James was heading back to the staircase door to depart downstairs, but Pyramid Head moved in from behind and struck James down with his knife, sent him into the fence, which broke off and sent James falling into the darkness one floor below, while Pyramid Head watched from above. Later, Pyramid Head encountered James again in a fenced rooftop of Brookhaven Hospital. A siren outside the building urged Pyramid Head to leave the apartment building allowing James to escape. Pyramid Head attempted to kill James, but James used his gun to fend off Pyramid Head. James tried to escape, but the door was locked. Later, Pyramid Head encountered James for a third time in Blue Creek Apartments' staircase assaulting a Lying Figure, where he attacked James with his giant knife. Pyramid Head shrieked in pain and staggered out of the room and retreated. James later encountered Pyramid Head a second time when he was attacking two mannequins in one of the apartments and killed both of them and James hid in a closet.Īfter killing the mannequins, Pyramid Head noticed James in the closet and moved towards the closet to kill him, but James was frightened and pulled out a pistol and shot Pyramid Head multiple times in the helmet. When James left the room and reentered the corridor, Pyramid Head had vanished into the darkness. Seeing no other option, Pyramid Head watched James enter the room next door. James first encountered Pyramid Head in Wood Side Apartments in a dark corridor on the second floor.Īlthough Pyramid Head carried an executioner blade, iron bars prevented him from reaching James and killing him. Unknown to James, Pyramid Head is a physical manifestation of his guilt over his wife Mary's death. Throughout the game, Pyramid Head is a tenacious antagonist who follows James through Silent Hill for an unknown reason. In all of his appearances, Pyramid Head punishes his victims in extremely painful and violent manners both physically and mentally. His actions display shocking brutality as shown during the game in two separate scenes: he sexually assaults and violently kills two Mannequins and a Lying Figure. Pyramid Head does not speak, but grunts and moans painfully inside the helmet - his breath hisses through the helmet grilles. Lastly, he can use an extremely slow overhead chop with the Great Knife, which also causes instant death (except in Easy Mode). He can also perform a headbutt which can cause an instant death. Similar to an attack used by other creatures in the game. However, he can also attack with a strangle grip, during which a black tongue-like protrusion "stabs". Pyramid Head is usually armed either with the Great Knife or a lightweight spear. Early designs show him with a strange tattoo on his left shoulder, but this does not appear in the game. Like the Nurses in the game, Pyramid Head wears plain white gloves with partially connected fingers, either to conserve polygons or for a unique effect. In other accounts, the helmet has been described as an elaborate executioner's mask. In interviews with the chief artist responsible for creating the character, it is stated that the initial thought process behind the pyramid-shaped helm was to create an iconography of "pain". It was reportedly designed to appear painful to wear, suggesting that it serves as some kind of punishment. His most outstanding feature is a large, red, triangular helmet that covers his head completely. Pyramid Head resembles a pale, muscular man covered with a white, blood-soaked robe reminiscent of a butcher's smock. Of the creatures that appear in Silent Hill 2, Pyramid Head is one of the few that is overtly masculine in appearance, whereas the other monsters generally have feminine features to them, with the exception the Abstract Daddy. In the films, he was portrayed by Roberto Campanella. He is related to the being Valtiel, but this relationship has been kept vague.ĭuring the Silent Hill 2 storyline, it serves as a symbol of James Sunderland's suppressed guilt and anger over the murder of his wife, Mary. While his actions are cruel and horrific, he is a driving force for someone to come to terms with what they've done, albeit in the most brutal manner possible. He is the judge, jury and executioner for the mysterious dark powers of the town. In the Silent Hill mythos overall, Pyramid Head is a manifestation of a person's desire to be punished for their misdeeds. He is also a major antagonist of the Silent Hill film duology, serving as the secondary antagonist in the 2006 film Silent Hill and a major anti-villain of its 2012 sequel Silent Hill: Revelation. Pyramid Head, also known as Triangle Head in Japanese or The Bogeyman, is the secondary antagonist of the Silent Hill video game series, serving as the main antagonist of Silent Hill 2, its upcoming 2023 remake and a minor yet important antagonist in Silent Hill: Homecoming. ~ James Sunderland confronting the twin Pyramid Heads.
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