Yes, original Silent Hill director Christophe Gans is back
Return to Silent Hill’s first trailer doesn’t bode well
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After successfully remaking Silent Hill 2 in video game form in 2024, Konami and original Silent Hill movie director Christophe Gans are adapting the story of that game for a new movie, Return to Silent Hill. After getting a behind-the-scenes look at Return to Silent Hill last year, we now have a proper trailer for the film. And if you’re a fan of the psychological horror franchise, it will certainly make you appreciate the miracle that was Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2.
Gans’ new Silent Hill movie appears to have many of the elements of the original game, including James Sunderland being pursued by Pyramid Head, and the foggy, ethereal titular town. But other elements feel off, including the younger, leather-clad version of James seen in the trailer. Silent Hill fans seem mixed to negative on the trailer, with commenters particularly fixated on the bizarre tagline “You live here now.”
Plot-wise, at least, the film appears to hew close to the structure of Silent Hill 2. According to the film’s official description:
RETURN TO SILENT HILL brings the iconic horror franchise back to the screen. When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.
Return to Silent Hill stars Jeremy Irvine (War Horse, Treadstone) as James, and Hannah Emily Anderson (Jigsaw, the Purge TV series) as Mary Crane, Angela, Maria, and Moth Mary, according to her official credit.
Return to Silent Hill is slated for release in theaters on January 23, 2026.
