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[[File:sh-townlarge_1491.jpg|link=Silent Hill 2|frame|[[Schmuck Bait|Enjoy your stay.]] Or die trying.]]

 

{{quote|''{{color|red|The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh.}}''}}

 

 

* ''[[Silent Hill 1]]'' (1999)

* ''[[Silent Hill]] Mobile'' (2006, a Japan-only cellphone remake of the first game)

* ''[[Silent Hill Origins]]'' (2007)

* ''[[Silent Hill]] Orphan'' (2007, a Japan-and-Europe-only cellphone game)

* ''[[Silent Hill Homecoming]]'' (2008)

* ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories|Silent Hill Shattered Memories]]'' (2009)

* ''[[Silent Hill: Downpour|Silent Hill Downpour]]'' (2012)

 

And a handful of para-game material such as artbooks, [[Silent Hill (comics)|comic books]], and a "making of" DVD.

Along with ''[[Resident Evil]]'', it is considered one of the defining examples of the [[Survival Horror]] genre, and is famous for the high quality of its story and background music.

 

* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: A staple of the series.

** Subverted in ''Homecoming,'' where the game starts in an [[Abandoned Hospital]] that is also a [[Continuity Nod]], but it's {{spoiler|just a dream.}} Later on, you can find an item or two on the grounds of the familiar Alchemilla Hospital and it's labeled on the map, but you don't actually go inside.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The things that you have to fight or run from, and possibly the entire town itself.

** *Cough-cough* Every boss battle and larger-than-the-average-Mook in the game. *Cough-Cough* Incubus, Flesh Lips, Abstract Daddy, Sephulcher. *Cough-cough* Every boss from Silent Hill 2 (save for Eddie), and Silent Hill Homecoming. *Cough-cough*

* [[Empty Room Psych]]: Some rooms contain no monsters, items, or any of the fun Silent Hill surprises.

** Unless you play with headphones on. At least in 3 anyway.

* [[Escape From the Crazy Place]]: The premise of the fourth game and how the player feels in the others.

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** [[Silent Hill Homecoming]] can end with Alex and Elle being abducted by aliens while Wheeler watches in amazement.

** ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories|Silent Hill Shattered Memories]]'' has the biggest [[Mind Screw]] UFO ending of all time: {{spoiler|Cheryl claims her father was abducted by aliens, saying Silent Hill is really a giant spaceship. Then James comes into the therapist's office having gotten the day of his appointment wrong (He's one of Kaufmann's couples' therapy patients; Kaufmann notes how he hasn't seen his wife recently). Then the camera zooms back to Cheryl, who's turned into the shiba inu dog and begins talking about how [[Incredibly Lame Pun|her mother was a bitch]] to Dr. Kaufmann, who has turned into an alien.}}

** ''[[Silent Hill: Downpour|Silent Hill Downpour]]'' has a rather different joke ending: {{spoiler|After digging his way into a room, Murphy is suddenly greeted with a surprise birthday party from the other characters in the game. Then Pyramid Head shows up to cut the cake, and accidentally breaks the table it is on in half while doing so.}}

* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: Jump down this possibly bottomless hole? Stick your hand in the toilet? Reach into a dead guy's pocket? Wander around an old insane asylum filled with monsters? Sure, why not!

* [[Visual Novel]]: ''Silent Hill Play Novel'', as the title might suggest.

* [[Walls of Text]]:

** The reams and reams of information you get from reading stuff picked up in Silent Hill get quite wordy.

 

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[[Category:The Nineties]]

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[[Category:Survival Horror]]

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[[Category:Akira Yamaoka]]

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