SH Monster IndexSilent Hill 1
* Air Screamers/Night Flutters - Pterodactyl-like demons. Their visage comes from Alessa's favorite book, The Lost World.
* Apparitions (Stalkers) - Partially visible, harmless ghost-like entities. They cause the radio to emit white noise and make squeaking noises before disappearing; cannot be killed.
* Blood Sucker - Large, parasitic worms that have an obsession with drinking blood. Although not really an enemy that is faced, they can kill with one attack; it's best to find other methods to deal with them.
* Claw Finger - A small, humanoid creature with clawed hands. Only present in the last part of the sewers (US version). They replace the mumblers in the PAL version.
* Demon Children (Mumblers) - Knife-wielding, toddler-like demon children. These were censored in the PAL version of the game (although they can still be found in the PAL version of the demo), and were replaced by Claw Fingers. The groans they make as they attack Harry is actually the sound of a child's laughter electronically slowed down. Quite possibly reference to the children that picked on Alessa as a child. Near the end of the game (nowhere), the Demon Children become invisible.
* Puppet Doctors - Monstrous doctors possessed by a parasite who attack using a scalpel.
* Puppet Nurses - Monstrous nurses wearing old fashioned attire who attack using a scalpel. They also are controlled by a parasite, giving them a humpbacked appearance.
* Rompers - Gorilla-like creatures that are fast, deadly and very difficult to kill.
* Groaners - Demonic dogs with decaying flesh. They're fast and nimble and attack in packs.
* Hanged Scratchers - Found in the sewers. They usually ambush in numbers and can be difficult to kill.
* Wormheads - Similar to the Groaners but faster and stronger.
* Cockroachs (Creepers) - Big insects that lurk in school and the sewers. They can easily be killed with a blank weapon.
Silent Hill 2
* Nurses (Bubble head Nurses) - The nurses wear suggestive outfits and have heavily distorted and bruised bandaged faces that twitch rapidly. The nurses are quicker on their feet than most of the other monsters and wield deadly lead pipes that can do heavy damage. A range weapon such as a shotgun is mostly recomended for dealing with this monster. They usualy come in groups of 1-4. They represent Mary's hospitalization. Their suggestive attire is a manifestation of James Sunderland's sexual repression because of his wife Mary's hospitalization due to her terminal illness. These nurses are also the base model used of what is seen in clips from the film adaptation of Silent Hill.
* Doormen (Abstract Daddy/Table Daddy) - The Abstract Daddy's appearance suggests rape or some kind of assault. It looks like a large humanoid figure over a smaller figure on a door frame. It has four legs which are used to approach a victim. The creature lifts it's body and reveals a "mouth" that is used to attack. Supposedly, Thomas Orosco, Angela 's father tried to assault Angela. She tried to escape but her father prevented her and assaulted her on the door. After the boss Abstract Daddy, small versions are encountered which represent the weaker James suffocating his wife. They are quite slow but inflict heavy damage. Attack from a distance as all ways.
* Mandarins - Giant-armed monsters which hang from gratings. Similar to the Closers found in Silent Hill 3. They represent James' anguish and for this reason are not allowed to stand above ground. Usually they will be seen hanging under grating and bite James as he passes overhead. Should be ignored as they aren't encountered very often and can only attack you throug the grates.
* Mannequins - Headless, armless living sewing dummies. These monsters consist of a human's torso and legs, upon which rest two more legs standing upright. The top pair of legs are used for striking while the bottom pair are used for walking. They tend to stand still and in plain sight until approached and then they start to attack. Another symbol of James' sexual frustration and objectification of women, as Pyramid Head is seen early on brutally raping two of them. A common enemy that inflicts normal damage. Can be seen jumping off buildings or behind bushes outside and while inside, may suddenly walk out of closets after staying motionless for a few seconds.
* Patients (Lying Figures) - Skulking, human-like demons in fleshy strait-jackets. They attack by throwing up. When hit and on the ground, they squirm and mimic a fleeing roach. If not killed, they usually get back up and continue their attack. Believed to resemble vaginas in reference to James' suppressed sexual urges. They may also represent James' guilt and suffering because of their tendency to constantly thrash about, as if trying to 'escape' from their own flesh. Also to be considered as James Guilt reflection in Silent Hill is the fact these monster have their upper body wrapped in plastic. Another interpretation of these creatures is that they represent sickness, namely Mary's sickness, or maybe James' fear of Mary's sickness as the character seems bound by their own skin. Again Pyramid head is found raping one of these creatures just before the first fight with him at the end of the second apartment building. They attack slowly but inflict quite a considerable amount of damage. When knocked down, they will "play dead" and not squirm around like the other monsters, but they will crawl away at high speeds if they are not stomped on as quickly as possible. They are more dangerous in this position because they are much harder to hit.
* Cockroach - Nothing more than big insects. They attack by biting and then running away. James can step on a cockroach to kill it, but their speed sometimes makes it easier to just run away. Their sound is distinct; they make sounds like that of a wind up toy.
Silent Hill 3
* Closer - Lumbering, giant-armed monster with great strength and reach. Its head is more or less a tube that leads to a mouth. If Heather gets too close, it defends itself by swinging it arms slowly, knocking her back. Large, boney spikes are hidden in their arms and cause a large amount of damage when used.
* Split Heads - Dogs that have heads that split vertically in half. Will howl and quickly pursue Heather when they see her. Are attracted to beef jerky and the random bloody carcasses found in some areas in the game. The Split Heads are also bandaged and are reference to Alessa when she was burned and bandaged with her soul split in half. Quite often, they hunt in packs, and are capable of launching surprise attacks.
* Insane Cancer - Enormous, fleshy humanoid with great strength. Although usually moves slowly, shifting its weight back and forth, it will sometimes run at Heather and knock her down. Usually found sitting down or sleeping. While doing this, it regenerates its health. Will "deflate" after dying.
* Numb Body - Relatively featureless, bipedal creature; resembles a headless, featherless, wingless chicken. Said to resemble a fetus. Comes in two sizes. Called numb bodies due to the way they walk; stumbling. Make eerie moaning sounds when alive. Have a single, enormous eyeball as a head. Seldom found alone.
* Pendulum - Two conjoined torsos on stilt-like legs, armed with blades. Can either walk around on its stilt-legs, or can fly by spinning. Makes a high-pitched sound like that of grinding metal.
* Scraper - a humanoid wielding two large, rusty blades. Has a head that looks like many folded layers of flesh and quivers rapidly.
* Slurper - Crawling, anteater-like creatures with great speed. Face is long and pointed, like that of a rat, and loud noises attract its attention. Will try to pin Heather down and dart up her skirt. Often pretends to be dead in order to surprise Heather.
* Nurses - Nurses all have the same bizarre, badly made-up face, and some also carry revolvers. Make panting sounds when alive and strange squishing sounds every time they walk. On their face, it appears they have either vomited up blood or have been feeding on a bloody carcass, as blood is spattered all around their mouth. Make realistic screaming sounds when hurt. If the perfume is equipped, supposedly, they attack in greater numbers. Their skin is nearly white.
Silent Hill 4
* Sniffer Dogs - In Silent Hill 4, the dog-like creatures have long, prehensile tongues rather like umbilical cords that they use to drain their prey of blood; the canines, themselves, are a reference to young Walter's fear of dogs after he visited a pet shop as a boy and was nearly bitten by one. They are usualy witnessed sucking dead Sniffer Dog corpses. The female are more aggressive than the males.
* Ghosts (Victims) - Walter Sullivan's victims; they cannot be killed. There are 21 Victims in all, but only 16 are fought by Henry as ghosts (one of them is fought as a monster and represents 2 victims). Victims attack in a similar fashion to what Walter used to kill them. They slowly float toward Henry and when he is vulnerable, will pierce their hands into his chest and attack his heart. Victims are one of the most dangerous enemies in Silent Hill 4. Although they are invincible, they can be knocked out by a powerful blow or shot down with a rare silver bullet. All of the ghosts can also be weakened by holy candles and saint medallions (which can also stop Henry from getting headaches from the ghosts). The only weapons capable of permanently putting them down are rare special swords. For further information on SH4's ghosts, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
* Greedy Worm - A large, fleshy creature seen burrowing through Walter's various Otherworlds, which can never die, nor is Henry ever threatened by it. Symbolic of his umbilical cord and the importance it carries in Walter's mind of being what formerly connected him to his mother, but it 'betrayed' him when it was severed, causing her to fall asleep.
* Gum Head - Rotting, ape-like zombie. Some hold and use golf clubs as weapons. Come in "new" and "old" types. The New-Type Gum Head is generally stronger than the old-type. When playing the game under "hard", New-Type Gum Heads steal weapons from Henry with every successful hit that they land. It appears that they would only steal weapons that function like the steel pipe (the golf clubs, the baseball bat, and *maybe* the torch).
* Hummer - Small, strange, bat-like monster that softly buzzes. In the second half of the game, Walter would attack these (he shoots them down, but does not stomp on them to take them out) given that he has not spotted Henry.
* Toadstools / Whitestools - Snake-like demon fungus that grows in tight groups. Come in two varieties, Toadstools, which are purple, and Whitestools, which are appropriately white. Supposedly representing either sperm or umbilical cords.
* Leech (Tremors) - These are worms crawling on the floor, walls and roof. If you walk too close or one should fall on you from above you can take harm, but they are easily beaten with just one hit from any weapon and will then burst and die. Can damage Henry if he walks over them, though the damage taken is minute at best.
* Wall Men - Powerful monsters that emerge from the walls. Wall Men take the texture of the walls that they come out of. Near the end of the game, some Wall Men that Henry encounters have the ability to scroll up and down the wall.
* Wheelchair - An average-looking wheelchair that moves of its own will and cannot be killed. They are possessed by ghosts, giving Henry headaches when he nears them. The shadows of the wheelchairs look like people are sitting in them.
* Patient - Monstrous hospital patients that usually carry weapons, just like the nurses in the previous games. Used to be a normal corpse, Walter excessively disfigured their faces and removed what seems to be a fetus. Make burping noises when you hit them.
Bosses in Silent Hill
* Alessa - Fully-powered Alessa fought in Silent Hill 1 if the player does not investigate on Kaufmann. For further information, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
* Incubus - Incarnation of the god that Dahlia Gellespie had invisioned, fought in Silent Hill 1 if the player investigates on Kaufmann. For further information, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
* Cybil - Demon-possessed police officer fought in Silent Hill 1. For further information, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
* Abstract Daddy - Father of Angela in the form of a doorman (quite literally a creature with a body resembling a door) fought in Silent Hill 2.
* Eddie - Gun-toting psychopath fought in Silent Hill 2. For further information, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
* Hangers/Fresh Lips - Rotting corpses sealed in metal frames fought in Silent Hill 2.
* Larva - The larval form of the Moth fought in Silent Hill 1.
* Leonard Wolf - Degenerated, former cult leader fought in Silent Hill 3. Father of Claudia Wolf, the new cult leader in Silent Hill 3. For further information, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
* Split Lizard - A dragon-like creature conjured by Alessa from a memory of a children's fairytale fought in Silent Hill 1.
* Maria/Mary - Maria in her true form (a demon conjured by James' guilt surrounding his wife), or the manifestation of James' memory of his wife (Maria Ending only), fought in Silent Hill 2. The boss fought is dependent on the ending, though the monster's actual appearance is identical in either scenario. She appears similar to "Hangers" in that she's incased in the same metal framework, but is upside down. Her primary weapon are tentacles which emerge from her mouth, she also unleashes a swarm of black "butterflies," which don't harm but delay James from moving temporarily. For further information, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
* Missionary - This is a scraper, Sent by Claudia Wolf to kill Harry Mason in Silent Hill 3. It is stronger than other scrapers.
* Memory of Alessa - A shadow of Alessa Gillespie fought in Silent Hill 3. Greatly resembles a dark, bloody version of Heather.
* The Moth - A monster moth conjured by Alessa from a memory of her insect collection fought in Silent Hill 1.
* Pyramid Head - A lumbering, monstrous man who wields an impossibly large blade or spear and wears a blood stained, triangular metal helmet. Often attributed to being a manifestation of James' desire to be punished for the guilt surrounding his wife and his repressed sexual urges. Appears in Silent Hill 2.
* Split Worm - A giant, vile creature with a protective outer skin fought in Silent Hill 3.
* Walter - Sadistic serial killer fought in Silent Hill 4. For further information, see List of Silent Hill Characters.
Divine Creatures in Silent Hill
* The God - The unnamed God worshiped by the Silent Hill cult was, according to their scripture, born from two humans and brought an end to the suffering of ancient man by taking away eternal life from humankind. She created two or more other gods to serve her, but died soon after, before She could create "Paradise". In Silent Hill 3, Claudia Wolf invoked the power of the God, but was soon killed by Heather. It has been further explained that the appearance of the God changes depending on the person who invokes his or her appearance, because the God only exists within the Otherworld, which in term has its appearance and rules determined by the "Incubus" of whomever looses it upon the world. This is why Walter Sullivan's God in Silent Hill 4 looked very much like himself in a fetal state and sounded inhuman, bound by cords to the room he occupied -- that was the greatest wish and desire of Walter, himself, to be reunited within the womb of his apartment-mother. The God's true form (if any) has yet to be revealed.
* Lobsel Vith - Was the yellow god born from the God to watch over mankind. Lobsel Vith does not appear in any of the games as far as known.
* Xuchilibara (Xuchilpaba) - The red god, created alongside Lobsel Vith to guide humanity to paradise.
* Samael - The Incubus harbored within Alessa Gillespie that acts as the destructive hand of God, killed by Harry in Silent Hill 1. It is speculated whether or not Samael exists, or is just a lie told to Harry by Dahlia so she could trick him into helping her. Why she believed telling him this would get him to help her is anyone's guess, since Harry does not appear to be heavily versed in religion and demonology. The round symbol with a triangle inscribed inside, the "Mark of Samael", is called that way by Dahlia only. The other characters from SH3 refer to it as the "Seal of Metatron" (it might be confused with the "Halo of the Sun", the Cult symbol with three circles inscribed inside). It's not clear if Dahlia was only trying to confuse Harry, or if the symbol does truly have two different names, according to the ways it can be used (Samael and Metatron appear to share the same entity, as the two faces of the same medal). Samael is the name of the Hebrew Angel known in Christian lore as the Angel of Death, or the 10th plague of Egypt.
* Metatron - He is the Agent of God and the crest present all over the first game is supposed to be his. The Seal of Metatron that can be used either for good or evil depending on the user and/or the target. In the Lost Memories, it has been speculated that Samael and Metatron might have shared the same existence.
* Valtiel - A strange creature constantly appearing in Silent Hill 3. It does not attack Heather, nor can it be killed, and it only appears in the nightmare world. The word Valtiel comes from "valet" which means attendant. Valtiel's purpose is to make sure that Heather survives in order to birth god. In many places you can see Valtiel turning a valve which is a symbol of the cycle of the the rebirth of god as well as the world transforming into its nightmare counterpart. In Silent Hill 2 the Valtiel character is signified by Pyramid Head who wears Valtiel's robes and supposedly would appear like him in the face if his mask were to be removed. It should be noted, however, that the two are not the same, just similar.
* Hagith, Phaleg, Ophiel, Aratron and Bethor - These five beings, known as the Olympic Spirits, are involved to help get past the last area in Silent Hill 1. Their significance is trivial but they represent planets in Greek mythology.
Silent Hill Movie
Several creatures from the games make a big screen comeback in the Silent Hill Film. All of the creatures except for one are present in the games. The creatures in the Silent Hill movie were evidently a number of the townfolk that were transformed by Alessa's nightmares and dark energy.
- * Gray Children (Silent Hill 1) - Represent Alessa after the cult burnt her nearly to death. These children do not wield knives like they do in the game, but instead are blackened and smoldering; using their hands to grab and drag any victim. They emit a high pitched shriek and are first seen swarming Rose when she chases an image of Sharon, similar to what Harry experienced in Silent Hill 1. Some believe they represent Alessa herself. In the film, they cry and reach out for a motherly figure, like Rose, and try to hold on to her. A theory suggests they are manifestations of the pain and torment the children lost in the fire must have suffered. They are possible embodiments of Alessa's fear of her own peers, who bullied and tormented her. Their tormented and charred forms could be seen as Alessa's revenge upon them.
* Creepers - (Silent Hill 1 and 2) - Thousands of these crawl around Pyramid Head in Midwich Elementary School where he first finds Rose. They are later seen swarming Silent Hill Cult members and finally crawling through the hole made by Pyramid Head to attack Cybil and Rose. Symbolic significance of the creepers are not known. It may be worth mentioning, however, that, when Cybil stares down at one of the upturned insects, to her horror, she sees it bears a tiny, almost human, screaming face. They are originally seen in Silent Hill 1 and 2.
* Nurses - (Silent Hill 1,2, and 3) - React strongly to light and wield knives; their heads look disfigured and almost monstrous. Their blank faces have been interpreted as the fact that none of the nurses that cared for Alessa, apart from Lisa Garland (The Red Nurse) dared to look inside the oxygen tent that was Alessa's prison for many years and meet her hateful gaze. They wear suggestive clothing and stick together in groups. Rose turned off her light to try to sneak by them. In an attempt to stab her they ended up cutting and stabbing each other instead and were stopped when Rose turned on her flashlight and set it down, running away while they swarmed the light. The nurses possibly symbolize Alessa's jealousy of beautiful women. When Alessa was burned, she was forced to live out the rest of her life in an ugly, charred shell. She would never mature sexually and would never be considered "beautiful". Another theory suggests the nurses violent nature and monstrous appearance symbolize Alessa's fear of sexuality, taking her experience with The Janitor into account. (Note: the movie representation looks closer to the Bobble Head Nurses seen in Silent Hill 2)
* Lying Figures (Silent Hill 2) - One of these faceless armless demons attacks Cybil, spraying her with an acidic, tar-like substance when she was trying to arrest Rose. When Rose gets away and Cybil kills the creature she notices that there are many others wandering in the edge of sight. The Lying Figures' siginificance has been interpreted as Alessa's pain and torment. The straight jacket imagery made of flesh symbolizes Alessa's fear of her own hospitalization and that she felt trapped in her own disgustingly damaged body, unable to escape or recover.
* Pyramid Head (Silent Hill 2) - Some feel he was created out of Dhalia Gillespie's guilt of allowing the Cult to take and burn Alessa, others feel that he is a representation of Alessa's fear of men. He hunts down the Cult members and anyone else it sees. Some speculate that Dahlia has some control over him, as she points toward one of the cult members, Anna, with the same devil sign that Christabella makes at Rose, right before the Pyramid Head kills her. However, it is unclear if her pointing was indicating Anna as a target to the monster, or if she was effectively telling Anna "look behind you." This theory could be challenged, as Pyramid Head did not appear behind Anna until after Dahlia gestured at her using the same gesture the cult use when declaring someone a witch. Alternatively, the devil sign Dahlia made could be merely an obscene hand gesture toward Anna, and not at all connected with Anna's death.
* The Janitor - A creature created specifically for the film Silent Hill; it was discovered by Rose DaSilva while searching for her daughter Sharon at the Midwich Elementary School. While fleeing a trio of Miners, Rose stumbles into the school's washroom where she first meets the Janitor. He resembles a man bound by barbed wire, and is wearing a ripped Janitor's uniform with a name tag reading "Colin". Located behind him on the wall written in blood are the words "Dare you, dare you, double-dare you" with an arrow pointing into his mouth where a part of a key chain from a hotel is found. It is speculated that The Janitor is discovered in the same bathroom stall where a janitor named Colin presumably raped young Alessa Gillespie years before. It is presumed he was transformed into a monster by her nightmares. After the shift to the otherworld he escapes his confines and crawls towards Rose, tongue lashing up and down, as if in the middle of some perverse sexual act and his feet still bound to the back of his head in such a way that he can no longer stimulate himself sexually. When he touches the wall it decays, and holes appear that spawn creepers. This spread of "infection" the Janitor brings possibly signifies a venereal disease, imagery brought forth from Alessa's anger and utter disgust at the Janitor. Now, he cannot touch anything without it becoming stinking, corrupt and fetid. It was said that Akira Yamaoka liked The Janitor so much that he plans to include him in a future Silent Hill game. Alternatively, the creature bears a striking resemblance in style and action to the "ghost" monsters in Silent Hill 4, "melting" through the wall and corrupting the environment around them.
* Alessa Gillespie - The physical body of Alessa makes an intimidating appearance inside the church in the movie's finale. Being bearly able to move, the hospital bed she has layed upon for 30 years becomes part of her monsterous guise. She controls hundreds of tentacle-like barbed wire strands that sprout from the bed and uses them to bring bloody deaths to all the religious zealots who made her what she has become. There is a striking resemblance between Alessa's movie appearance and the Mary/Maria demon that James Sunderland was forced to destroy in SH2. Mary was also laid on a bed-like contraption, although it more resembled a metal cage, and uses tentacles.
::Information taken from Wikipedia.com::
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