Yes, it’s been almost twenty years, and yes, we’re still banging on about Silent Hill 2, but we’re still learning new things about the seminal psychological horror game. This time, art director and creature designer, Masahiro Ito, has made a startling revelation about one of gaming’s most terrifying antagonists: Pyramid Head’s head is not the helmet itself.
In a recent Twitter exchange, the artist said that telling us what’s beneath the helmet is akin to a magician giving away how magic tricks work, but he did confirm that in “no way” was PH’s helmet an actual part of the creature.
“I’m often asked, ‘What is the under the helmet of Pyramid Head?’ But I’m not gonna answer that question. Example, as soon as you are given the trick of a magic, the magic will be nothing to you,” he tweeted.
Source: Eurogamer Art director shares concept art from a cancelled 2013 Silent Hill project