I Visited the Real-Life Silent Hill Village in Scotland
I’ve played plenty of Silent Hill, so I know these games are full of unspeakable horrors lurching out of the impenetrable fog, desperate to drain whatever sanity I have left. So imagine my relief when I visited the real-life inspiration for the latest Silent Hill game and found it to be, well, utterly charming. Without a Pyramid Head in sight.
Silent Hill: Townfall is the latest installment in the iconic survival horror franchise, and its creators, Scotland-based game developers Screen Burn, confirmed that the game’s fictional setting of St. Amelia is based largely on the quaint coastal village of St. Monans. St. Monans, as it happens, is about an hour’s drive from my home in Edinburgh, so I popped up there with my Leica camera in hand.
To be honest I’ve been to St. Monans many times. Why wouldn’t I? It’s a charming village with a couple of lovely cafes,...
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