'Until Dawn' Reviews: Are Critics Creeped Out By Video Game Adaptation?

Horror film "Until Dawn" has a polarized reputation: film critics have mixed reviews

Directed by "Thunder Shazam! 》 and director David F. Sandberg, directed by Blair Butler and Gary Dowberman, the film Until Dawn, directed by Blair Butler and Gary Dowberman, will be premiered on Thursday and will be released in theaters nationwide on Friday.

According to the official plot, the film tells the story of Clover's (Ela Rubin)'s sister Melanie mysteriously disappearing for a year, and she and her friends go to the remote valley where her sister is missing to find the answer. While exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and brutally killed one by one…and then they wake up and find themselves back to the beginning of the same night.

They were trapped in the valley and forced to relive the night time and time again—but each time the killer threat was different, each time more terrifying than the last. As hope was dashed, they soon realized that they had limited deaths left and the only way to escape was to live until dawn.

The film was rated R-rated and also starred in Michael Simino, Odessa Azion, Liu Zhirong, Belmont Carmeli, Maiya Mitchell and Peter Stomari.

As of Thursday, Until Dawn received a 58% "Rotten Tomato" rating on the Rotten Tomato website based on 26 comments. Rotten Tomato’s critic consensus and popcorn index (generated by the website’s certified users vote) are to be announced.

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Film critics' reviews of "Until Dawn":

Some top critics on Rotten Tomatoes have given positive reviews on Until Dawn, for example, William Bibiani of The Wrap wrote: "If you're just looking for some reason to jump out of your seat, then this movie won't let you down. Of course, there are a lot of better options, too."

Alison Foreman of IndieWire holds a similar view, who gave a positive comment on Rotten Tomatoes, but also expressed reservations: “Until Dawn attempts to be a sharp horror comedy—some successes, some failures—but it would be better if it was viewed as a downright spoof. If that was the director’s intention, a better name might be Video Games: Horror Movies.”

Benjamin Lee of The Guardian also gave a positive comment, although he believes the film is not a masterpiece. His comment on Rotten Tomatoes read: “For its part, Until Dawn is an acceptable, not too scary horror film, well-made and starring a group of great young actors.”

However, some top critics gave negative comments. "Watching someone else to play a video game you can never play is a unique boring experience. Until Dawn, the dullness of this 'Why am I here?' has been throughout from the beginning."

Jacob Orel of AV Club also criticized the film, writing in a negative review on Rotten Tomato website: "A bad time loop story with a random plot, stuffed with as many cliches as possible."

Nick Shagg of Daily Beasts also gave a negative comment, writing that the film “lacks any internal logic, even more so, a surprisingly horrifying scene, presenting only clichés as old as a haunted house.”

"Until Dawn" will be premiered on Thursday and will be released in theaters nationwide on Friday.

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