Silent Hill?

Question

is slient hill a real town or was it made up by the makers of the game?

Answer 1

it was made up. if it was based around a real town they would be proud of it and they would probably write it somewhere on the game case. thats what they usually do when they model towns or cities after real ones, because it will help the game sell. for example Test Drive Unlimited was made to take place in an island modelled after hawaii and they advertized that everywhere.

Answer 2

Silent Hill is based on a town called Centralis, PA. It has been deserted for some time now. Here's an excerpt from what I read:

"In 1981, over 1000 people lived in the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. But twenty years earlier, a poorly contained trash fire had set an underground coal vein alight. The mines and subterranean shafts continued to burn, making the area a danger zone, so an evacuation of the residents of Centralia began.

It never finished, however. 11 stalwart Centralians remain, even though all the town's buildings have been condemned and the borough's zip code has been revoked.

You can read a brief piece on Centralia, which screenwriter Roger Avary discovered while conducting research for the Silent Hill screenplay, here. In a way, the film version of the village of Silent Hill is inspired by the real-life Pennsylvanian burg."

Answer 3

In 1962, a small mining town in the coal country region of Pennsylvania was smoked out from beneath the earth and abandoned by all but a handful of residents left living in the hazard zone once known as the Borough of Centralia. A smoldering mist rises from spots all over the condemned ghost town. Now, 40 years after some burning trash in a mine lit an exposed coal vein and ignited an abundant supply of underground fuel, the fire continues to burn with approximately a century's worth of coal to feed it and ensure the little town remains deserted. To this day, the borough is shrouded in rising plumes of white fog, and roads to it are blocked or forsaken.
Does that sound like the setting of a good horror flick? Roger Avary thinks so. You may recognize his name from such screenwriting credits as "The Rules of Attraction" and "Killing Zoe", and Centralia was his real life inspiration when writing the script for "Silent Hill." The movie is based on the horror video game franchise that competes with "Resident Evil" for dominance in its genre. With "Resident Evil" two movies ahead of the game, "Silent Hill" makes its theatrical debut on April 21st. With Avary's muse in the form of a town that has spent 40 years and 40 million dollars battling ruin, obscurity, and visibility conditions that echo the eerie atmosphere of the game, the movie has a good chance of capturing the mood and instilling fear in its audience, and possibly causing a run on flashlights.

The real Silent Hill has its own unusual story. Between 1981 and 1984, the population took a nosedive from 1,000 to just 11 people after the government evacuated practically everyone in the area to nearby towns with the exception of a few citizens who still call Centralia their home. These last souls left on the dying land, including Centralia's mayor, choose to stay despite sinkholes (the one that made the nation take notice in 1981 was 4 feet wide and 150 feet deep) and an estimated 350 acres affected (expected to spread to about 3,700 acres over the course of the 100 years of life left to the fire). What keeps anyone anchored in a remote ghost town in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with flames eating the ground out from under their feet? As per this quote on UGO.com, Mayor Lamar Mervine has a simple answer; "I like it here."

While Centralia sounds like a winning candidate for "Weird U.S.," the parallels between the film version and the real life town probably end where "Silent Hill" brings on the supernatural horror, giving an already unsettling tale a creepy edge. After all, to a creative mind like Avary's, it seems like the things that go bump in the night would like it there too. When "Silent Hill" hits theaters, there will most likely be comparisons made and attention drawn to Centralia and its novelty as a basis for the next big horror game-to-movie fright fest.

Answer 4

Once there was a little town called Silent Hill, not much happend there, but in some time a cult arose (why? well), in some sort of freaky ritual the town grew corrupt and all in it...died. Anyone who entered there would have their regrets and horrors played out before them (theres monsters too!). I think thats made up.

Answer 5

Made up. However thre really is a town that has a coal mine fire burning underneath, I cannot remember the name or location but I saw it on discovery channel.

The best part of that movie is when the demon rips that ladies skin off. BRUTAL!!!!!!!

Answer 6

There was a place where certain crazy and strange things did happen, That silent hills was loosely based on. But silent hills was pure fiction.............

Answer 7

Fake town. The games good though.

Answer 8

it is a fictional town and the movie was based on the original game.

Answer 9

Made up

Answer 10

No. It's a made up place, like so many places in horror movies.