Making monsters of Silent Hill

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Hello, I'm actually playing Silent Hill 2 Director's Cut for PC.
I decided to buy all Silent Hill games for PC.

Yeah, I'm really surprised about this games. So massive creepieness!
It really reminds me of Penumbra, the puzzles are very hard ---> VERY hard.
But I like it so!
Even the atmosphere is a very good example for horror. The sounds are so scary, it's the first time I ever play Silent Hill.

I found an interesting video how to make the monsters of the movie.




Really interesting, I thought, this are computer effects, but it is not. The monsters are real humans.
They are looking so authentic!

I would be interested what Thomas is thinking about the game series.
I'm often reading his reviews in his blog. But never seen thoughts about Silent Hill.

I don't know how good the others are, I'll play them soon, but Silent Hill 2 is a fantastic horror game.
The only thing what Frictional Games did better, is the immersion, the gameplay and that you can't kill the monsters. But therefore Silent Hill has some better (harder) puzzles that will need big brainmass to solve.

What did you think about Silent Hill compared to Frictional and/or as a horror game in general?