‘Return To Silent Hill’ Review Thread

I will continue to update this post as reviews come in.

Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten

Critics Consensus: N/A

Metacritic: 30 (6 Reviews)

Sample Reviews:

Justin Clark, Slant Magazine .5/4 – Christophe Gans’s film does away with all the psychosexual nuance of Silent Hill 2.

SYNOPSIS:

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.

CAST:

• Jeremy Irvine as James Sunderland
• Hannah Emily Anderson as Mary

DIRECTED BY: Christophe Gans

SCREENPLAY BY: Christophe Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh, Will Schneider

BASED ON THE GAME CREATED BY: Konami

PRODUCED BY: Victor Hadida, Molly Hassel, David M. Wulf

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Tetsu Fujimura, Joe Simpson, Simon Williams, Jonathan Bross, Juliana Lubin, Norman Merry, Peter Hampoen, Paul W. Hazen, Joe Neurauter, Jay Taylor

CO-PRODUCERS: Kwesi Dickson, Philipp Kreuzer, Andjelka Vlaisavljevic

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Pablo Rosso

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Jovana Mihajlovic, Mina Buric

EDITED BY: Sébastian Prangère

COSTUME DESIGNER: Momirka Bailovic

VFX SUPERVISOR: Manual Hufschmid

MUSIC BY: Akira Yamaoka

CASTING BY: Neely Eisenstein

RUNTIME: 106 Minutes

RELEASE DATE: January 23, 2026