Until Dawn is a 2025 horror film about a group of young people who are trapped in a remote valley by a murderer and are killed. However, they are sent back in time and forced to relive the night of their killings. Serving as a live-action spin-off of the 2015 video game developed by Supermassive Games, it is set in the same universe but features an original standalone story that expands the series’ mythology.
The movie was directed by David F. Sandberg (Shazam; Annabelle Creation; Lights Out) from a screenplay written by Blair Butler (The Invitation) and Gary Dauberman (Salem’s Lot; IT; The Nun). It was produced by Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, David F. Sandberg, Lotta Losten, Roy Lee, Gary Dauberman and Mia Maniscalco.
The Coin Operated-Mångata Production-PlayStation Productions-Screen Gems-Sony Pictures Releasing-Vertigo Entertainment co-production stars Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli and Peter Stormare.
Plot:
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor centre, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one… only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the nightmare again and again – only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realises they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn…
Background:
“One of the creative things the game did is that people make different choices and die in different ways,” David F. Sandberg has explained. “The movie has this mechanic, where things start over and they get to try again. Every time they come back to life, it’s like they’re in a new horror genre.”
Trailer:
Release:
United States – April 25, 2025 – theatrical (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Filming locations:
Principal photography began in Budapest on August 5, 2024 and wrapped on October 4, 2024.
Cast and characters:
Ella Rubin … Clover, Odessa A’zion … Nina, Michael Cimino … Max, Ji-young Yoo … Megn, Belmont Cameli … Abel, Maia Mitchell … Melanie, Peter Stormare … Doctor Hill
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