‘Return to Silent Hill’ Featurette Explores the Immersive World-Building of Christophe Gans’ Franchise Return

Director Christophe Gans returns to the Silent Hill franchise with Return to Silent Hill, and Bloody Disgusting & Cineverse have released a brand new featurette this morning.

Watch the Return to Silent Hill featurette below to go behind the scenes with director and co-writer Christophe Gans, creature designer Patrick Tatopoulos, and the cast and crew as they reveal how they brought the haunting world of Silent Hill to life for the big screen.

“The perception of horror has changed completely, since 2006. We saw the rising of a new brand of horror film,” Gans explains. “Much more disturbing, much more psychological, much more playing with different levels of perception. It’s very exciting. It’s one of the reasons I thought it was the time to adapt Silent Hill 2.”

Choreographer Roberto Campanella explains, “I personally feel Return to Silent Hill is more experiential. The audience is going to be able to be catapulted into that world.”

Return to Silent Hill releases in theaters January 23, 2026 from Cineverse & Bloody Disgusting.

The upcoming movie brings the iconic horror franchise back to the big 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.

Jeremy Irvine is James alongside Hannah Emily Anderson as Mary Crane.

Christophe Gans, who also directed the 2006 feature film adaptation of Silent Hill, wrote the script for the new movie alongside Sandra Vo-Anh and William Josef Schneider.

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