The plot: One year after her sister disappeared, Clover and her friends head to the remote valley where she vanished to search for answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they soon encounter a masked killer who murders them one by one. However, when they mysteriously wake up at the beginning of the same night, they’re forced to relive the terror over and over again.
The until dawn movie was full of hit & misses.
Pros: Seeing this in cinemas really helped not being introduced to the game in quite some time. It’s succeeded with using some elements from the game to it’s slasher effects and the creatures. A lot of cool kills in tis one. I did like the first two half’s of this movie & a lot of times I jumped up because of the scares.
Cons: The characters were not worth investing that much. The build up to what they were setting up falling off by the third act. Lacking of the tension and how it ended so abruptly.
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Directed by David F. Sandberg
Produced by Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, David F. Sandberg, Lotta Losten, Roy Lee, Gary Dauberman, Mia Maniscalco
Screenplay by Gary Dauberman, Blair Butler
Based on Until Dawn by PlayStation Studios
Starring: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell & Peter Stormare.
Edited by Michel Aller
Cinematography: Maxime Alexandre
Music by Benjamin Wallfisch
Production companies: Screen Game, PlayStation Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, Coin Operated, Mangata
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast:
- Ella Rubin as Clover, a girl searching for her missing sister, Melanie
- Michael Cimino as Max, Clover’s ex-boyfriend
- Odessa A’zion as Nina, Clover’s friend
- Ji-young Yoo as Megan, Clover’s friend
- Belmont Cameli as Abe, Nina’s boyfriend
- Maia Mitchell as Melanie, Clover’s older sister who missing
- Zsófia Temesvári plays Melanie in her Wendigo form
- Peter Stormare as Dr. Hill, a psychologist. Stormare reprise his role from the game.
A still photograph of Rami Malek as Josh Washington, his character from the 2015 video game, appears in Dr. Hill’s office.
I worse ship this film.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe