After the apparent hallucination of numerous murders, Alessa, a girl of 18 is transferred to Briarcliffe Asylum for the Criminally Insane. Where she meets a variety of patients, including a doe-eyed Kit Walker, whom seems to be the only one to believe in the tragic events she claims to have endured. In a fit of infatuation, the two fall deep into the world of Silent Hill, as the girl unknowingly pulls him further and further into her insatiable orbit.