SILENT HILL Art Director Says That The Background of Pyramid Head Was Inspired By BRAVEHEART
Silent Hill video game art director Masahiro Ito recently dropped some interesting behind-the-scenes info on the inspiration behind the terrifying Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2. It turns out the nightmarish creature’s background was inspired by Mel Gibson‘s Braveheart.
According to Ito, Pyramid Head’s executioner background came from the scene in Braveheart where William Wallace is being executed, the part where he lets out that loud “Freedom!” screem. He explained:
“As to Pyramid Head, the background setting ‘as the executioner in the town’ was definitely inspired by the background character in Braveheart. [B]ut the background ‘as the character standing against James’ was inspired by this Louis’ quote from Jacob’s Ladder.”
He then went on to show off some art from when he was a student that inspired the look of Pyramid Head and said:
“Aft I designed P-Head based on the 1st image in this tweet, I started thinking the background. I remembered the film/that ppl who put a bag on their heads & then I looked the ppl up in books. I finally came up w/ the idea of an executioner of the old town.”
As a long-time fan of the Silent Hill franchise, I just wanted to share that bit of info because I thought it was pretty cool!