"Return to Silent Hill, a live-action film adaptation of Konami's beloved Silent Hill 2, hits theaters later this week. Early reviews for the horror flick are as scary as any monster from the games. First announced in 2022, Return to Silent Hill releases on January 23. It isn't connected to the past two Silent Hill movies, even though it was directed by the first film's Christophe Gans, and is instead a loose adaptation of the PS2-era survival horror classic Silent Hill 2."
"As of January 21, there are 15 reviews for Return to Silent Hill on critic aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. And the new movie has an abysmal seven percent Tomatometer score. For those not familiar with Rotten Tomatoes, that ain't a great score. In fact, if this seven percent score holds, Return to Silent Hill will go down as one of the worst-reviewed movies ever. Yikes."
Return to Silent Hill opens January 23 as a loose, PS2-era adaptation of Silent Hill 2 and is not connected to the previous two Silent Hill films despite sharing the first film's director. Marketing was minimal after production wrapped in 2023, and the release followed the recent success of a Silent Hill 2 remake. Early critical reaction is overwhelmingly negative: 15 Rotten Tomatoes reviews produced a seven percent Tomatometer. Critics praise some visuals but describe the film as boring, sloppy, confusing, not very scary, and centered on a protagonist who is hard to relate to and appears more confused than terrified.
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