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=Developer Interviews=

Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Volume 2, Issue 6)

 * Keiichiro Toyama says the original concept for Silent Hill came from the corporate side of the business as they wanted the team to try their hand at a horror game.
 * Looked into what horror people were looking at around that time which was modern horror. This horror was based in the real world around a situation or setting.
 * Built on the above concepts, the team started to build the horror setting around a Midwestern American town.
 * The team took pictures of Chicago, while returning from E3. As Silent Hill is built on a water resort they looked at areas close to a lake for inspiration.
 * They took influence from Stephen King for the modern horror atmosphere.
 * For the cinematic style, they took influence from David Lynch & David Cronenberg to give the game a feel of a real but unbalanced world.



Next Generation (Issue 49)

 * Keiichiro Toyama says the original concept for Silent Hill came from the corporate side of the business as they wanted the team to try their hand at a horror game.
 * Looked into what horror people were looking at around that time which was modern horror.
 * For the cinematic style, they took influence from David Lynch & David Cronenberg
 * Keiichiro Toyama states that the direction of the story was very much a group effort from the start, with the team contributing ideas.