Silent Hill and Its Inspirations

Mrs. Jones said we can post any art-related things that interest or inspire us here, so I guess I'll just write down what I found today.

Silent Hill is a series of video games of the survival horror genre. There are also movie adaptations, but I'll not be talking about the movies. What separates Silent Hill from other horror games is its carefully-designed, symbolic monsters that are more disturbing than gory.
I was watching a YouTube video that analyzes the monsters in Silent Hill 2 and I found that they are very much influenced by the artworks of Francis Bacon and Hans Bellmer. I was impressed by these two artists and amused at how Silent Hill basically copied Bellmer's mannequin.
This is Hans Bellmer's dolls.

And this is the mannequin monster in Silent Hill.

Hmm...shouldn't there be some kind of copyright issue for this?

Another giant influence on the game is Francis Bacon. 

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944 

If you have seen the game, you know exactly how the monster's appearance and the general atmosphere were reminiscent of his paintings. He uses a lot of distorted, anthropomorphic figures. He also effectively smears certain features such as the eyes.

Study After Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953

The screaming, the agony and despair. I just love how emotional his imagery is and it really makes me feel uncomfortable when I look at it.

I really liked these two artists and it's funny how I learned about them through a video game.