Return to Silent Hill's First Cinematic Trailer Has Completely Divided the Community

The archetypal cinematic teaser for the upcoming Silent Hill 2 adaptation, Return to Silent Hill, dropped yesterday, and erstwhile again, the assemblage is divided by what they've seen.

While we've antecedently been treated to immoderate BTS screenshots, this is the archetypal clip we've had a due look astatine Christophe Gans' 2nd Silent Hill movie.

The film's crippled volition consciousness acquainted to anyone who played the archetypal Silent Hill 2 oregon the 2024 Bloober remake. It follows "James (Jeremy Irvine), a antheral breached aft being separated from his 1 existent emotion (Hannah Emily Anderson). When a mysterious missive calls him backmost to Silent Hill successful hunt of her, helium finds a once-recognizable municipality transformed by an chartless evil" and "terrifying figures some acquainted and new." It was unveiled successful October 2022, but it took until May 2024 for america to get our archetypal glimpse astatine Return to Silent Hill's mentation of Red Pyramid Thing — AKA Pyramid Head.

"Don't hide that it's an 'adaptation'," suggested 1 instrumentality connected Reddit. "First disconnected — arsenic idiosyncratic who truly likes the archetypal Silent Hill movie contempt the evident crippled issues and departure from the crippled (Silent Hill 1 is besides my favourite crippled successful the franchise) I deliberation it's important to retrieve that Return to Silent Hill (RTSH) is an adap[at]tion, not a nonstop copy. And really, who ACTUALLY wants a 1:1 c transcript of the game? We already person that.... twice."

Well… immoderate radical do conscionable privation a c transcript of the game, it seems.

"I would emotion a bully manager bash [a c transcript of the game], don't marque worldly up," responded idiosyncratic else. "The movie is sh*tty, gets the lore wrong, it's conscionable a B-horror movie. Seriously however the hellhole are you each good with a specified bully crippled having specified a trash adaptation, the Last of Us-ification of Silent Hill is insane."

"​​I cognize everyone wants a subdued, subtle, intelligence fearfulness successful the vein of thing similar Jacob’s Ladder, Lost Highway, Cure," replied this fan. "Trust me, I privation that were truthful arsenic well. But that’s ne'er going to hap successful our lifetimes. This is modern 2025 Hollywood we’re talking about. Return to Silent Hill looks conscionable arsenic bully arsenic the first. It looks mode amended than Welcome to Raccoon City.

"It looks similar a fun, thrilling, entertaining romp done the satellite of Silent Hill, and we volition spot immoderate striking visuals and acquainted creatures. I, for one, would alternatively person this than not person a movie astatine all. Seated time 1."

Other fans of Silent Hill 2 are pondering what ending the movie whitethorn use, arsenic the archetypal crippled had six (seven, if you play the Born from a Wish DLC), and the remake has eight.

"Knowing Christophe Gans, helium volition astir decidedly travel up with his ain ending for the movie adaptation," this subordinate suggested connected a forum. "My conjecture is that he'll crook the loop mentation into the existent ending for the film, and amusement James backmost successful the opening of the communicative doing the aforesaid happening again."

"This is acceptable," posted different connected a Silent Hill assemblage Discord. "I americium not overly impressed, but I americium not disappointed either."

The film's IMDb leafage has besides raised immoderate eyebrows, not slightest due to the fact that it features a fig of quality names unfamiliar to Silent Hill 2 fans, including "Kaitlyn," who whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium a renamed Angela.

"All these other characters and the hooded radical successful the trailer carrying idiosyncratic makes maine interest they've lied successful the aboriginal marketing, and the cult [from Silent Hill 1 and 3] are portion of this communicative now…," cautioned 1 fan.

Return to Silent Hill comes retired connected January 23, 2026, and the folks down the movie deliberation it'll beryllium arsenic existent to the games arsenic possible.

Gans' archetypal Silent Hill movie, based loosely upon the archetypal game, follows parent Rose arsenic she searches for her missing daughter, Sharon, successful a municipality wherever it snows during summer. Although the screenplay was written by Oscar-winner Roger Avary of Pulp Fiction fame, we thought Gans' archetypal adaptation was a mediocre 5/10, writing: "So determination we person it. Our worst fears realized yet again. The video game-to-film genre has endured much than a decennary of mediocrity. Silent Hill is astir apt the smartest and best-looking video crippled adaptation yet, it conscionable doesn't person overmuch other going for it. After all, video games are astir entertainment, and Silent Hill is simply a chore to beryllium through."

The 2nd movie, Silent Hill: Revelation — which was directed by M.J. Bassett — was based loosely connected sequel Silent Hill 3. That secured a little favorable 4.5 successful our review: "Silent Hill Revelation 3D is an inferior sequel successful each way, signifier and form, a fearfulness sequel that fails to either intrigue oregon scare, and 1 that conscionable mightiness person killed the franchise cold-dead."

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.