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PC Gamer
Kara Phillips

I grew up thinking Pyramid Head was one of the scariest video game villains ever, but thanks to cosplay, I no longer have to hide in fear

Two Pyramid Head cosplayers .

For as long as I can remember, my older sister has had two significant fears: zombies, and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2. When I was younger, you couldn't even mention Pyramid Head to her, and because of how petrified she was of the character, I couldn't exactly look him up or even play Silent Hill 2 to really understand why she was quite so scared. I just had to exist with the knowledge that there was some sort of creature out there that scared my incredibly goth sister so much you couldn't even utter the name.

As you can imagine, my child brain ran wild with theories of what it could look like from the vague descriptions she'd given which, in turn, petrified me. Until the day I remembered her terror and finally experienced Pyramid Head for myself. Don't get me wrong, Pyramid Head is a scary horror villain, however it's nowhere near what I was led to believe it would be. Even now, I could name a hundred enemies scarier than Pyramid Head (with the Janitor from Little Nightmares being right at the top. No I will not elaborate.)

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