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“Truth or Dare” (2018)

Horror

Running Time: 100 minutes

Written by: Michael Reisz, Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach and Jeff Wadlow

Directed by: Jeff Wadlow

Featuring: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Hayden Szeto, and Landon Liboiron

Penelope: “How do we get out of this game alive?” 

Markie Cameron:[smiling face] “You can’t. It only ends when all the players dead. And your turn is next.”

This week sees the release on DVD and Blu-ray of the latest Blumhouse/Universal horror movie “Truth or Dare” (2018), which was yet another box office success for the joint venture costing a miserly US$3.5 million dollars, but generating almost US$100 million at the global box office making this yet another example of how Jason Blum is ruling the horror genre as well as at least attempting to make original or at least original feeling movies that audiences want to see in cinemas. The general idea of “Truth or Dare” is not new having been mined many times before but the drawcard of this movie was that it followed another Blumhouse/Universal movie, that being “Happy Death Day” (2017), which itself was a reductive idea, having been a “Groundhog Day”  (1999) rip off of sorts but had enough personality to get by, not only becoming a hit but being critically popular as well. It has to be said that while horror movies are enjoying good times at the moment it has not been viewed in a positive light for some time. This is why the PG-13 rating is important to the genre as well as a hindrance as if the idea behind the movie is not sound then the lack of gore can mean the rough edges have been sanded off making a neutered product. So it makes sense that there should be some kind of double dipping at the well to see if this could be repeated, with a similar setting, a somewhat similar cast as well as an often used idea, however the results have been disappointing to say the least.

Directed and co-written by Jeff Wadlow this movie is just a series of set-ups and payoffs with neither being terribly original that is framed as a horror by the fact that there is some sort of ill defined otherworldly entity that has some kind of objective based on the misdeeds of others that seem to have been made up as the movie was actually shooting. Wadlow who has been behind some of the very worst movies involving teenagers seems to enjoy attempting to stay young with his casts as well as subject matter never moving on into other more progressive fair, just like the characters in the movie his storylines all seem to be echoing the same kind of dull unimaginative thrillers that I thought had gone out once we hit the millennium, it seems nobody told Wadlow about that as surely this one trick pony must have used them all up here. The shame here is that because of such a low budget as well as a trailer that echoed a previous movie that was actually very good it has meant that “Truth or Dare” has succeeded in garnering an audience it does not deserve.

The film begins is primarily about: Olivia Barron, her best friend Markie Cameron, Markie’s boyfriend Lucas Moreno, along with Penelope Amari and her boyfriend Tyson Curran, and Brad Chang go on a trip to Mexico for their last Spring Break. Originally Olivia was going to work for Habitat for Humanity, but Markie cancelled her Habitat work without asking her so she would be able to make the Mexico trip. In Mexico, Olivia runs into fellow student Ronnie who proceeds to harass her until a man intervenes on her behalf. The man introduces himself as Carter and convinces her and her friends to join him for drinks at the ruins of a mansion. There, he initiates a game of “Truth or Dare?”. The game ends when Carter reveals that he tricked Olivia and her friends to the mansion to offer them in his place in the supernatural game of Truth or Dare. As he leaves, he explains that the game will follow them and they must not refuse it or they will die.

The movie features as you would guess many young actors who to their credit are attempting to do their best but they are all playing paper thin characters who all come off as clueless as well as vapid who are all surface that never really end up at the end of the movie with any satisfying arcs. These characters are the worst parts of any CW shows that if I am honest I was looking forward to ending their time in the movie. For me the highlight of the movie is Hayden Szeto who after being a highlight of the excellent “The Edge of Seventeen” (2016), here steals the movie playing one of the only real characters in the movie who even has his own story as well as arc which pays off all too soon for my liking. It seemed to me that the rest of the cast’s own narratives were not only melodramatic in the wrong ways but seemed to be so artificial as to be over the top even for a teen horror movie about a game that seems oddly put of date with the time this movie occupies.

I really do get the idea of the game bringing out the worst secrets from people who think they know each other as well as the fact that sometimes while truth may seem safer than a dare in many cases it is not. Once a dare is completed it is over but if a real truth is revealed the ramifications of that can stay with people forever. Of course because this is a horror movie the dares get more and more outlandish as the movie progresses much like similarly themed movies do which is if course one of the inherent weaknesses of this type of sub genre, it also means that inherently most of the cast will die, and in this it is pretty obvious that there will be a final girl to come up with a conclusion which there is and it is fairly easy to see that the writers of this movie just ran out of ideas when they wrote themselves into a corner. Once again the unfortunate part of this movie is the way in which the ‘evil’, which of course there has to be as the people cannot be blamed for what is happening, is explained as well as how it is dealt with, really this story could have been part of a television anthology than a fully fledged movie.

Unfortunately this is not a great horror movie, for a variety of reasons, it has a central idea that doesn’t go beyond its initial premise, which is a weakness of many movies, not just horrors. The characters are almost all unsympathetic as well as being highly unoriginal; it falls into many tropes that are overblown as well as ill conceived which are never really addressed fully so the entire thing feels unfinished as well as made up as it was shot. I wouldn’t purchase this movie but I would watch on a streaming service or rent if that is possible. There were some chances that were missed with this movie that may have made it much better as well as entertaining I only hope it will not tarnish future Blumhouse movies to come.

“Truth or Dare” is out now on DVD & Blu-ray.

DVD/Blu-ray review: “Truth or Dare” (2018) "Truth or Dare" (2018) Horror Running Time: 100 minutes Written by: Michael Reisz, Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach and Jeff Wadlow…

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Demented Discs: Physical Horror Releases for February

I work in a bookstore. Therefore, my mortgage, groceries, and crippling addiction to vintage Vanilla Ice merchandise all depend on the sale of physical media. Thankfully for me (and for the guy on eBay selling me the 35mm print of Cool as Ice), physical media has turned the corner and has begun to outsell digital media for the first time this decade. People have finally realized that the greatest quality a human can possess is the ability to light up the stage and wax a chump like a candle. Coming in a close second is the will to read Demented Discs and collect horror films on physical media!

We are your one-stop shop for all of the best horror home releases for the upcoming month. February may be the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean that it is devoid of great home horror releases! These next 28 days are jam-packed with incredible offerings, from some of the all-time greats to highly anticipated new films. So, without further ado, here is your shopping list for the month of February:

February 2nd

Tragedy Girls

This dark horror-comedy took the Toronto After Dark by storm and has been on the minds of horror fans ever since. The film stars Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool, The Exorcist) as true-crime bloggers that will stop at nothing to become internet famous. What does a true-crime blogger do in a town that doesn’t see much actual crime? Why, you murder and maim, that’s what! This black comedy should be on any horror fan’s list of must-watch films for the month. We have covered this film pretty extensively here at Nightmare on Film Street, so check out Jon’s review of the film HERE and our exclusive interview with the director, Tyler MacIntyre, HERE.

February 6th

Victor Crowley

Adam Green’s horrific swamp creation is back and better than ever! Filmed in secret and first shown at FrightFest, this sequel is set ten years after the events of Hatchet. All horror fans needs to support this film as it is an homage to the physical effects, blood, guts and gore that made us fall in love with the slasher sub-genre in the first place. Victor Crowley will be available on both Blu-Ray and DVD and it is one horror sequel that you need to check out.

Day of the Dead: Bloodline

What do you do when you remake a classic film to overwhelmingly negative reviews? If you’re director Hèctor Hernández Vicens and writers Mark Tonderai and Lars Jacobson, you remake the remake ten years later in an attempt to garner even worse reviews. Obviously they wanted to make a faithful adaptation of the George A. Romero classic, but it looks like they missed that mark. What this film does look like, however, is a gory bloodbath that could have probably stood on its own without the DOTD title. Rent this film and give it a chance, without any preconceived notions about it being a remake.

February 13th

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Arrow Films is at it again with yet another beautiful release of a classic horror film. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage was the directorial debut of Dario Argento, who also happened to write the film. It follows an American named Sam (Tony Musante) who witnesses an attempted murder and stays behind to help the police investigate the crime. He then begins to be stalked by a serial killer, out to silence him for good. This debut has all of the beautiful Italians, long knives and bright red blood that we have come to expect in an Argento film. This is a definite must-own for all fans of giallo film.

Night of the Living Dead- Criterion

We all know the story behind George A. Romero’s classic film and how it made its way into the public domain. Because of this status, we all have two or three copies of the film that are either colorized, dubbed or (for some stupid reason) include added scenes not shot by Romero and company. What we have always needed is one version of the film to rule all the rest. Thanks to the masters at Criterion, we finally do. This Blu-Ray edition includes the never-before-seen work print edit of the film, which they called Night of Anubis. It will also include a 4k digital restoration of the film, 16mm dailies and interviews with Guillermo del Toro, Frank Darabont and Robert Rodriguez. I hope they created a lot of copies of this one, because every single horror fan in the world needs to own this special edition.

The Silence of the Lambs- Criterion

Criterion is killing my ability to buy multiple copies of Ninja Rap on vinyl this month. Here they are, releasing yet another all-time great horror film with a beautiful 4k digital restoration. This Blu-Ray of The Silence of the Lambs will also feature thirty-eight minutes of deleted scenes, four documentaries with interviews from Jonathan Demme and the cast, and an audio commentary from 1994 featuring Demme, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster and real-life FBI agent John Douglas. Again, this is a must-have for not only horror fans, but fans of film in general.

Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection

It’s been five years since we’ve had the opportunity to get our hands on Blu-Ray copies of these films. That box set has gone out of print, so we have had to purchase each film in the classic Friday the 13th series individually to get them in HD. Thanks to Diabolik, we now have the opportunity to pick up the first 8 films in the series (It all has to do with licensing, ladies and gents, so nothing post-Manhattan) all on glorious Blu-Ray. These films will include most of the awesome special features included in the other versions, like behind-the-scenes footage and commentary tracks. Don’t let the terrible box art fool you, this is a set that you must pick up!

Hellraiser: Judgement

With there already being a ton of really bad sequels in the Hellraiser series, where else could Lionsgate and Dimension go but up? It looks like this installment, Hellraiser: Judgement, borrowed heavily from the Saw franchise and tried to turn this into a mystery of sorts. It looks like one of the better sequels in the franchise, and it doesn’t have Dad-Bod Pinhead, which is a plus!

Also:

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)- The third installment to the Chainsaw franchise was a tough sell to audiences and critics alike in the early 90’s. Give this one another try with a beautiful Blu-Ray upgrade.

February 20th

Mom and Dad

I seriously doubt that, after February 13th, any of us will have any disposable income left. If you do, however, give me some of it so I can go pick up a copy of Mom and Dad starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair. This black comedy currently has a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and it has horror fans across the world buzzing. The only way to describe it is for you to watch the trailer. So, check that out above then go pick up your copy of Mom and Dad on the 20th.

The Night Walker

William Castle is the greatest showman that has ever lived (apologies to Hugh Jackman and the elephant torturer he portrayed). Castle could take the simplest of premises and turned them into must-see events for the entire community. The Night Walker, starring Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck, is about a woman who is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire. As Mr. Castle says in the trailer, “Nightmares can kill you!” (Just ask Freddy!)

Also:

Scalpel (1977)- HE LOST THE FACE OF THE WOMAN HE LOVED… SO HE GAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. What else do you need to know?

February 27th

78/52

Guillermo del Toro. Peter Bogdanovich. Eli Roth. Danny Elfman. Jamie Lee Curtis. Bret Easton Ellis. That is an All-Star Team of horror creators and fans, all analyzing and discussing one of the most famous scenes in horror history. This documentary takes you through the 78 shots and 52 cuts made in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Not only does it examine the technical genius it took to make that scene work in that day and age, but it also will take a look at the historical impact that scene had on cinema. Where would movies be without that film and that scene? Check out this amazing documentary from IFC Midnight and find out.

So, there you have it! These are the top physical-media releases for the month of January. Join our official Facebook Group today and let us know when you pick up these amazing titles. Also, be sure to keep an eye on Nightmare on Film Street for next month’s list of titles.

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