The New ‘Return to Silent Hill’ Trailer Invitations You to Face Your Interior Demons

Simply because October is within the rearview doesn’t imply we will’t get one other horror movie trailer. And so far as Konami is anxious, November is prime Silent Hill time. Extra particularly, a better take a look at the official trailer for director Michael Gans’ upcoming Silent Hill 2 film, Return to Silent Hill.

Return to Silent Hill sees the original 2006 Silent Hill film director undertake the herculean process of adapting Silent Hill 2 (arguably the most effective Silent Hill recreation; argue with a wall). In it, James Sunderland (performed by Jeremy Irvine of Warhorse fame) entered the secluded, foggy, eponymous city in the hunt for his spouse, Mary (Hannah Emily Anderson). What he will get is horrors in addition to a reckoning along with his deep-seated transgressions as a so-called spouse man™. Becoming a member of Irvine and Anderson within the delightfully macabre horrors are Evie Templeton as Laura, Pearse Egan as Eddie Dombrowski, and Robert Unusual as “Purple Pyramid” (a.ok.a. Pyramid Head).

What we will say positively concerning the upcoming movie, past what the trailer has hyped as a must-watch, is that its soundtrack will bang unequivocally. This comes due to the return of collection composer Akira Yamaoka. Actually, in an exclusive clip from a few months again, Gans confused he wouldn’t have stated sure to creating the film had Yamaoka not been concerned with scoring it. For folk who don’t know ball in relation to Silent Hill, that was essentially the most tapped-in factor Gans may’ve stated to engender confidence that the director understands how integral the soundtrack is to the video games’ DNA—especially Silent Hill 2. With the tidbit of knowledge that Gans used Death Stranding developer Kojima Productions’ Silent Hills PlayStation 4 demo, P.T. (which was swiftly cancelled), as a reference point for Return to Silent Hill, it bodes nicely for the movie dwelling as much as everybody’s lofty expectations. Lord is aware of the wigs on James and Maria aren’t.

In different adjoining Silent Hill information, boy, has this franchise turned the ship round. Since Return to Silent Hill was first introduced throughout Konami’s huge Silent Hill showcase livestream back in 2022, the psychological horror collection has had extra bases loaded and residential runs (remembering it may nonetheless make video games after years of no movement) with video games like developer Bloober Staff’s Silent Hill 2 Remake in addition to NeoBards Leisure’s Silent Hill f. The previous of which carried out so shockingly nicely that there are actually plans for Blooper Staff to spin the block and remake the original Silent Hill online game. Likewise, Silent Hill f is getting adapted into a novel, and its lead actress, Konatsu Kato, has develop into an in a single day YouTube sensation, racking up over 1.7 million views in her first-ever livestream playing through Silent Hill f and getting jumpscared at each flip. We’re so again, fogposters.

Time will inform whether or not Gans’ return to creating Silent Hill movies will equally bear fruit now that he gained’t be lifting elements of two like Pyramid Head for referential scares and can now have the enormous lummox really terrorize James on the large display.

Return to Silent Hill releases in theaters on January 23, 2026.

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