Get ready for one hell of a night. The movie Until Dawn is on its way, and its production teams do not fail to remind us of it. Today, a video presentation of the film was shared with us, thus revealing its first details and especially its first images. This is the opportunity to see the cast in action in what promises to be one of the most anticipated horror films by the video game community.
Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A'zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell and Peter Stormare share the screen, each fighting for their own survival, but also that of the group. In terms of storyline, Sony Pictures reveals to us:
“A year after the mysterious disappearance of her sister Melanie, Clover and her friends travel to the isolated valley where she vanished, in search of answers. While exploring an abandoned reception center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and murdered in gruesome ways, one by one… only to wake up and find themselves at the start of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they are forced to relive this nightmare again and again, but each time the threat of the killer is different, more terrifying than the last..”
As the title of the film suggests, the protagonists will have to survive until dawn. It's exactly the same principle as for the video game, except that the feature film will not be interactive, removing one of its main assets.
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What does adapting an inspiration mean?
Players who tried the controller in 2015 know thatUntil Dawn is a video game which draws its inspiration from slashersa cinematic genre of which Friday the 13th, the saga Halloween or even Texas Chainsaw Massacre are some of the most famous muses. The title made an impact because it played on players' ability to keep different characters alive. You could have between 0 and 7 survivors at the end of the game, depending on the actions and dialogues you chose.
With the adaptation, the Sony Pictures teams did not wish to keep the narrative as it was presented in the video game. The characters are different, as well as the place and time of the plot. There remains noUntil Dawn than its slasher side, except for one detail. Gary Dauberman, screenwriter and producer on the film, and David F. Sandberg, the director, explain to us that the feeling of “replayability” and strategic choices will result in a mechanism of going back in time, symbolized by an hourglass.
Besides this aspect, and surely a few easter eggs and other hidden references, the feature film should be no different from any other slasher. Players already regret the lack of precision regarding the adaptation of the game universe Until Dawn. It remains to be seen what the final result will be when it is released in April. No date has yet been announced, but an official trailer is promised in the coming weeks.
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