Silent Hill/Monsters

The following is a list of monsters in the video game series Silent Hill.

Silent 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

 * 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.


 * 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. 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.


 * Mannequins - Inspired by Hans Bellmer's Dolls. 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.


 * 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, or possibly a table. 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, sexually assaulted Angela a geat deal, resulting in this monster created out of her own guilt (her mother blamed her for the assaults) After the boss Abstract Daddy, small versions are encountered which represent the weaker James suffocating his wife.


 * 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.


 * Cockroach - Nothing more than big insects that attack by biting and then running away.

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 the article on Walter Sullivan.

(An interesting behavior of the Twin Victims can be witnessed if Henry does not get too close. They appear to pointing strictly at him; their whispers can sometimes be heard echoing through the air. "Receiver of Wisdom." If Henry approaches the monster, or shoots it, it will start to attack.)
 * Twin Victims (Victim 07 + 08) - Walter Sullivan's seventh and eighth victims were twins Billy and Miriam Locane. They are the only two of Walter's victims that manifest as a monster instead of ghosts. The twins' spirits have fused together, giving this monster its well-known two heads. Because Billy and Miriam were the youngest of those brutal murders, the heads of the Twin Victim look pretty much like infants. While these monsters look grotesque and intimidating, they can easily be dealt with, given they have trouble turning around quickly. They are only most dangerous at medium range when they get ready to lunge at Henry.


 * 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.


 *  Bottoms - These monsters are very similar to the Twin Victims. Instead of having two heads, Bottoms resemble a human turned upside down with long arms attached where the thighs should be as well as the "head" of the creature which appear to be in the shape of a distorted human's buttocks; hence its name. Like the Twin Victims, Bottoms also walk with their hands, have similar attack patterns and are roughly the same size. However, Bottoms appear to be stronger than the Twin Victims by at least 50%. Because of their superior fortitude, these monsters make a good target for Richard's revolver.

Bosses in Silent Hill

 * Holy Woman in White/Incubator/God - The merging of the physical and spiritual 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 Dalia Gellespie had invisioned, fought in Silent Hill 1 if the player investigates on Kaufmann. There is some player speculation that Incubus is the Yellow God: Lobsel Vith. 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.They appear as bloated, amorphous corpses suspended within a metal frame, like a cage. This harsh metal frame also looks like a twisted and sadistic interpretation for a death bed, an inescapable prison. They attack James in a locked room in Brookhaven Hospital by strangling with their feet.
 * 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 - The Memory of Alessa that clings to Silent Hill. 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 (Xuchilbara and Lobsel Vith) to serve her, but died soon after, before She could create "Paradise".  In Silent Hill 3, Claudia Wolf tried to get Heather to remember her trueself. Claudia's idea was to get Heather to remember being Alessa and to Birth the God and usher in the eternal Paradise.  Claudia was killed when she takes on the role of the Mother of God when she swallows the God Foetus that Heather vomits.  It has been further explained that the appearance of the God changes depending on the person who invokes his or her appearance.  Because Alessa's version of God is a woman and the Myth paintings depict God as a woman it has been speculated that God is a woman. In reality The God that the cult worships is actually a solar deity, the sun God who can appear however.
 * Lobsel Vith - Bad Vessel/Circle of Flesh. Lobsel Vith was the yellow god born from the God to watch over mankind. There is player speculation that either Alessa Gillespie because of her ability to be reborn over and over and her role as the Vessel of God, or Incubus is Lobsel Vith.  Neither of these speculations have been confirmed by Konami.
 * Xuchilibara (Xuchilpaba) - Flower Spear. The red god, created alongside Lobsel Vith to guide humanity to paradise. There is player speculation that because Valtiel is the Governing angel of rebirth that he is the Red God Xuchilbara.
 * 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 Satan, or the 10th plague of Egypt. It has been speculated that Incubus represents Samael.
 * 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. It has been speculated that Valtiel represents Metatron in the Silent Hill universe.
 * 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 gloves, 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.