All is right with the iconic executioner from every angle, thanks to the latest Dead by Daylight patch. His flat rear should no longer be an issue, according to the following note: " Fixed an issue that caused The Executioner's rear to be too flat.
Behaviour Interactive's move to fix Pyramid Head's butt arguably counts among one of the more exciting pieces of news for Silent Hill of late. In this case, the eggs have slightly different meaning. The rust-colored egg still represents Mary, who was tarnished and made ugly by her disease. The scarlet egg, then, would represent Maria, who is young, vibrant, and alive. Maria dies for the first time much earlier in the game, and James is clearly hurt and guilty, but no second Pyramid Head appears.
This seems to be a valid interpretation, but I don't personally buy it. Maria dies multiple times earlier in the game, and she appears [initially alive] in the final encounter in which there are already two Pyramid Heads. In this interpretation, the second Pyramid Head appears as a result of Maria's death in the labyrinth. But Maria had already died once in the hospital basement, but no second Pyramid Head had appeared. Furthermore, it is unlikely that these eggs would symbolize the duality of Mary and Maria, since that is what the final boss is designed to do.
James isn't leaving his desire for Mary or Maria behind, as he must still encounter the symbol of that desire in the final boss. Whether the second Pyramid Head represents James' guilt for killing Eddie or his guilt for failing to protect Maria maybe which one it is depends on which ending you get? Regardless of all that I have said, to deny the sexual symbolism of Red Pyramid Thing would be absurd.
It is in many ways a Freudian construct. Its body is roughly shaped like an erect penis. It carries around an oversized knife - which it does still continue to use albeight only briefly after James encounters Maria. And it likes to impale women with a spear or two. Now, I want to stress a very important point here: I am not suggesting that the scene of Red Pyramid Thing assaulting the mannequins in the apartment should not be taken sexually.
Nor is that actually what it is doing. Pyramid Head's actions are acts of violence. Not acts of sexuality. The violence only appears sexually suggestive - and this is, in fact, by design.
Red Pyramid Thing does not get its jollies from pretending to make little-red-pyramid-things with the mannequins. Its purpose in the game is to punish James and to force James' subconscious to come to terms with the events surrounding his wife's death, rather than allowing James to fall victim to the seduction of Maria.
Red Pyramid Thing and Maria are at war with one another. They are contrasting sides of James' psyche battling for supremacy in the real world. With James watching. As stated above, Red Pyramid Thing's purpose in the game is to torment and punish James, and make him come to terms with his past.
It does this most effectively by attacking and killing Maria who resembles his wife, Mary , and therefore constantly reminding him of the death of his wife. After the appearance of Maria, Red Pyramid Thing devotes all of its attention to killing her repeatedly because she is a definitive, physical representation of Mary.
She is the one thing in the universe that reminds James of Mary more than anything else. But prior to James meeting Maria, the Red Pyramid Thing doesn't have any one person or any one thing to pick on specifically.
Or does it? A mannequin dressed like Mary holds the flashlight. Recall that at the beginning of Jame's quest through the apartments, he finds the flashlight. Where is the flashlight? Tucked into the neck of a shirt being worn by a mannequin.
A mannequin that is dressed up like Mary. I repeat: the mannequin is dressed up like Mary. So all violence commited against them by Pyramid Head or by James can be seen as symbolic violence against Mary. Why am I wasting my time butchering mannequins when that hot piece of Mary-look-alike ass is strolling around town? Red Pyramid Thing doesn't have to go back to assaulting mannequins - or any of the other monsters from then on, like nurses - because it has zeroed in on a single, ultimate target: Maria.
Pyramid Head isn't a representation of rape, but he is a representation of violence, and is specifically representative of violence against women a theme that Team Silent would revisit in Silent Hill 3. So yes, his design is sexualized because as a symbol of masochistic violence, he must be "masculine".
So why do so many Silent Hill fans insist that Pyramid Head is a mannequin-rapist? I don't know. Maybe this scene from Blazing Saddles just might sum it up:. This is not only a nice analysis of Pyramid Head, but also a great debunking of popular SH fanboy nonsense.
Cool job! Thanks, Joe! I appreciate the feedback. Be sure to share with your Silent Hill fan friends! Thank you for clearing that up. You don't know how long I've been trying to talk to my friends about this xD. Okay, first of all, just because there was no physical penetration doesn't make it any less sexual. Red Pyramid is clearly, and I mean plain as day, enacting strong sexual violence on the mannequin monster. Secondly, the Red Pyramid thing is caught multiple times in violent sexual encounters with other monsters like the Lying Figure.
I don't understand how you can admit the incredibly strong phallic imagery in the monster's appearance alone but deny it is clearly forcing other monsters into submissive and highly suggestive positions. I can bring up other games and even the movie for more evidence of Pyramid Head's actions but there's plenty in the first game alone. It is not a myth, the Red Pyramid Thing is a sexual predator, penetration or no.
Lisa: Actually, no. The two scenes presented are the only sexually suggestive scenes featuring Pyramid Head in the entire game. The Fukuro video doesn't count because it isn't in the game. It was made later, after the game had released and the "Pyramid Head rape" meme had already started to propagate within the Silent Hill community.
Jane Doe: Yes, I did play the game. I've personally completed the game four times getting each of the default endings at least once , as well as watched three going on four and maybe five or six different friends play through the game in its entirety. You are correct that the second scene features Pyramid Head assaulting a Lying Figure.
As for PH being a sexual predator, please reread the section titled "But I have to admit, that Pyramid Head is pretty sexy". In it, I state that there is absolutely an element of sexuality in Pyramid Head's design and actions. I also concede that the "rape" scene in the apartment is certainly intended to remind the viewer of a "rape". The allusion to Blue Velvet in the framing of the shot makes that pretty obvious.
But members of Team Silent will be the first to admit that one of the things that they strive to achieve in their games is to present an unclear image and let the player's mind wander.
I believe there's a quote from SH2 's director along the lines of "What your mind can imagine is far more disturbing than anything we can show on-screen".
The scene is not an explicit rape, but it sure is designed to look like a rape! This is done to make the scene more uncomfortable and unsettling for the player. The designers planted the seed of sexual symbolism in our minds, and the fans took it to the extreme!
If Pyramid Head were a symbol of sexual frustration, then he should have been dry-humping Maria up and down the town. But PH doesn't. Nor should he, because he's a representation of Jame's unconscious guilt, and James as far as we can tell is not a rapist! James himself states "I needed you to punish me", not "I needed you to remind me of how horny I am. Red Pyramid heading towards the sanctuary in a brief after-credit scene.
A trio of Pyramid Heads in Paint it Black. Artwork for Sinner's Reward and Omnibus 2. Promotional art for the Executioner in Dead by Daylight. The Executioner's perks in Dead by Daylight. The Executioner's biography in Dead by Daylight. Corrupted Executioner cosmetic in Dead by Daylight.
Store banner for the "Corrupted Executioner" cosmetic set in Dead by Daylight. Do you feel remorseful? Pyramid Blight concept art Dead by Daylight. The death place of Pyramid Head in the Otherworld.
Gecco versions Mannequin and Lying Figure in hand. Statue with Great Spear front. Pyramid Head figma drags away the Bubble Head Nurse. Silent Hill: Homecoming Bogeyman statue front. Silent Hill: Homecoming Bogeyman statue helmet and attire. Silent Hill: Homecoming Bogeyman statue back and sideview. Film version for the French Revelation boxset.
Silent Hill 2 Mezco Toys figure sideview. Silent Hill Collector's Edition Hoodie back. Silent Hill 2. Silent Hill: Origins. Silent Hill: Homecoming. Silent Hill: Downpour. Silent Hill: The Arcade. Silent Hill film. Silent Hill: Revelation. Silent Hill: Book of Memories. Dying Inside. Paint It Black. Sinner's Reward. Universal Conquest Wiki. We had a tough situation because, now, [Pyramid Head] showed up but there wasn't really a compelling reason for him to show up.
Where as originally, it was like "Shut up, Tomm. It's cool. He shows up. And I kind of see him like: Fitch 's daughter makes Scarlet and so that creature sort of came from her, and then Asphyxia comes from Nora , so I kind of say that the Bogeyman is Alex's that in the end product.
All of those creatures killed the parents. We tried to make it fit in. I created Valtiel because I wanted to relate the works of the series through a creature. In the religion of Silent Hill, Valtiel exists as one who is close to God , and Pyramid Head takes the shape of Valtiel's reason for existence.
That is to say, the Pyramid Head character was born from the townspeoples' idolatrous ideologies. There's something to this painting. Makes me want to stop and look. This isn't the time though and it's going to burn just like the others.
The hand of Pyramid Head has two reasons. Pyramid Head has no face. So he expresses his will and emotion by hand. The index finger is separate from the others is very convenient to operate by CG tools. And Silent Hill 2 is PS2 game. We had a limit to the number of polygon. Shaping around the fingers is able to reduce polygons than to make each fingers. Items - Puzzles - Soundtrack - Secrets and Unlockables.
Sanchez - Homer - M. Memos - Broadcasts - Michelle's Diary. He continues to hound James throughout the game.
He appears when you least expect it and pursues you through other ruined buildings in town. He murders your companion Maria in front of you and when she comes back she only exists because James wants her to, after all —he murders her again. Finally it all culminates in a final battle against two Pyramid Heads, but even here James and the player are denied true catharsis: the monsters die by suicide, impaling themselves on their Great Spears.
It would take pages to unravel and unpack Pyramid Head, to discuss everything he is and everything he represents in the game. Pyramid Head and everything he represents are a huge part of what makes the game so compelling, so worthy of analysis, investigation, replays and reflection. That is, again, if he actually has a face.
You know what I mean. I can still see him standing silently behind those bars in the hallway. I can still hear the shrieking scrape of his Great Knife as he drags it across the stairwell landing.
The buildup of tension as the encounters with him escalate is exquisitely paced, keeping players on edge without a reliance on jump scares and cheap shocks. Pyramid Head is quite literally the stuff of nightmares for James Sunderland—and for me.
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