Silent Hill: Origins

Silent_hill_origins.jpgThe Origins of Evil
Travis Grady is a troubled truck driver, haunted by nightmares that feel all too familiar to him. On an ordinary truck route near the town of Silent Hill, Travis is startled when he sees a figure suddenly step in front of his truck. He quickly stops to avoid the child and leaves his vehicle to investigate. However, Travis finds that the figure has vanished, only to reappear in his rear view mirror and then disappear as soon as he turns around. The figure finally appears in front of his car as a young girl and then vanishes into the thick fog.

Travis follows the child, who leads him to a burning house. He hears screaming from inside and rushes in to save the victim. Travis saves a young girl from the fires, but then ultimately collapses. He soon awakens alone in the town of Silent Hill.

Travis explores the town and begins to uncover the intertwind mysteries of his past and the town. Inside Cedar Grove Hospital, he discovers records of a mentally disturbed woman who attempted to kill herself and her son. Travis soon learns the horrifying truths that it was in fact his mother, Helen Grady, who tried to kill him. Because of those actions, she was placed in the Sanitarium. With Helen locked in her cell, Travis's father, Richard Grady, slipped into a deep depression and eventually hung himself.

Also inside the Cedar Grove Hospital is Dahlia Gillespie, a crazed woman who rambles about secret rites and religious happenings. It turns out that Dahlia is the mother of the little girl that Travis saved inside the burning building. Travis is furious and confused that Dahlia did nothing to try to save her daughter, but soon enough, all the puzzle pieces start falling into place.

Travis encounters Dahlia setting up her daughter Alessa Gillespie for a sacred ceremony. She is attempting to give birth to a new god through her tortured child. Alessa's tormented life, which included being purposefully burned alive, was all a part of the process to create a new god born through suffering. Travis intervenes and battles with the premature demon.

In the end, Travis manages to trap the demon, thereby temporarily saving Alessa's soul through the birth of a new infant child. Travis finally returns to his truck and escapes from Silent Hill. Before he leaves, though, he sees Alessa taking the newborn baby away. Moments later, Travis hears a man and woman through his walkie-talkie find the baby and decide to adopt the child as their own...