Silent Hill 3 - Innocent Moon

Direct sequel is set 17 years after original and story is only canonical to Good or Good+ ending.

Anyway, witness the Beginning. The rebirth of paradise, despoiled by mankind.

Characters

Helen was deemed too old-fashioned so Heather Mason was ultimately named after her voice and motion capture actress Heather Morris.

Vincent originates from Vincent Gallo.

Claudia Wolf is named after Claudia Cardinale.

Douglas Cartland (named after Douglas Fairbanks) was modelled on Ian Holm's Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element.

Fairy tales

Alessa's bedroom includes the books Oz, Alice and Mother Goose.

To solve the Marchen Travel puzzle, dolls of Snow White (left) and Cinderella (right) require a mask and red shoe respectively.

Miscellany

Lakeside Amusement Park mascot Robbie the Rabbit could be based on the Bunny Man urban legend.

His lesser known friends (displayed on posters only) are Dawn the Duck, Huey the Horse and Kathy the Kitty.

Intro and gameplay features two pairs of dangling legs (symbolic of Alessa and Cheryl).

Without mentioning specifics, Masahiro Ito states this was inspired by Kōbō Abe's 1973 novel The Box Man.

Battering a wall at the construction site creates a hole, with a pair of legs hidden inside.

Heather comments on Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat, where a man accidentally kills his wife and hides her corpse in a wall.

Yeah, this has fuck all to do with Snake and Metal Gear Solid.

The Sewer Fairy is an optional secret character that can only be encountered in Extra New Game.
After electrocuting the sewer monster with the hairdryer, we can examine the water and throw the steel pipe inside. She'll ask a series of 'truth' questions and if Heather answers honestly, she'll be rewarded with the gold and silver pipes.

Aesop's fable The Honest Woodcutter is identical in principle, only with axe and Hermes (aka Mercury) as the quizmaster.

Session 9 (2001)

While exploring the horrors of Hilltop Centre Otherworld, a wheelchair beyond an unbreakable pane of glass recreates poster.

The Hilltop Inn is a hotel in Dean Kootnz's 1983 novel Phantoms, with 1998 film adaptation largely removing the H. P. Lovecraft nods contained in literary work.

Jacob's Ladder

PAL cover art vs poster

Bergen Street Station

Chained gate

Subway

Caravaggio

While not nailed on, some made for game paintings ring loud bells of Italian master.

Salvation vs The Seven Acts of Mercy

Creation vs Madonna of the Rosary

Promise vs Death of the Virgin

Saint Nicholas Miraculous Hands vs Saint Jerome Writing

Personal best

We observe photographs of an unknown female's mouth and ear.

Both could be edited from Lisa Garland in original's comedic cast roll.

But as a whole.

The Cell¹
Serial killer Carl Stargher has one of this victims trapped inside a glass container, which is set to slowly fill with water via an automatic timer.

¹ntbcw Cell (2016), based on Stephen King's 2006 novel of same name.

Alice (1988)

Hiroyki Owaku admits that Jan Švankmajer's sensational take on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland influenced 'canned lightbulbs' in Silent Hill 2.

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Split Worm vs The Caterpillar

Numb Body vs Bill the Lizard's companion

(Ahem).

Central Square Shopping Centre

A few posters are entitled The Revolt of Tirn Aill.  In Welsh mythology, Tirn Aill means Other World.

One depicts a child's face, which Heather finds 'a little creepy'.

Probably a stretch, but angelic mug kinda resembles Cosette from Les Misérables.

Also, title may be a nod to Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem The Revolt of Islam.

My Bestsellers

Ignoring the infamous Shakespeare Anthology Book puzzle, focus shifts elsewhere.

Image on College magazine is actually a publicity still from Gossip (2000).

Finally.

Watercolor vs The Arnolfini Portrait (detail) - Jan van Eyck