From the same developers who've developed classic games like Metal Gear and Castlevania, Silent Hill is an immensely iconic video game franchise that defined the psychological horror-thriller genre in the video game industry with its first game in 1999. The popularity of the franchise has lead to the production of various spin-off games and as well as feature films. The cultural presence of the games can still be seen today, for example, it has been stated by the directors of the show to be a key inspiration for some of the elements in the popular Netflix original series Stranger Things.

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Although the later entries in the franchise have received generally favorable reviews, it is almost agreed upon by the majority of the fandom that they are not on par with the first three games of the series which are considered the best.

An Ambitious Fan Film

Although movies based on video games have earned a reputation of being bad over the years, not all of them fit the stereotype. The first Silent Hill film from 2006 might not have been spectacular, but it was fairly decent.

The same cannot be said for the 2012 sequel Silent Hill: Revelation, which sits with a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2017, a crowd-funded fan film by the name of Silent Hill Requiem was released, which was praised for being greatly faithful to the video games. This fan art by LordTallGuy combines the atmospherics of the original games with the movie.

The Bogey With The Hammer

The Bogeyman is one of the prime antagonists in the eighth installment of the series, Silent Hill: Downpour, who haunts the protagonist Murphy Pendleton throughout the events of the game until he himself ultimately turns into the Bogeyman. The character is similar in nature to Pyramid Head and the two are considered equivalent, as depicted in this fan art by BlackWidowOffer.

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The Bogeyman is unique from other Silent Hill monsters in the sense that he has quite a "normal" appearance, unlike most of the other monsters in the series who show some kind of deformity or other.

Not A Very Caring Nurse

The nurses have become a staple character of the Silent Hill franchise, appearing in virtually all the video games and related media. As enemies they are not very dangerous, possessing relatively low health, but are commonly found in the games as a big portion of them do take place inside hospitals.

They are visually similar looking across all the games as well, with the first game being an exception, with a horror-esque appearance mixed with a rather sexualized figure similar to what can be seen in this fan art by alexnegrea, which in turn can be seen as a type of psychological symbolism of the protagonist's psyche.

Waiting For You

Maria is a recurring villain in Silent Hill 2 who was the manifestation of the guilt that the main protagonist James Sunderland suffered from for murdering his wife. She is in fact based on his wife Mary's image with slight alterations, and the two even share a similarly structured name.

The words "waiting for you" that can be seen in this fanart by denimecho is a reference to the letter that James receives from his thought to be dead wife telling him to come to the town of Silent Hill, and is what triggers the whole chain of events in Silent Hill 2.

Cheryl Heather Mason

This Silent Hill: Shattered Memories fan art by scherwil features the character Cheryl Heather Mason, the daughter of Dahlia and Harry Mason. The 2012 game Shattered Memories was a remake of the original Silent Hill game where most of the plot details were carried forward with a few changes made.

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One of these changes was the character of Heather Mason, who was a reincarnation of Alessa Gillespie in the original game and a side-character but in the remake, she was shown to be the biological daughter of Harry Mason and the true protagonist of the game.

The Pyramid Head Cometh

First introduced in Silent Hill 2, Pyramid Head (also known by a variety of other names such as Red Pyramid Thing) has become one of the most iconic monsters in the series, appearing in a number of spin-off games, movies, and comics.

A majority of the Silent Hill fan art found online focuses on him, such as this one by keisinger037, which is understandable considering how famous and fearsome he is by appearance. Like most of the monsters in Silent Hill games, his existence represents a psychological aspect of one kind, which in this case is James Sunderland's (the games primary playable character) desire to be punished for his wife's death.

The Twin Victim

Also known as "Doublehead", the Twin Victim is a monster from the fourth game in the franchise Silent Hill 4: The Room, and has deservingly made its place as one of the creepiest monsters in the series not just because of their appearance but also their twisted and tragic origin. As portrayed in this creepy fan art by diegoe05, the character has the joined head of two infants as its top and has large and greatly unsettling looking arms which it uses for walking.

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Twin Victims are the symbolic reincarnation of the twins murdered by Walter Sullivan, the main antagonist of the fourth game.

The Monster Inside

Silent Hills P.T. was a demo horror video game released by Konami in 2914 as a teaser for their upcoming Silent Hills game. Despite receiving massive praise from both critics and fans regarding the teaser, the game was canceled and fans left with only a glimpse of what it could've been.

The character in this fan art by areboneart is Lisa, a ghost from the playable teaser which haunts the protagonist in the game and was apparently shot to death by her husband. The fetus in her arms can be assumed to be her unborn child, as she was murdered while pregnant.

Partners in Crime

Pyramid Head and the nurses are arguably the most iconic monsters in the franchise, as shown in this artwork by Dan Mumford, who've almost become its face over the years. Silent Hill is considered a revolutionary milestone in the psychological horror genre not only because of the terrifying monsters but the psychological symbolism that their existence carried and how they subtly referenced to a deeper aspect of the protagonist's psyche.

The designer of Pyramid Head describes him as  "a monster with a hidden face", and a physical manifestation of James Sunderland's wish to be punished for his wife's death. The nurses, on the other hand, are to be regarded as the manifestation of the anxiety that the characters feel when visiting hospitals in the game.

A Dangerous Dummy

The Mannequin is one of the several monsters introduced in Silent Hill that the player comes across while playing as James Sunderland who is looking for his deceased wife. Although they are shown with arms in this fan art by Destr3ga, the Mannequin's in the game are quite literally just two pairs of legs adjoined to make a body.

The monster is theorized to be the manifestation of the sexual frustration of the protagonist brought on due to his wife's sickness, and in the Silent Hill 2 novel it was mentioned that they were  "born from lust".

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