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The movie adaptation of the video game 'Until Dawn' hits theaters but fails to deliver genuine frights, leaving horror fans underwhelmed. It's more yawn than dawn.

The Until Dawn film adaptation has arrived—and horror fans are wishing they’d just slept through it.

What was supposed to be a terrifying descent into madness based on the hit video game has landed in cinemas with all the tension of a limp spaghetti noodle.

Let’s start with the plot, or rather, the vague memory of one.

The original game was a masterclass in jump scares, creepy mountain lodges, and death-by-butterfly-effect drama.

The movie, meanwhile, replaces terror with TikTok-level dialogue and acting so wooden it may have come from the actual cabin floorboards.

Even the iconic Wendigos—flesh-eating monsters from Indigenous folklore—look like someone ran out of CGI budget and just glued fangs to interns.

Instead of atmospheric dread, we get awkward pacing, recycled tropes, and characters so flat they make cardboard cutouts look three-dimensional.

Fans of the game are howling—not with fear, but frustration.

The potential was all there: a rich setting, moral choices, characters you can accidentally get killed.

Instead, we got a film that treats its source material like a vague rumour and its audience like we haven’t seen Scream, The Thing, or literally any movie with a flashlight and a bad decision.

Why it matters? Because gamers are loyal, and horror nerds are vicious.

This flop just joined the long line of “adaptations no one asked for and everyone regrets.” Latest update?

Rotten Tomatoes score: chilling. Viewer reactions: colder than the snowy mountain set.

Sources: IGN – “Until Dawn movie fails to capture game’s horror magic” (25 Apr 2025)

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