Return to Silent Hill parents guide

Return to Silent Hill Parent Guide

Why go back?

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Theater: Remembering a past love, a man finds himself returning to the darkness of Silent Hill.

Release date January 23, 2026

Violence
Sexual Content
Profanity
Substance Use

Why is Return to Silent Hill rated R? The MPAA rated Return to Silent Hill R for bloody violent content, language and brief drug use

Run Time: 106 minutes

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Directed by Christopher Gans. Starring Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Strange. Running time: 106 minutes. Theatrical release January 23, 2026. Updated January 29, 2026

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Return to Silent Hill
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Why is Return to Silent Hill rated R? Return to Silent Hill is rated R by the MPAA for bloody violent content, language and brief drug use

Violence: There are frequent jump scares. People are repeatedly pursued by creatures who undergo frightening transformations. There are scenes of the monsters’ chests bursting open. Monsters’ bodies decay. People are attacked with bladed weapons. Bloody injuries are shown after attacks. A person is smothered.  Flesh peels off sick people. Suicide is a theme in the film with a person begging someone to kill them and another thinking about suicide.
Sexual Content: None.
Profanity: There are sexual expletives, scatological curses, terms of deity, and minor profanities in the script.
Drugs/Alcohol: Marijuana is smoked on screen.

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