Sadako Yamamura
Alma is named after the character Alma Mobley in Peter Straub's novel "Ghost Story". "F.E.A.R." lead designer Craig Hubbard said he wanted to give players, "enough clues so that [they] can form [their] own theories about what's going on, but ideally [they will] be left with some uncertainty". Hubbard said his most direct influence for the child Alma was Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Seance", but he was also inspired by Sadako Yamamura and the twins in "The Shining". The developers chose to make Alma's dress red for "a variety of reasons". Her signature outfit and appearance are altered significantly in "F.E.A.R. 3". A glow-in-the-dark statue of pregnant Alma was bundled with the Collectors Edition set of "F.E.A.R. 3".