Resurfaced BTS Return to Silent Hill Image Raises More Than a Few Eyebrows: 'Probably Fun to Watch Drunk'

An representation from Christophe Gans' upcoming Silent Hill movie Return to Silent Hill has caused rather a disturbance — if not needfully for the reasons its creators and Konami mightiness person hoped.

The representation making the rounds isn't caller — it originates from an authoritative behind-the-scenes video connected the making of Return to Silent Hill released successful May 2024.

A behind-the-scenes look astatine the elevator changeable from Return to Silent Hill.

But the representation is getting a caller lease connected beingness aft being shared by the Discussing Film X / Twitter relationship and receiving implicit 4 cardinal views.

The images successful the tweet, which are taken from a changeable of a closing elevator doorway sliced down the mediate to bring the characters look person together, amusement some James and Maria lasting successful a rusty lift, apt successful Brookhaven Hospital.

James, with curly acheronian hairsbreadth and a greenish leather jacket, is glowering crossed astatine Maria. Maria herself is lasting with her eyes closed and her bare midriff lit up. She's wearing the archetypal game's iconic outfit that was inspired by Christina Aguilera and, uh, a not-so-iconic, kinda-cheap-looking wig.

It's not wide where, exactly, successful the game's timeline this country takes place, but Maria's look is notably shiny, suggesting she's either unwell oregon has precocious exerted herself.

"This looks similar immoderate amateur YouTube instrumentality video," said 1 commenter connected societal media. "Why is it truthful hard for movie makers to nail the look from the game?" Another responded with: "This looks similar instrumentality fabrication oregon the opening to a rip-off porno."

"Can odor it flopping from here," added another.

"Call maine pessimistic, but I conscionable can't spot this being thing but blistery garbage," said a commenter connected Reddit. "Probably amusive to ticker drunk though."

"Every azygous representation of this movie is comically atrocious and cheap," stated different unhappy fan. "Buckle up for a large disappointment, due to the fact that it is coming similar it oregon not."

"Wow man, chill, the trailer isn't adjacent retired yet," interjected a much optimistic fan. "Gans tin bash nary wrong. Crying Freeman, Brotherhood of the Wolf, are each bangers. Silent Hill and Return to Silent Hill are conscionable adaptations/anthologies with his creator visuals, not changeable for changeable remakes. Just beryllium grateful were getting immoderate large fund Silent Hill movie period."

This remark made maine snort-laugh and present I can't unsee it: "I thought that pic of James was Badger from Breaking Bad."

As this inactive comes from a behind-the-scenes video, fans are close to constituent retired that these are pre-production images taken connected acceptable without immoderate peculiar effects, and whitethorn disagree drastically to what the last merchandise whitethorn look like.

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. It's 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."

Image credit: Silent Hill / YouTube.

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.