The expansion and dissipation of ideas in Silent Hill

Many people say that "Silent Hill" is a difficult movie to understand. Indeed, it is interspersed with elements such as religious warfare, and there are three spaces: the real world, the outer world, and the inner world. It is based on a Japanese game. Despite being very westernized, there is still a pattern that escapes Japanese horror movies - the expansion and dissipation of ideas. This kind of idea is a powerful force generated by the slow accumulation of hatred, and forms another world, which controls people's thinking. But eventually it dissipates with some kind of love or spirit.
In this film, the little girl Alssa is mocked by others for being an illegitimate daughter, raped by a cleaner in the bathroom, and then burned to death for a so-called "holy" ceremony in a restaurant . The mother loves her very much, but finally compromises with the "faithful" people in the town and gives her daughter to them. The accident saves Alessa but is severely burned. Hatred and pain allowed her resentment to accumulate slowly, forming the surface world, that is, the world made by her thoughts, the empty streets, the ashes like snowflakes falling in the gray sky, and those who had harmed her were swept away. Humans are brought into this watch world. There is also an inner world, a world full of burnt shapeshifters, demons, horrors, and shadows that turn black when the alarm goes off. The inner world is the manifestation of Alssa's mind, full of curses and resentment. People in the outer world can hide from the demons in the Alssa world by hiding in the church, and can re-enter the outer world by reciting the bible. Alssa couldn't enter this church, because when she was treated unfairly, she also had a little reverence for her faith and the church, so her inner demon couldn't break through this fear. Although the resentment in the mind is very powerful, it is only a fragile protective shell in the heart. She was in pain, and she wanted a kind of satisfaction, revenge on those who hurt her. So where is the way out? That is the heroine Rose. She was disappointed that her mother did not give her full protection when she faced fear and hurt. But she still loves her mother very much, which can be seen from the fact that she does not hurt her mother in the world. Her last bit of kindness was also her own hope, which turned into a baby Sharon and was sent to the orphanage, and was adopted by the heroine Rose. Sharon is Alssa's good side, and will inevitably return to her world. When Rose chose Sharon, she chose her own destiny and entered Alssa's inner demon world.
Mother and daughter didn't die after the car accident, it was just Alssa's way of trying to get Sharon off and Rose to experience her fears. Rose's love for her daughter is deep, so she is desperate to find it. After searching but unsuccessfully, Rose thought that Sharon was not in this town, but the road turned into a cliff when she wanted to leave, because Alssa had already trusted Rose at this time, and felt that she would help her as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw . It is an accident and a necessity that the policewoman enters the world, because she once saved a little boy there, which makes Alssa have a good impression, and she can also help Alssa. Under the guidance of Alssa's dark side, Rose finally found Alssa and listened to her talk. Mother's love makes Rose let Alssa's dark side into her body, so that she can enter the church for revenge and satisfaction. Through Rose's account, Alssa satirized those who were afraid to face their sins, those who stood at the gates of hell but thought they were going to heaven. They had some consciousness, but they couldn't escape Alssa's revenge and brutal killing. With the flow of blood, Alssa's resentment gradually dissipated, and the mind gradually shrank in the eyes of the dark side of Alssa, and became one with Sharron.
The dialogue between the two mothers at the end was interesting. Alssa's mother wondered why her daughter didn't kill her. Rose said that the mother is the god of the child. It was Rose's motherly love that gave Alssa a sense of protection and a balance of revenge, and the resentment dissipated. But Alssa's attachment to Rose also keeps Rose in the watch world, and maybe in the real world after a while.
The power of this idea generated by resentment and pain is very powerful, but at the same time when it touches its core, it feels very fragile, like a shivering child hiding in a corner. It is necessary to tie the bell to untie the bell. As long as the root of resentment disappears and love is cultivated, everything will disappear. Our tense nerves relaxed a bit, and we got a relieved smile.

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