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 & 2 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:

Wanna Play?

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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

"Truth Or Dare" has surpassed the worldwide gross of the original, "The Purge".

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Goofs

(at around 22 mins) When Tyson picks up Penelope to carry her to the couch, the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the wall at the far left side of the screen.

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Quotes

Markie Cameron: [from trailer receiving Truth or Dare text message] Break Olivia's hand.
Olivia: [putting down hammer on table] You have to do it!
Markie Cameron: Look as pissed as I am at you right now, there's no way I'm going to break your hand!
Olivia: Well you really don't have a choice
[places hand on table]
Olivia: [Seeing Markie hesitate with the hammer] God just do it!
[Markie swings the hammer down]

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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

Referenced in Celebrity Family Feud: Black-ish Vs. The Goldbergs (2019)

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Soundtracks

World Keeps Turning
Written by Anton Bass, Chris Dececio and Sylvia Tosun
Performed by Sylvia Tosun
Courtesy of Spirit Production Music

User Reviews

Not impressed

Despite delivering a (very) few admirable moments, Blumhouse fail to conjure up anything other than a dull execution of a story with more than enough potential. Unfortunately for TRUTH OR DARE it's not particularly clever, with a heavy dose of laughable CGI and a bland script completely void of scares or tension.

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