To all silent hill fans, i say, yes, ph was nothing more than a fanboy favorite and they changed the storyline a little from the first game, but i have never actually felt dread like i did in this movie when i heard the airraid siren indicating that the darkness is coming. Homecoming is often seen as one of the weaker games in the series, but boy did it have some good monsters. Pyramid head is one of the most wellknown and iconic monsters in the series. Along with pyramid head, he is one of the more well known monsters in the series. The 10 scariest monsters in silent hill history, ranked. List of silent hill monsters codex gamicus humanitys. Not only does the room around him look like some of the apartments we travel through in silent hill 2, but his outfit and the pole he has are precise copies of the ingame ones. They are horrid, visually terrifying creatures that are frequently, if not always, trying to kill the protagonist and, sometimes, even each other. The obscured head and especially face that has been a part of this creature since silent hill 2 returns again in a slightly different form, as their faces are bandaged up completely but they now have wellgroomed shoulder.
He is usually portrayed as, at his most basic, a violent monster. On interpreting silent hills monsters and preserving the atmospheric quality of the gam. The resolution of the storyline is also significantly different. Contentsshow silent hill common enemies air screamer pterodactyllike creatures that fly close to the ground surface and travel around in packs. A giant larva, which resembles a centipede, that burrows into the earth and then emerges spitting some sort of poisonous gasvenom. They are horrid, visually terrifying creatures that are constantly trying to kill the protagonist and sometimes each other. The silent hill movies three layers of reality explained. Since this deals with many games, i merge the description and symbolism in this entry and will move from game to game. Elements of silent hill 2, such as some of the monsters, have also been included in the film. Cosplayer nipahdubs truly becomes james sunderlands brooding character in this photo. Unlike in the original silent hill, the larval stalkers in shattered memories are not meant to represent the memories of alessa gillespie being teased during school. Theyre entirely set dressing for the film, but in the games they have the nasty tendency to come to life as monsters, especially in silent hill 2. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger.
The film is an adaptation of konamis 1999 video game silent hill. Ariel ariels are puppets that appear in the artaud theater in silent hill. Oct 30, 2018 a favorite of the survival horror genre, the silent hill series contains some of the most terrorinducing games ever made. Heres the top silent hill monsters, and what they mean. Before trying to understand the monsters in silent hill 1 it is necessary to first understand that they are a manifestation of cheryl masons subconscious harrys daughter. Oct 26, 2019 one of the many dogshaped monsters in the silent hill games, this one has a little more behind it that just alessa was afraid of dogs. A woman, rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called silent hill.
A deeper meaning given to him, however, explains his existence as that of punisher or executioner. Unofficially, there is another movie that is not related to the original plot of the series. Disturbing stories behind the monsters in silent hill. Jun 18, 2019 this feature is not available right now.
Despite this, they may not be hostile at all in some circumstances, such as the larval stalker from silent hill or the glutton from silent hill 3. The air screamers were inspired by memories of an illustration found in one of alessas favorite books, the lost world. Monsters are the main enemies in the silent hill series. Silent hill might be nothing more than a scenic, fogfilled town. Unable to accept the doctors diagnosis that her daughter should be. Silent hill 3 all of the characters pursuing heather come off as a stalker with a crush, including douglas. Though its tricky to tell from all its writhing and discolored tissue, the abstract daddy resembles two figures under a mass of muscle, the lower one. Dark nurse a staple of the series, making appearances of one sort or another in almost all of the silent hill titles. Silent hill 4 walter persistently stalks henry, kills everyone around him, and addresses henry as his receiver of wisdom. Everything actually wrong with the silent hill movie duration. After harry deals enough damage to it, it flees from him and ventures into the city. With its topnotch narratives and haunting environments, this reputation is well deserved.
Revelations 2012, based on the third game, primarily. Gans, who saw this film as the first installment of a series, is interested in returning to the franchise with an adaptation of silent hill 2, his favorite of the four current games. As well as the main video game series, numerous types of accompanying merchandise have been released. His name means attendant by way of the french word valet. Silent hill is a survival horror video game franchise created by team silent and published by konami and konami digital entertainment. With radha mitchell, laurie holden, sean bean, deborah kara unger. Roses husband who is left behind when his wife and daughter run off to silent hill, and spends most of the film playing sherlock trying to track down sharons origins and learns of.
Silent hills creepiest enemies and what they represent. Jan 24, 2020 just like the games that inspired it the silent hill movie features three different layers of reality heres how it works. The following is a list of monsters in the video game series silent hill. List of silent hill monsters fictional characters wiki fandom.
Twinfeeler boss fought in silent hill central shopping mall. This also includes a buried form of alessa gilespies memories. The eerie and deserted ghost town of silent hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only childs illness. Silent hill is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by christophe gans and written by roger avary, gans, and nicolas boukhrief. Through this horror series, there have been many sick and twisted creatures made for the soul purpose of scaring the player.
Following the success of capcoms resident evil games in the late 1990s that was a sudden rush of survival horror titles, including dino crisis and parasite eve. Shattered memories serve a purpose they can be seen following harry mason andor alerting him to different things. The monster in a painful manifestation of margaret holloways memories of her daughter nora. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Abderrazzaq, rob king, michael mccormick, robert taylor stars. The monsters are all played by a team of talented dancers who really add something to. As such, the monsters will be born from cheryl or alessas experiences. List of silent hill monsters fictional characters wiki. After returning from war, a soldier returns to his hometown, only to discover the city deserted, and his brother and father missing, and he soon learns that silent hill may be behind the mystery. Mar 15, 2012 silent hills creepiest enemies and what they represent. Jun 23, 2017 the stories behind 5 of the most twisted monsters in silent hill duration. Brian bloom, llana barron, fitz houston, dalton odell.
Silent hill 1 monsters analysis pointless analysis. For the characters of the video game the movie was based on see. Instead of feet they have another pair of hands, holding onto the strings they hang from. He is in both of the silent hill films, and appears in other various silent hill media. She was afraid of them, and thats part of their origin.
Valtiel is a monster in silent hill 3, as well as a governing angel in the religion of silent hill. Attacking one will result in knocking it down, where it. Officially, these two movies mentioned in the other answers silent hill 2006, based on the first and the second games, and silent hill. These monsters are the most recurring monsters in the franchise, appearing in all games but one in silent hill 4. Theyre also heavily bandaged and seem to be badly burned, just like alessa was. Some monsters from silent hill along with a few of my favorite parts. When the movie is focused on the silent hill elements the movies really good, but everything else is bad. They hang upside down from the ceiling and attack by grabbing and choking travis grady. The stories behind 5 of the most twisted monsters in silent hill duration. Silent hill monster one of my favorite armless figure silent hill 2006, silent hill. The goto source for comic book and superhero movie fans. In speaking about the creatures in silent hill, gans said that these monsters are damned, with the poetic.