Until Dawn (2015)

A group of teenagers spend the weekend in a ski lodge on the anniversary of their friends' disappearance, unaware that they are not alone.

Director:

Will Byles

Writers:

Larry Fessenden (screenplay by), Graham Reznick (screenplay by)

Stars:

Hayden Panettiere, Peter Stormare, Rami Malek

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hayden Panettiere	...	Samantha (voice)
Peter Stormare	...	Dr. Hill (voice)
Rami Malek	...	Joshua (voice)
Brett Dalton	...	Michael (voice)
Meaghan Martin	...	Jessica (voice)
Galadriel Stineman	...	Ashley (voice)
Noah Fleiss	...	Christopher (voice)
Nichole Bloom	...	Emily (voice)
Jordan Fisher	...	Matthew (voice)
Ella Lentini	...	Hannah / Beth (voice)
Larry Fessenden	...	Flamethrower Guy (voice)
Graham Reznick	...	Radio DJ (voice)
Heather Robb	...	Sheriff (voice)
Brian McGuinness	...	Ranger / Detective (voice)
Tiffany Bartok	...	Detective (voice)

Storyline

1 year after the death and disappearance of twin sisters, Hannah and Beth, 8 friends, Mike, Matt, Chris, Emily, Ashley, Jessica, Josh and Sam return to the cabin in the mountains belonging to the parents of their friend Josh, brother of the missing sisters. Shortly after arriving, the friends realize that they may not be the only people on this mountain.

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Plot Keywords:

teen horror | serial killer | making a choice | playstation 4 | single player | 

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Taglines:

Eight Friends. One Killer. No Escape.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

M

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Spain Official Site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 August 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Until Dawn

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sony Computer Entertainment, Supermassive Games

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The game has a strict auto-save system to prevent players from reloading a previous save file to an earlier point in the game if they regret an in-game decision that they have made.

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Goofs

If you manage to keep everyone alive and Sam and Mike reach the area where any deceased characters bodies would hang if they had died earlier, there will only be one body visible (the Stranger). Yet Sam and Mike will exclaim that there are "lots of bodies" and will react accordingly.

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Quotes

Michael: Ha? Ha? How's that feel you fuck?

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Crazy Credits

Noah Fleiss was originally not credited as Chris, although his name appeared in the opening titles. A patch later added him to the ending credits.

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Connections

Featured in DashieGames: Sh#t got so real!! (Until Dawn) #03 (2015)

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Soundtracks

O Death
Performed by Amy Van Roekel
Produced and Arranged by Jeff Grace

User Reviews

Who will survive UNTIL DAWN? The choice is yours.

As a teen slasher film fan and an avid gamer, I am delighted that the combination has finally come together and a game like this has finally been made. With countless survival horror games coming out over various platforms over the years, PS4 exclusive 'Until Dawn' breaks new ground and breathes fresh life into the survival-horror genre by letting players carve their own story and essentially determine who survives the night.

Written by two horror fans and filmmakers, Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, with a cast including the likes of Hayden Panettiere (Scream 4), Rami Malek (TV's Mr Robot) and Brett Dalton (TV's Agents of Shield), you play as eight teenagers who are hunted down by a masked killer, or something more sinister, on a mountain resort, one year to the day a cruel prank occurred and two sisters disappeared forever.

If you have played 'Heavy Rain' (2010) and 'Beyond Two Souls' (2013), then you will know exactly the kind of game this is. It doesn't involve any big infuriating boss battles, solving puzzles, collecting health kits and weaponry or even dying a thousand and one times before you reach the end of the game. It's an interwoven gaming and movie experience rolled into one -- it's a horror film that you control and determine the outcome of by making choices that will either doom you or gloom you later on.

Do you chose to kill friend A or friend B? Do you decide to crack a joke or not? Do you run through the safe route or the quickest route? Choices like this determine your game and whether your favourite character lives or dies is up to you. Everybody's story outcomes will be different and every choice matters. Of course the game has a story to follow and you can't kill everyone off two hours into the game (gamers would be having heart attacks and demanding refunds), but it has so more replay ability and so many different outcomes. It expands upon the gaming engine seen in HR and BTS, but it utilizes it so much more. Gaming in 2015 is truly something special, and games like Until Dawn only show how far consoles have come.

Everything about the game is crazy good and even tributes popular horror films throughout (in one scene, there are horror film posters all over the walls of a cinema in the lodge). The visuals are stunning and the treks through the snowy mountains look haunting and beautiful. The voice acting and facial animations are top notch and some of the best I've seen on the Playstation to date. The acting genuinely feels like actors giving 'movie performances' rather than some wooden video game acting some games have. The story itself is executed greatly as well and provides plenty of twists, cheesy lines, typical jump scares and gratuitous gore. I cracked a huge smile when I made a typical 'horror movie mistake' and went off to investigate something only to get killed. Looks like that character won't be making it to the end credits! But maybe they will in yours?

I really loved the hell out of Until Dawn. If you are a horror or slasher fan and own a PS4, you have no excuses not to pick this one up. I'm only hoping that Supermassive Games takes note the crazy amount of positivity the game is getting from horror fans and critics alike and acts upon making a sequel, DLC, or at least branching out on the genre some more.

More. Games. Like. This. Please.