As if the world had stopped and only the two of them existed. The unexpected meeting of James (Jeremy Irvine) and Mary (Hannah Emily Anderson) strikes their lives like a bolt from the blue. The intoxicating dream is soon replaced by painful sobering, and the young artist wakes up in a local bar. He has lost consciousness. And when he causes a scene, he ends up outside in a dumpster, which is not the only mess he has gotten himself into. He also repeatedly misses sessions with his therapist, but he has no intention of changing that either. When he returns to the studio in the evening, devastated by the loss of his beloved and the excess of alcohol, he is jolted out of his despair by a handwritten note that someone slipped under his door. Mary desperately asks him to return to the place they once called home, to Silent Hill. Something has happened, and she needs him. James immediately gets into his car and sets off. However, the tunnel that used to lead to the city is abandoned and closed. He continues on foot, along a forest path and further through the city cemetery. Ash falls from the sky, and a twisted love story reminiscent of a nightmare is just beginning...
The direction of the film, which was shot in Belgrade, the Dinaric Alps in western Serbia, Munich studios, and at the nearby high-altitude Walchensee lake, is once again in the hands of Christophe Gans. He also directed the first film in the Silent Hill series (2006), which dominated the box office of American cinemas right from its opening weekend. Despite the technological advancements that both films bring, Gans does not create the monsters in Silent Hill: Nightmares solely through special effects, but allows them to be portrayed by acrobats and dancers in specially modified costumes.
“Horrors, as people like them today, are different from those we watched in 2006. They are much more disturbing, more psychological, playing with different levels of perception, which is very exciting for all of us... We worked hard on the film, and I hope the audience will be as enthusiastic as we are,” says the director at the moment when his new film is about to hit theaters. “It’s the first time that one story, the same game, is being adapted through two different media,” film producer Victor Hadida explains the close collaboration with the creators of the cult game, especially musician and producer Akira Yamaoka, who is considered the godfather of the franchise.
Silent Hill: Nightmares
USA, UK, France, Germany – 2026
Length: 106 min.
Genre: horror
Premiere: January 22, 2026
Directed by: Christophe Gans
Screenplay: Christophe Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh, William Schneider
Based on the game by: KONAMI
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Eve Macklin, Evie Templeton, Pearse Egan, Howard Saddler, and others
