Maybe Bassett wanted to give him reasons behnd appearing in the first film, much to the complaints of the fans. And obviously because people love Pyramid Head. One thing I don't understand though, why Pyramid Head? He was never called that and was always named Red Pyramid Thing, Red Pyramid, and Bogyman so far. Never Pyramid Head (as far as I know.lol).
Anyay, I would rather see Valtiel. I will not say Pyramid Head is over used (because he's not. 2 games and 2 movies not counting Arcade), but he does have more screen tie than any other monster other than the nurses.
And since his is supposedto follow SH3 to a point, Valtiel being semi popular, being fan demanded pretty much (not like most fan demands, this one is pretty logical), and the fact that he hasn't had any screen time besides SH3 where he played a decently imortant part in, it would be much better to have him than Pyramid Head. But I guess they have to please the masses...(still no reason for him not to be in it at all along side PHead)

James calls him that after the final boss fight: "Pyramid Head won't move anymore."



Valtiel will probably be in there. Bassett went to some lengths to preserve the mythology of the games, so I wouldn't discount it just yet.

That slipped my mind. I havn't finished SH2 in quite a while.

And I wasn't really discounting Valtiel not being in the movie, it's just discouraging that there are no signs of his presence as of yet besides a throne/statue. There are no signs of the god plot yet either, and since that's Valtiel's main purpose, it may lead to his exclusion. Bassett is making a sequel to the first movie first and formost, so it's possible none of that will be present. That's not to say I would care if they changed his role if he is used without the God plot, I honestly do not care if the plot is used.(no crazy psuado-christian witch burning crap from the first movie though..)

Maybe when Claudia gets killed (which she probably will) at the end of the film, he will appear and drag her off the same as he did with Heather in the game.

That would be cool, but ultimately not anywhere near enough for me. Valtiel was present very often in SH3, but always in the background. This could work in the movie too, and add creepyness and surrealism to the atmosphere if done c orrectly.
There does need to be a dragging scene though. A slow one, not fast kicking and screaming crap.

Well, on the soundtrack there's a doom laden ditty called "Vincent Condemned", so you might get your wish.
And it would be pretty cool to see a quick shot of him dragging Lisa about the otherworld.
I'm hoping the elevator scene is replicated, as that scene with Valtiel set the whole mood of the game for me.

I snapped this pic when I was at the movies yesterday:

Sadly, I would still hang that in my room next to my Pyramid Head wallscroll. lol

Yeah right!! lol

I'm not getting what you mean. Are you trying to say he didn't? Because that's not really debatable.