History NightmareFuel / SilentHillHomecoming

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* The whole opening of Homecoming is scary as well. You awake to find yourself strapped on a gurney with doctors standing over you. Suddenly the lights go out and the siren begins. The doctors flee, one of them into the hallway opposite to you. Through the flickering lights, the dirty windows and the swinging doors, you hear the sound of something coming... something big. [[SoundOnlyDeath The doctor in the hallway screams and is lifted up by an unseen force.]] It's pretty obvious who it is now. And you're finally given the option of struggling free from the restraints. Also, on subsequent playthroughs, make a note that A) [[HumanSacrifice You're seeing the sacrifices,]] and B) One of the nurses/doctors looks A LOT like Alex's dad.

* Lillian Shepherd's death. She is [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath slowly being ripped apart by a crucifix-like machine]], and [[SadisticChoice you have to decide whether to shoot her and spare her the pain, or watch her die.]]

* The BigBad of the game is outright heinous. Judge Magaret Holloway reveals her true color as an utterly remorseles KnightTemplar who tries to justify her actions of [[DeathOfAChild murdering her youngest daughter, Nora, by suffocation.]] The flashback shows through Nora's perspective, as the poor girl struggling and crying in despair. Her mother, on the other hand, tries to choke her right in front of her flesh and blood. Judge Holloway also [[LackOfEmpathy shows no empathy]] mentioning her daughter's death, unlike Mayor Bartlett and Dr. Fitch who both shows remorse and sadness over their actions. She then blames Alex's father for everything due to unable to sacrifice his own son, so she decides to do the work on her own, before trying to use a drill and give Alex a slow demise. Considering Nora's death cause, FridgeHorror ensues when you links Judge Holloway's occupation, Nora's death of suffocation and the noose, which is one of the most notable forms of execution...

** The cut-scene shown upon Sepulcher's defeat can be unsettling. The boss collapses into a large hole in the center of the room after their weight breaks it open. Alex wanders over to inspect the hole in what looks like a mix of curiosity and hypnosis and starts passing out, falling into the bottomless chasm like a rag doll. If one has had nightmare about falling, this can be eerie to watch. What's puzzling is the game features this chapter as if Alex is in a nightmare about visiting Silent Hill, yet the death of Mayor Bartlet to Sepulcher is implied to have really happened, creating a sense of Alex losing their grip on what's "real".

* The ever-downward dash inside the hellish factory environment 'Hell Descent'. Kilometer upon kilometer of warped steel, industrial fans and roaring furnaces, and [[CreepyDoll creepy dolls of all things]]. The boss fight at the end comes almost as a relief.

** The cut-scene shown upon Sepulcher's defeat can be unsettling. The boss collapses into a large hole in the center of the room after their weight breaks it open. Alex wanders over to inspect the hole in what looks like a mix of curiosity and hypnosis and starts passing out, falling into the bottomless chasm like a rag doll. If one has had nightmare about falling, this can be eerie to watch. What's puzzling is the game features this chapter as if Alex is waking up from a dream, yet the death of mayor to Sepulcher is implied to have really happened, creating a sense of Alex losing their grip on what's "real".

* The whole of the Otherworld hospital. There are barely any enemies in it, but the level itself is enough to give you nightmares

* The whole opening of Homecoming is scary as well. You awake to find yourself strapped on a gurney with doctors standing over you. Suddenly the lights go out and the siren begins. The doctors flee, one of them into the hallway opposite to you. Through the flickering lights, the dirty windows and the swinging doors, you hear the sound of something coming...something big. The doctor in the hallway screams and is lifted up by an unseen force. It's pretty obvious who it is now. And you're finally given the option of struggling free from the restraints. Also, on subsequent playthroughs, make a note that A) You're seeing the sacrifices, and B) One of the nurses/doctors looks A LOT like Alex's dad.

* The bosses in said game are some of the most bizarre and horrifying in the series. Especially considering how the bosses came to be. Such as Sepulcher (boy buried alive), Scarlet Fitch (girl dismembered alive), Asphyxia (girl who suffocated) and Amnion (drowned). It's a pretty gruesome story, and the fact they decide to kill their parents, the one who made them that way in the first place, as sacrifices is pretty disturbing, even if it ''is'' an act of PayEvilUntoEvil LaserGuidedKarma.

--->"''Whoever gets this message, please help! We haven't seen a guard in days. We're hungry... Losing hope... Please help us! We're dying in here''" among others.

* Needlers. They're basically a cross between a human, a spider, and a pair of scissors. Before you see them, all you hear is the clinking of metal against metal. Also, look for its head. [[GagPenis It's between its legs]].
%%* Schisms, Lurkers, Siams, and Smogs are all perfect nightmare fuel as well. [[http://images.wikia.com/silent/images/2/23/NewSchism.png See]] [[http://www.canardpc.com/img/jeux/1172/silenthill-lurker_48250_2954.jpg for]] [[http://images.wikia.com/silent/images/e/e1/Siam_creature.jpg your]] [[http://images.wikia.com/silent/images/2/2c/Sh5_art_23_smog.jpg self]].

* After you cut the electricity, you're ready to go running back to the prison, and the game itself leads you there with a lot of monsters, but if you stay in the street outside of the power plant, you will realize that a) The streets of Silent Hill have never been darker -- ''think about that''. b) All hell actually broke loose and Schism, Ferals Lurkers, and even the ocassional smog are out there to get you, and if you don't have the bonus weapon, YOU WILL DIE.
* The BigBad of the game is outright heinous. Judge Magaret Holloway reveals her true color as an utterly remorseles KnightTemplar who tries to justify her actions of murdering her youngest daughter, Nora, by suffocation. The flashback shows through Nora's perspective, as the poor girl struggling and crying in despair. Her mother, on the other hand, tries to choke her right in front of her flesh and blood. Judge Holloway also shows no empathy mentioning her daughter's death, unlike Mayor Bartlett and Dr. Fitch who both shows remorse and sadness over their actions. She then blames Alex's father for everything due to unable to sacrifice his own son, so she decides to do the work on her own, before trying to use a drill and give Alex a slow demise. Considering Nora's death cause, FridgeHorror ensues when you links Judge Holloway's occupation, Nora's death of suffocation and the noose, which is one of the most notable forms of execution...

* The whole opening of Homecoming is scary as well. You awake to find yourself strapped on a gurney with doctors standing over you. Suddenly the lights go out and the siren begins. The doctors flee, one of them into the hallway opposite to you. Through the flickering lights, the dirty windows and the swinging doors, you hear the sound of something coming...something big. The doctor in the hallway screams and is lifted up by an unseen force. It's pretty obvious who it is now. And you're finally given the option of struggling free from the restraints.
** Also, on subsequent playthroughs, make a note that A) You're seeing the sacrifices, and B) One of the nurses/doctors looks A LOT like Alex's dad.

* The bosses in said game are some of the most bizarre and horrifying in the series.
** Especially considering how the bosses came to be. Such as Sepulcher ([[spoiler:boy buried alive]]), Scarlet Fitch ([[spoiler:girl dismembered alive]]), Asphyxia ([[spoiler:girl who suffocated]]) and Amnion ([[spoiler:drowned]]). It's a pretty gruesome story, and the fact they decide to kill their [[spoiler:parents]], the one who made them that way in the first place, as sacrifices is pretty disturbing, even if it ''is'' an act of PayEvilUntoEvil LaserGuidedKarma.
* A majority of the cell walls in the Overlook Penitentiary are littered with the writing of two or three prisoners. A very small amount of the quotes are shown (and explained) [[http://www.giantbomb.com/guides/silent-hill-homecoming-endings-secrets-and-easter-eggs/371/ here]]. They seem to overlook the scariest part, though, that being that the same three men write in every. Cell. In the prison. (Despite this probably being a way to reuse the font graphics, the thoughts that come to mind seeing what appears to be the same three men scribbling on numerous cells that the others were supposedly trapped in isn't something you can sleep well with.)
** ...And that's along with the creepy notes explaining how they're all suffering.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiiXAamgZSc&feature=fvst Scarlet's boss battle]]. To start off, she [[spoiler:bites off her father's head while he begs for her forgiveness]]. [[CreepyDoll And it all]] goes downhill [[HighPressureBlood from there.]]
* [[spoiler:Lillian Shepherd's]] death. She is [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath slowly being ripped apart by a crucifix-like machine]], and [[SadisticChoice you have to decide whether to shoot her and spare her the pain, or watch her die.]]
* Needlers. They're basically a cross between a human, a spider, and a pair of scissors. Before you see them, all you hear is the clinking of metal against metal. Also, look for its head. [[spoiler:It's between its legs.]]
** Schisms, Lurkers, Siams, and Smogs are all perfect nightmare fuel as well. [[http://images.wikia.com/silent/images/2/23/NewSchism.png See]] [[http://www.canardpc.com/img/jeux/1172/silenthill-lurker_48250_2954.jpg for]] [[http://images.wikia.com/silent/images/e/e1/Siam_creature.jpg your]] [[http://images.wikia.com/silent/images/2/2c/Sh5_art_23_smog.jpg self]].

* Asphyxia. She's a Human Centipede.

* The BigBad of the game is outright heinous. [[spoiler:Judge Magaret Holloway reveals her true color as an utterly remorseles KnightTemplar who tries to justify her actions of murdering her youngest daughter, Nora, by suffocation. The flashback shows through Nora's perspective, as the poor girl struggling and crying in despair. Her mother, on the other hand, tries to choke her right in front of her flesh and blood. Judge Holloway also shows no empathy mentioning her daughter's death, unlike Mayor Bartlett and Dr. Fitch who both shows remorse and sadness over their actions. She then blames Alex's father for everything due to unable to sacrifice his own son, so she decides to do the work on her own, before trying to use a drill and give Alex a slow demise.]]
** In addition to that, [[spoiler:considering Nora's death cause, FridgeHorror ensues when you links Judge Holloway's occupation, Nora's death of suffocation and the noose, which is one of the most notable forms of execution...]]
* The infamous "Bogeyman" (or "Judgment") ending crosses this with GainaxEnding. [[spoiler:Activated by refusing to save Deputy Wheeler, refusing to forgive Alex's father, and refusing to MercyKill Alex's mother, this ending sees Alex captured and "reforged" into one of the Pyramid Head-like Bogeymen monsters in his own right. As pointed out on the Fridge page, this ending is basically earned because Alex has been ''doing Pyramid Head's job for him''... which then raises the question: is this a KarmicTransformation for being a sadistic monster? Or is this, horrifically, Silent Hill's way of ''thanking'' or ''rewarding'' Alex for his actions?]]

* The BigBad of the game is outright heinous. [[spoiler:Judge Magaret Holloway reveals her true color as an utterly remorseles KnightTemplar who tries to justify her actions of murdering her youngest daughter, Nora, by suffocation. The flashback shows through Nora's perspective, as the poor girl struggling and crying in despair. Her mother, on the other hand, tries to choke her right in front of her flesh and blood. Judge Holloway also shows no empathy mentioning her daughter's death, unlike Mayor Bartlett and Dr. Fitch who both shows remorse and sadness over their actions. She then blames Alex's father for everything due to unable to sacrifice his own son, so she decides to do the work on her own.]]
** In addition to that, [[spoiler:considering Nora's death cause FridgeHorror ensues when you links Judge Holloway's occupation, Nora's death of suffocation and the noose, which is one of the most notable forms of execution...]]

** Especially considering how the bosses came to be. Such as Sepulcher ([[spoiler:boy buried alive]]), Scarlet Fitch ([[spoiler:girl dismembered alive]]), Aspyxia ([[spoiler:girl who suffocated]]) and Amnion ([[spoiler:drowned]]). It's a pretty gruesome story, and the fact they decide to kill their [[spoiler:parents]], the one who made them that way in the first place, as sacrifices is pretty disturbing, even if it ''is'' an act of PayEvilUntoEvil LaserGuidedKarma.

* After you cut the electricity you're ready to go running back to the prison and the game itself leads you there with a lot of monsters, but if you stay in the street outside of the power plant you will realize that a) The streets of Silent Hill have never been darker -think about that-. b) All hell actually broke lose and Schism, Ferals Lurkers and even the ocassional smog are out there to get you and if you don't have the bonus weapon YOU WILL DIE.
* The infamous "Bogeyman" (or "Judgment") ending crosses this with GainaxEnding. [[spoiler: Activated by refusing to save Deputy Wheeler, refusing to forgive Alex's father and refusing to MercyKill Alex's mother, this ending sees Alex captured and "reforged" into one of the Pyramid Head-like Bogeymen monsters in his own right. As pointed out on the Fridge page, this ending is basically earned because Alex has been ''doing Pyramid Head's job for him''... which then raises the question: is this a KarmicTransformation for being a sadistic monster? Or is this, horrifically, Silent Hill's way of ''thanking'' or ''rewarding'' Alex for his actions?]]

** Especially considering how the bosses came to be. Such as Sepulcher ([[spoiler:boy buried alive]]), Scarlet Fitch ([[spoiler:girl dismembered alive]]), Aspyxia ([[spoiler:girl who suffocated]]) and Amnion ([[spoiler:drowned]]). It's a pretty gruesome story, and the fact they had to kill their [[spoiler:parents]], the one who made them that way in the first place, as sacrifices is pretty disturbing.

* The infamous "Judgment" ending crosses this with GainaxEnding. [[spoiler: Activated by refusing to both forgive Alex's father and MercyKill Alex's mother, this ending sees Alex captured and "reforged" into a Pyramid Head-like monster in his own right. As pointed out on the Fridge page, this ending is basically earned because Alex has been ''doing Pyramid Head's job for him''... which then raises the question: is this a KarmicTransformation for being a sadistic monster? Or is this, horrifically, Silent Hill's way of ''thanking'' or ''rewarding'' Alex for his actions?]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiiXAamgZSc&feature=fvst Scarlet's boss battle]]. To start off, she [[spoiler:bites off her father's head while he begs for her forgiveness]]. [[CreepyDoll And it all]] [[HellIsThatNoise goes downhill]] [[HighPressureBlood from there.]]