First Appearance: Silent Hill 2 (2001) While we'd love for this list to be full of heroes who have reunited children with their lost kittens, rescued damsels or saved humanity, it just can't be. There is one very large, pointy villain we have to acknowledge. Perhaps the most unoriginally named character in gaming history, Pyramid Head is terrifying. A now iconic symbol of the Silent Hill franchise, Pyramid Head first made us cower behind a pillow in 2001's Silent Hill 2, appearing as a manifestation of the main character's desire to be punished for killing his terminally ill wife. He also rapes and kills some of the other monsters in the town for good measure. After two Pyramid Head creatures kill themselves towards the end of the game you think you're free but no he's there again in Silent Hill: Homecoming, Origins, Book of Memories, The Arcade and even as a spin-off in the DS version of International Track & Field. His existence as a psychologically-fuelled amalgamation of all things unpleasant seems to make Pyramid Head un-killable. Modelled on an executioner and sporting a huge 'Great Knife' (basically a helicopter blade), Pyramid Head can kill anything foolish enough to linger in his wake, making him one of the toughest (and scariest) video game characters in history.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
