Horror PlayStation game ‘Until Dawn’ gets a disappointing movie adaptation

It would seem that Hollywood went looking for an easy storyline grab and once again returned with a poor horror game adaptation. This time, its PlayStation’s Until Dawn that seems to be letting down the original players.

Until Dawn is an upcoming American survival horror film derived from the 2015 video game Until Dawn, set in the same universe and featuring an original standalone story.

On first glance, the storyline has an air of intrigue as it mimics portions of the original game’s mythology but quickly reveals itself to be less related than expected. Watching the trailer, the first half checks every “horror movie” box before it reveals the real plotline, that the characters must live until dawn in order to escape the paralyzing loop in which they die in different ways. Albeit an interesting story, it misses easy opportunities to incorporate the game (i.e. snow).

The film was directed by David F. Sandberg, and written by Gary Dauberman and Blair Butler. It stars Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, and Peter Stormare, who appeared in the game. Buter said the following in an interview:

“…it turned out that the remaster was coming out roughly the same time that we were hoping to get this movie together. And that was another reason that I think everyone involved, Gary [Dauberman], as well, didn’t want to just remake the original storyline, beat for beat.” 

Sony Pictures Releasing set the film to be released in the United States on April 25, 2025.