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- This article is about the monster in the first Silent Hill game. For the monster from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, see Larval Stalker (Shattered Memories).
Larval Stalkers are dark, translucent, ghost-like entities in Silent Hill.
They appear to be a premature form of the Stalker, which, like the Larval Stalker, is partially invisible, but has the shape of the similar Child, and unlike the Larval Stalker, will damage the player.
Appearance[]
Larval Stalkers are comparable to the height of a toddler. Their bodies are black albeit translucent, and they resemble ghosts, in the form of children.
Character[]
One may be duped into believing the tiny ghosts may cause damage, considering they sometimes walk straight towards Harry Mason, but they are completely harmless. However, their presence still causes the radio to emit static. Larval Stalkers will slowly walk around the room and make squeaking, almost laughing, noises before eventually disappearing. They cannot be killed, although they will trip and vanish once the flashlight beam is directed at them for an extended period of time.
Symbolism[]
Alessa's isolation.
The giggles that can be heard when Harry approach a Larval Stalker evokes memories of Alessa Gillespie being bullied and teased during school, where she was continuously teased and told to "drop dead" by classmates.[1][2] They present a tendency to follow around Harry and sometimes continuously pace around him.[citation needed]
Trivia[]
- In the first trailer, the Larval Stalkers' appearance are similar to their final build. They seem to appear having a physical body rather than appear as ghost-like. They also do get killed. However, this was changed to ghost-like entities that cannot be killed in the final game release.
- As the Larval Stalkers cannot be killed, they were approved for the PAL version (unlike the Children).
- To evade the Puppet Cybil Bennett battle, the player can also use the Aglaophotis on a Larval Stalker anywhere in the park before entering the carousel through a glitch.[3]
- In the original version of the game, they used to appear more distinctively and also allowed the player to attack them. In the end, the developers felt that attacking a nonresistant enemy was not such a good idea.[4]
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