There were also rumors that Sony was working on a new Silent Hill game with Konami, so one way or another we could be headed back to the town sooner rather than later. Konami and The Medium developer Bloober Team recently announced a ' strategic partnership,' leading Silent Hill fans to hope that could mean the horror inclined studio will be helping to revive the series. Inspired by the 2006 movie, fans traveled to visit the inspiration for the detail about the underground fires – Centralia, Pennsylvania – and would upload video of the scenes, with Akira Yamaoka’s distinctive melodies playing over them. It would also be a nice nod to the Silent Hill myth.

Interference on their recording devices could mimic the radio static that warned of nearby monsters, and the blurring of truth and nightmare would fit neatly with the conflict between what's real and created in online videos. YouTubers who investigate true crime, or cults, or the occult, arrive to explore and up their subscriber numbers with some shaky footage of the Lakeside Amusement Park or the Balkan Church. Someone has an experience or hears about Silent Hill, and it becomes an urban legend perpetuated by sites like Reddit. One direction the series could go – as demonstrated by all the found footage films that fill streaming services – is an exploration of what happens when a small town gets a spooky reputation.

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