These monsters are from the game Silent Hill: Downpour. This game was released on March 13, 2012(for North America). It's the eighth game in the series.
The protagonist is a man named Murphy Pendleton. His son, Charlie, was sexually assaulted and murdered by a neighbor, Patrick Napier. Murphy's wife, Carol, blamed him for their son's death, and divorced Murphy. He felt the need for revenge, so he decided he would get himself into prison in order to get close to and murder Napier. Soon after this, Murphy stole a police patrol car and kept it for ten hours, until he was arrested.
A few years later, Murphy and a few other prisoners were on a bus, getting transferred to another prison, when they crashed and went off the road. Murphy escaped the crash and eventually wandered into the town of Silent Hill.
Prisoner Juggernaut: a large, muscly, humanoid creature. It has pale skin, numerous tattoos, barbed wire wrapped around its torso/arms, and a permanent grin.
Symbolism- The Juggernaut could represent Murphy's fear of the other prisoners. It could also be a representation of himself, and that his self-image is something monstrous.
~why I like them~ I really like the character design. (the smile is my favorite.) I also like the symbolism(there are a few more but I didn't really want to talk about them).
Screamer: resembles a woman, wearing a tattered dress. Her skin is gray, and she has an inhumanly wide-shaped mouth. Also empty, bleeding eyes.
Symbolism- She may represent:
-a murder victim, with her decaying flesh. Her screams could represent those of a victim's, in a struggle.
-Carol. When the Screamer is just standing, it has its arms close to its body, rocking back and forth(like a mother cradling her child)
-Another prisoner's (his name is Sanchez) psyche as a possible rapist or sexual predator. (I really don't want to explain so here is a thing nOT IN MY OWN WORDS, SOMEONE ELSE WROTE THIS OK)
(also, "her" is a Screamer that Sanchez was beating up)
Sanchez is shown repeatedly beating her face, which is heavily scarred with slashes, and her skin is stretched very tightly as if she has had plastic surgery; this could suggest that Sanchez has previously beaten his victim(s) so badly that they required facial reconstructive surgery. Her flesh-like coat is torn most around where her breasts would be, possibly hinting at a link to sexual violence and sadism. As Murphy displays no signs of sexual aggression, this further supports that she is Sanchez's monster.
~why I like them~ they're actually really quite annoying. They screech, and pop out of nowhere which is very spooky. But I like the character design(especially the face) and symbolism.
nice lookin' fella
early concept art of a Screamer
a Screamer's face
Murph gettin' attacked o:
Spooky stuff, friendo.
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