Silent Hill Homecoming/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

 * During his frightening hospital gurney ride in the intro, Alex sees several terrible things happening to some of the people in nearby rooms; physicians apparently murdering patients. One's being cut to pieces, one's being strangled, and one's being buried in a pit. Much much much later, we find out
 * Lots of people rolled their eyes at the fact that Pyramid Head is even IN Homecoming, claiming that he's just there for fanservice and has nothing to do with his original portrayal by this point. Until the endgame, this appears to have at least a grain of truth to it - Pyramid Head, while still scary as hell when he shows up, doesn't really DO anything to Alex. Then you find out, and it all makes sense. In Silent Hill 2, Pyramid Head was, depending on who you ask, either a twisted reflection of James' guilt, or Silent Hill's method of punishment for grave sins. Both of these interpretations make total sense when you realize that.
 * Which adds an extra bit of Fridge Brilliance to the "Judgment" ending. What seems like a fanservice-oriented Gainax Ending becomes a bit clearer when you realize PH's true purpose as covered above.  By , as was PH's trademark in Silent Hill 2. In essence, Alex was doing Pyramid Head's job, and did such a great job of it that.
 * Homecoming initially seemed off for a number of reasons. The creatures were more prevalent and the combat more pronounced than previous entries into the series, Pyramid’s appearance seemed gratuitous, the symbolism of the creatures didn’t really add up to Alex the way it seemed like they were supposed to, and the cast felt more crowded than before, with an actual support group of characters helping Alex. Similarly, the reveal that . Then it all clicked: the plotline doesn’t revolve around Alex. With the exception of Josh, nothing that’s happening is actually related to him. It’s happening because of , but it’s not actually directed at him in any way..