"Return to Silent Hill" Film Release Date Announced

A horror film about a mining town that has turned into hell on earth will be released exactly 20 years after the premiere of the first part, which caused quite a stir in its time.

According to Deadline, the third adaptation of the cult video game is set to hit theaters on January 23, 2026. Director Christophe Gans, who helmed the first horror film in the series, returns to the franchise, while composer Akira Yamaoka – a name every Silent Hill fan knows by heart – once again crafts the film's score. Yamaoka has created soundtracks for both the game series and the two previous Silent Hill movies. Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson take on the lead roles.
A shot from the movie "Silent Hill"
A new film about Silent Hill will be released 20 years after the premiere of the first
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The zoomboola.com editorial team reminds readers: the first Silent Hill film, released in 2006, followed a woman named Rose who gets trapped in a strange abandoned town with her daughter. There, they face off against a terrifying cult and otherworldly monsters emerging from the fog that shrouds the town. Critics gave the film a lukewarm reception, but many viewers embraced it for staying true to the spirit of its source material – the video game where a father searches Silent Hill for his missing daughter, solving puzzles and battling creatures. But the sequel that arrived in 2012? That's a different story entirely. Critics and audiences alike tore it apart, and fans of the game series would rather pretend it never happened.