Truth or Dare (2018)

A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone - or something - begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.

Director:

Jeff Wadlow

Writers:

Michael Reisz (screenplay by), Jillian Jacobs (screenplay by)

Stars:

Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lucy Hale	...	Olivia Barron
Tyler Posey	...	Lucas Moreno
Violett Beane	...	Markie Cameron
Hayden Szeto	...	Brad Chang
Sophia Ali	...	Penelope Amari
Nolan Gerard Funk	...	Tyson Curran
Landon Liboiron	...	Carter / Sam Meehan
Sam Lerner	...	Ronald 'Ronnie' Wakowski
Tom Choi	...	Officer Han Chang
Aurora Perrineau	...	Giselle Hammond
Gregg Daniel	...	Detective Kranis
Brady Smith	...	Roy Cameron
Vera Taylor	...	Inez Reyes
Ezmie Garcia	...	Young Inez / Inez's Granddaughter
Andrew Howard	...	Randall Himoff

Storyline

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 Rosarito, Mexico. 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 eventually convinces her and her friends to join him for drinks at the ruins of a mission. There, Carter initiates a game of Truth or Dare with Olivia and her friends, plus Ronnie, who followed the group. Eventually, the game ends when Carter reveals that he deceived Olivia as a means of tricking her and her friends to the mission to offer them in his place in the supernatural game of Truth or Dare. As Carter leaves, he explains to Olivia that the game will follow them and they must not refuse it..

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Plot Keywords:

playing truth or dare | forced suicide | abandoned church | group of friends | college | 

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Taglines:

First you play the game, then the game plays you.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing content, alcohol abuse, some sexuality, language and thematic materia

Did You Know?

Trivia

(at around 1 min) The brand of cigarettes the girl at the beginning of the film asks the cashier for are the same brand smoked by The Smoking Man in the TV Series The X-Files (1993).

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Goofs

(at around 1h 8 mins) When Olivia and Lucas visit the former nun in Tijuana, the city is shown as very pastoral. In reality, Tijuana is a densely-populated city of over 1.5 million people.

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Quotes

Markie Cameron: [from trailer chasing after Lucas] Lucas, wait!
Olivia: [grabbing Markie and whispering frantically] I'm sorry.
Markie Cameron: [Unhanding herself from Olivia] Touch me again and I'll break that hand.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, Calux is asking the viewer: truth or dare?

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Alternate Versions

Unrated home release adds bloody violence, sex, sex references and alcohol consumption which was cut for a theatrical PG-13 rating.

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Connections

References Desperado (1995)

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Soundtracks

Do It You
Written by Louis Yoelin, Shachar Ilan Hurwitz and Stefan Litrownik (as Stefan Adam Litrownik)
Courtesy of Spirit Production Music

User Reviews

What you expect

If you have seen the trailer, then the movie is exactly what you would expect it to be. It's extremely average and cliched. Not a bad watch if you wanna kill some time, but I wouldn't waste your money on seeing it in the cinema.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

13 April 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blumhouse's Truth or Dare

Filming Locations:

Club Ed Film Set - 150th Street E, Lancaster, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,667,855, 15 April 2018

Gross USA:

$41,411,015

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$95,330,710

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blumhouse Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1