Pyramid Head, who first originated in the incredible Silent Hill 2, is undoubtedly one of the most unsettling creatures you’ll come across in any video game.
The mannequin-loving freak is an iconic gaming villain, and his fear factor is helped no end by his unsettling cone shaped helmet. It should just look ridiculous, like a drunk with a traffic cone on his head, but it doesn’t – Pyramid Head is freaking terrifying.
As it turns out, Silent Hill 2 art director and creature designer, Masahiro Ito, has just revealed that there is… something underneath Pyramid Head’s… well, pyramid head. I always assumed the “helmet” was the creature’s actual head to be honest.
So if they pyramid itself is merely a helmet, then what’s hiding underneath? Dare we even attempt to imagine? Fortunately – and presumably in a bid to spare us all nightmares – Ito seems pretty firm that he won’t ever be answering that particular question.
Ito did go on to share a tiny, blurry piece of concept art that is apparently from a cancelled Silent Hill game from back in 2013 – a game nobody even knew was in development until now.
You can take a look at the tweet below. Presumably, this one was cancelled to make way for Kojima’s Silent Hills… before that game also got cancelled. Thanks, Konami.
Ewan Moore is a journalist at UNILAD Gaming who still quite hasn’t gotten out of his mid 00’s emo phase. After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a BA in Journalism & Media Studies (thanks for asking), he went on to do some freelance words for various places, including Kotaku, Den of Geek, and TheSixthAxis, before landing a full time gig at UNILAD in 2016.