Insane Cancer and Slurper

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These monsters are from Silent Hill 3. The game was released in 2003 for the Playstation. It's set in 2000, the protagonist being Heather Mason, Harry Mason's(protagonist of Silent Hill 1) daughter.

Insane Cancer: a large humanoid creature, covered in fatty, cancerous flesh and some pus-excreting sores.  Symbolism-Some people speculate that the Insane Cancer represents Silent Hill's corruption, like an evil cancer spreading. It's also been said that they are Alessa's(I talked about her in this post) feelings about herself, that she is a cancer and won't stay dead. It could also be a manifestation of Silent Hill's cult's God in Heather's womb(there is a God fetus thing in her), growing like a disease. 

~why I like them~ I'm not super fond of them, I just think they're cool and mega icky. 

Slurper: a male, wears masks, has long, tube-like snouts(like an anteaters), large club-like front limbs. They make loud, screeching noises and have a long tongue to slurp up blood and carrion. 

Symbolism- Slurpers can be viewed as children. They are noticeably smaller than most of the other monsters in the game, they have incomplete limbs(like a growing baby), make loud and annoying noises, the leather shorts they wear could be seen as a diaper, and they are only capable of crawling. It also attacks Heather and crawls over her, like how a child is very attached to it's mother. A Slurper knocking down Heather could be seen as an unborn baby, "knocking down" it's mother. 

They also represent bottom-feeders/lowlifes of the human world. Slurpers can be seen as drug addicts, licking the ground to get any spilled chemicals/substances in desperation. 

The way they attack and climb on Heather could be seen as a rapist, or stalker.

Their hands are useless lumps of meat, signifying incapability, like a drug dealer is incapable of controlling their addictions.

~why I like them~ I really love that there are so many symbolisms/specualtions about them. I also really enjoy the character design. 

As you can see, Insane Cancers are pretty gross dudes