‘Return to Silent Hill: The Official Movie Novelization’ Releasing in January

While you wait for Silent Hill 2 adaptation Return to Silent Hill to release in theaters on January 23, 2026, Titan Books has announced that Return to Silent Hill: The Official Movie Novelization by Bram Stoker winner John Passarella is also coming soon.

In the new movie from director Christophe Gans (Silent Hill), based on the classic psychological horror game Silent Hill 2, James must return to Silent Hill to rescue his soulmate. The town has been changed by an unknown malevolent force that makes James doubt his ability to survive.

Return to Silent Hill: The Official Movie Novelization will release January 27 from Titan Books!

In Return to Silent Hill, “When James (Jeremy Irvine) receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary (Hannah Emily Anderson), 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 brink of survival.”

John Passarella is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Wither, Wither’s Rain, Wither’s Legacy, Kindred Spirit, Shimmer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ghoul Trouble, Angel: Avatar, Angel: Monolith, Supernatural: Rite of Passage and Supernatural: Night Terror.

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.