“Do a lot of people go missing around here?”
That’s the ominous question Clover (Ella Rubin) asks a surly stranger (Peter Stormare) while searching for her lost sister. And for those who’ve played Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn, the answer is clear and creepy. But the trailer for the movie adaptation from director David F. Sandberg (Shazam!, Lights Out) reveals some new twists and curious changes made from the popular PlayStation game. For one, the setting won’t be a remote family cabin in snowy mountains, but a visitor’s center in a foggy valley. Still, this horror story will follow a group of young friends who face a night of abject terror and many chances to die.
However, as teased in the film’s first look, a thrilling element of game play will factor into this Until Dawn movie. The characters don’t just die. Like in the game, they get premonitions of their potential fates, and even the chance to try again to best the masked madmen (and other fearsome foes) they might face. While this might hurt the stakes of the premise, it also means way more gore for audiences to enjoy and more chances for spooky subgenres to collide. Looks like Until Dawn just leveled up.
Until Dawn comes exclusively to theaters on April 25.
