Quote Originally Posted by Dreddz View Post
I thoroughly enjoyed it, more so than the first. I dont get why some people loathed the first film, I thought it was unsettlingly awesome.
Because it, like almost everything else in the genre*, and like this sequel probably is, is a talentless exercise in using shock tactics and blunt, brutal methods of violence to effect the audience. It requires no effort, no thought, no insight, and no expertise. Anyone - and I literally mean anyone - can make a film like Saw or Hostel, because it's so freaking easy to unsettle people through depictions of torture. Even Hellraiser isn't terribly impressive, and that's a really well-made, well conceived horror movie that uses the trope.

Short answer: Because even the Silent Hill movie is more enjoyable, scarier, and has significantly more awesome gore.

* Edit: I should say, like almost everything else since the early 1990s.