The trailer for Until Dawn is a happy death day with Wendigos

After a day of exciting video game fans New trend From its 2015 film adaptation of Supermassive Games Explosive interactive horror dramaSony has finally released the official trailer for its movie Until dawn.

In contrast to the game – which saw the group of friends reunite in a McMansion in the middle of winter after the deaths of two sisters in the group of friends, take on a flamethrower-wielding mysterious man and mysterious creatures of the night and encounter totems that gave them insight into the future – director David F. Sandberg is a group of friends searching for a sister who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

While this is in keeping with the game’s premise, events take a turn reminiscent of Happy death day When the hourglass reverses time after the group’s brutal murders at the hands of a variety of horror creatures. Another twist in the film is that the group has a limited number of lives left to revive, and you guessed it, they must survive until dawn. You can check out the trailer below.

Although Sandberg and the crew have pre-empted the release of the trailer to emphasize that the film will do its own thing like ditching the snowy mountain setting for an autumnal cabin in the woods, the film retains some of the hallmarks that made the game so iconic. After these years. The most important of these characters is actor Peter Stormare, who reprises his role in the game, and brief shots of the creatures terrorizing the hapless group of youth. However, the unfortunate group of young people mentioned are all original characters: Clover (Ella Rubin), Nina (Odyssey Azione), Max (Michael Cimino), Megan (Ji Young Yoo), Abel (Belmong Camille), and Melanie (Mia Mitchell). . )

Beyond that, the film looks promising, with some body horror and video game influences thrown into its mix regarding their unfortunate situation. If anything, its remixed premise promises some sinister death montages for horror fans to get their fixers on. Let’s hope the movie isn’t like that Until dawn In name only, it will replicate elements of the game more than a few reference moments and cinematic callbacks.

Until dawn It will be released in theaters on April 25.

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