By: Whitney   December 17th, 2014 | 8:29 pm

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In this twenty-fifth episode I interview Mr. Enigma about his Silent Hill 4 Speedrun world record attempt!

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Silent Hill Historical Society 2014 Holiday Give Away!

Posted By: Whitney   December 6th, 2014 | 11:33 am

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Happy Holidays!

As a big thank you for the support all these years I’m raffling off a Silent Hill Revelation prize pack that includes a brand new Gaya Robbie the Rabbit Doll (with tag), US copy of Silent Hill Revelation Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet, a mini Revelation promo poster, and a copy of Shock Horror Magazine with an interview with Michael Bassett and features Heather on the cover.

All you need to do is LIKE this photo and leave comment with your favorite Silent Hill Memory on the FB page I’ve linked below!

Leave and LIKE and Comment on this post!

A random winner from those who liked and left a comment will be selected through the Woobox app!



Voices in the Static #23 – Interview with Silent Hill Movie Composer Jeff Danna

Posted By: Whitney   November 29th, 2014 | 12:44 pm

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In this twenty-third episode I interview Silent Hill (2006) and Silent Hill Revelation composer Jeff Danna! I lost the initial interview I made with Jeff in January due to file corruption but Jeff was gracious enough to sit down again with me again in October and re record the interview!
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