We the Forgers of Zion Studio brought Exposed Hill to life through a creative and spiritual process. It was fun to make, considering there were plot holes to work with in the secular work, Silent Hill 2: Remake. Zion Studio knew the truth regarding the spiritual realm, spiritual politics and what the Book says about the dead, souls who have passed on, where those souls go, demons and how demons will take the form of a loved one to torment a human, Exposed Hill was not hard to Christianize, Team Silent was very close to Book references, but it wasn’t accurate. KONAMI (Japanese game company) and Team Silent devs, are secular and do not aim to witness to their audience, but Zion Studio does. The characters, heroes and villains were challenging at first, but easier to conjure stories for. Not only were we able to create a successful holy counter parts for the Silent Hill 2: Remake cast, featuring Eddie, Angela, Mary, Maria, Laura and James, we were able to show how a Christian, no matter their age, will react in certain situations that are hard to deal and unfair to them or someone they love.
The city, Exposed Hill, was not hard construct. The foundation is spiritual, the city itself is Elohim’s essence. We feel this is a accurate portrayal of the secular title, considering that Silent Hill, is also a supernatural hotspot that was used for witches, occults and demons. However, the real Silent Hill exists in two locations of the world. The first city is not legally called Silent Hill, but people refer to it as such. The town of Silent Hill West Virginia in the game and movies, is actually Centralia Pennsylvania. Centralia needed miners and was a huge wave of Irish Catholic immigrants that settled 1850's, following the opening of a local iron and coal mining company. In May 1962, the city had the local landfill burned in an attempt to clean up waste. The fire spread through unsealed tunnels that led to an abandoned coal mine.
This ignited a fire that burns to this day and this is why Centralia got its nickname Silent Hill. The local firefighters could not stop the burning and the government, just like the fictional town of Silent Hill West Virginia in the game and movies, that the citizens needed to leave. Centralia citizens were told by the government to evacuate for their safety. Just as in the film, the air in Centralia was dangerous and people could not expose themselves to the environment for long periods. While most people left, a few stayed, hoping that the fire would stop. One of the few remaining buildings is a church that is still in use. The Silent Hill town is very similar in this regard, as only a few citizens remain in Silent Hill West Virginia, and continue to attend church services.
➡️ You can watch the Centralia documentary here.
Interesting enough, the games were not inspired by the events that took place in Centralia. Masahiro Ito, the game's art director, has stated this several times. The name of the city in the game is fictional and takes place in West Virginia, but there is also a real town named Silent Hill in Japan. Our inspiration to create Exposed Hill was based solely on the game’s fictional Silent Hill. Our city does not have a real life version of itself hanging out in the West or the East. In the short story, Exposed Hill, the city is mentioned by a the main protagonist as spiritual location, that is inside of the spiritual realm. But there i a unique catch to this city as well. If Elohim wills Their city to manifest into the physical realm, it will and the city’s location can be anywhere known to humanity. Exposed Hill is not a historical site with significance nor is it a city you can see with your eyes. It can only been seen with spiritual sight, this is why we said in the logline and will say in the eBook, only a Christian or former Christian can see Exposed Hill, and enter the city should it appear to them.
Now there is another way to enter Exposed Hill. If Elohim visit a human, They can reveal Exposed Hill in a dream or vision and the human can experience everything, but only while he/she is asleep. This detail separates Exposed Hill from Silent Hill, West Virginia (fictional), Centralia Pennsylvania or Shizuoka Chuubu. Shizuoka is the word translated for "Silent Hill." It’s also good to point out that Shizuoka is located in Chuubu Japan and the fictional Silent Hill is located near I. C. Prefecture in Japan.
Exposed Hill for Ríona Declan was strictly spiritual. Elohim only took her there when she was sleeping. The location for Shawn Prunty will be physical unless the Producer changes her mind and wants it to be spiritual or a combination of both. There will be residents of Exposed Hill, seraphim and devils. Seraphim are allowed to walk around and engage with visitors (tourists) of Exposed Hill during daylight hours, and humans will entertain seraphim unaware when this happens, because the humans will never know it’s seraphim they’re speaking to. At night, fallen seraphim (devils/demons) will be allowed to come out and engage with humans, but if they remain in the church or their hotel room, they cannot bother them. The only way a demon can come into a hotel room, is if they knock on the door and the human invites them inside the room. That is their permission and once inside, they can torment.
The church is a the holy ground and safe space for all humans. Demons cannot go into the church, Elohim forbids it, but if a human steps outside of the church during nighttime hours when he/she was told not to go out, then the demon is cleared to tempt or torment the human.
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