Pyramid Head, also known as "Red Pyramid Thing", "Red Triangle Head", or "Triangle Head", is a character from the Silent Hill series, a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Ko
Pyramid Head as he appears in Silent Hill 2
A monster with a concealed face was the concept behind Pyramid Head's design; Ito rejected his initial sketch (left), which resembled a masked human, and gave the creature a pyramid-shaped helmet (right).
Silent Hill is a 2006 supernatural psychological horror film based on the video game series published by Konami. Directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary, it is the first installment in
Pyramid Head
…Head lacks a voice or a visible face, and his appearance stems from the town's past as a place of execution. He has since appeared in the 2006 film Silent Hill as "Red Pyramid", in the 2007 first-person shooter Silent Hill: The Arcade as a boss, and in the sixth installment of the series, Silent Hill: Homecoming…
American theatrical release poster
Christophe Gans (pictured here in 2010) claimed that he had created a new type of horror film.
Roger Avary wrote the script word by word while playing the game.
Deborah Kara Unger compared her character to Cassandra.