Last time I talked about Silent Hill 2, we took a brief look at the critters infesting James’s nightmare world. This week, I thought I’d take a look at some of the other stories and items that influenced the game. Particularly, I’m going to be looking at Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, as well as David Lynch’s 1997 film Lost Highway.

I’m going to start with the earlier work, Crime and Punishment.

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