
And beyond even that lies the crumbling ruin that is the Otherworld: a burning, rusty place that may as well be Hell itself. But to select individuals, it becomes a long abandoned, desolate town that's empty of any life save for the lost and damned who stumble onto its streets.

Perhaps thanks to both that cult's actions and the already haunted nature of the land, Silent Hill is host to multiple " layers." Usually, it's your average Americana tourist attraction. The series surrounds the various happenings that occur in the eponymous American lakeside resort town even before the location became known to a slew of disappearances, murders, and mysterious activity (mostly owing to the existence of at least one demon-worshipping cult), Native Americans called the area in which the town stands a cursed "land of the spirits". Alongside Capcom's Resident Evil, it is considered one of the defining examples of the Survival Horror genre in the medium, being critically-acclaimed for their story, atmosphere, sound design and soundtrack.

Silent Hill is a video game franchise created produced by Konami.
