Signed copies of the games are just the start

A reader reveals his love for survival horror series Silent Hill, and what may well be the world’s biggest collection of merchandise.

August 1st 1999 Silent Hill is released in Europe. I was too young to buy it at the time and in all honesty too scared to play it alone, but would happily sit and watch my brother play it for hours on end. Cut to 2015 and I’m sitting in my apartment with a collection of merchandise I never thought I would ever own.

I was always a huge fan of this series, I remember playing Silent Hill 2 with a family friend on many occasions. I would go to her house and we would literally be glued to the screen. As with many fans Silent Hill 2 is a huge favourite but for me it’s not MY favourite in the series. That belongs to the highly underrated Silent Hill: Origins.

But does he have a mandolin?

Over the years I had picked up various bits of merchandise that I had stumbled across, cut back to around five years ago and the only things I owned were the games, a few soundtracks and a custom Pyramid Head figure that was made from clay which I sadly lost during a house move.




It wasn’t until I really started to look into merchandise that I started to develop a collection. When Silent Hill Zero (Japanese title for Origins) was due to be released I remember looking online at a pre-order bonus that was available in Japan and assuming I would never own it. A glass cube which has a lasered image of the Butcher from the game within it. It now sits proudly in a glass cabinet in my living room.

But does he have a mandolin?

When I seriously started to collect merchandise I started off small. A few posters here and there, alternative releases for the games and the soundtracks. I started to check eBay and various other websites on a daily basis and from looking at other collectors collections I managed to see what else was out there and what I would add next to my ‘Wanted’ list.

I currently own over 300 items which is increasing all the time, just this morning I received a poster, Japanese guide, magazine cut-outs and an old magazine which has a feature on Silent Hill: Revelation.

That radio is super cool

My collection contains signed merchandise, movie props (this includes two Robbie the Rabbits from the Revelation film) press items and limited edition pieces. At the end of 2014 I managed to get my hands on a pitch document for the original idea behind Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, ‘Cold Heart’ along with a 3D printed sink fetus taken from P.T. that released for PlayStation 4 last summer.

For me Silent Hill has not only given me huge pleasure in collecting and playing but I have also made incredible friends and met fellow collectors through it. I currently run a Facebook page with over 15,000 likes called Silent Hill Paradise, along with a website to match and I don’t plan on stopping there.

Some people collect old wrappers, some old stamps but for me I think it will always be Silent Hill and I really really love it!

By reader William Prosser/@SilentHillP (Twitter)

Pyramid Head would approve

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