The official trailer has been revealed forUntil Dawn. Theoriginal 2015 horror video gameis regarded as one of the most iconic of all time. It is known for its key mechanic of choice-making, allowing players to experience starkly different storylines and different character deaths. Since then, anUntil Dawnmovie has been adapted, with Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman as co-writers and David F. Sandberg as the director. The cast features Ella Rubin, Odessa A’zion, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, and Maia Mitchell.
Now,Sony Pictures Entertainmenthas released the trailer forUntil Dawn. The trailer opens with an eerie banging as a car drives down a desolate road. The main character reveals to a shop owner that she is looking for her sister, who asks if the woman has gone missing. The man tells her that “up the road, that’s where people get into trouble.” The young woman and her friends then visit a mysterious house, where they discover missing persons fliers and a dangerous killer. They are all murdered but wake up again,discovering the night is repeating itself.
What This Trailer Means For Until Dawn
Until DawnWill Use The Deaths To Build Mystery
Earlier this week, anUntil Dawnteaser trailerwas the first to reveal how themovie would adapt the game’s classic choice mechanic. Unable to create the same kind of choose-your-own-adventure format that the game does,the movie would instead kill characters multiple times, allowing them a do-over post-mortem. The new full trailer shows how the horror movie will actualize this concept, making each death unique and introducing a different character each night.
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Through these cyclical kills, the characters must discover what is the central tenant of the game:they must survive until dawn. Working together towards their survival,theUntil Dawncharactersmust use each night to unlock a series of clues that will lead them closer to solving the mystery of escaping this house. No one has ever survived more than 13 nights in the house, but this group will try to break that trend. So far, the trailer hints that the Wendigo will be back, while the first masked killer in the trailer resembles the mask Josh (Rami Malek) wore in the game.
Our Take On The Until Dawn Trailer
Its Repeat Death Concept Has Been Done Before
While it is a creative handling of the game,Until Dawn’s main structural concept is not an entirely original point.A slasher reimagining of aGroundhog Daysetup was previously realized inHappy Death Dayand its sequel,Happy Death Day 2U. The existence of these films, however, shows that anyone can make an interesting horror film by repeating situations with slight tweaks. TheUntil Dawntrailer suggests that the film will use these slight variations to build mystery, adding intrigue to the movie.
Until Dawn
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A group of friends ventures into a remote valley to uncover the truth behind a mysterious disappearance. They find themselves trapped in a nightmarish time loop, facing a series of ever-changing and increasingly terrifying threats.
