Stay Alive Movie Review 2006

Hackneyed horror. The title refers to a videogame that was being tested by players who subsequently died. The game is then passed on to Hutch (Foster). When he and his fellow gamers play, more teens die and Hutch finally realizes that when a player dies in the game, they die exactly the same way in real life. Their nemesis (for no good reason) turns out to be sadistic, blood-bathing 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory, who is now occupying a Louisiana plantation. Apparently the deaths keep her young and beautiful. Makes about as much sense as it sounds like it would.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Running time 85 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Teen Horror, Louisiana, You Lose, You Die

Screenplay

William Brent Bell, Matthew Peterman

Cast

Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, Wendell Pierce, Sophia Bush, Adam Goldberg

Cinematography

Alejandro Martinez

Director

William Brent Bell

Music

John (Gianni) Frizzell, John (Gianni) Frizzell

Other

Whit Norris, Harvey Rosenstock, Alan Hook, Caroline Eselin, Bruton Jones

Producer

McG, Peter Schlessel, James Stern, Matthew Peterman, Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Endgame Entertainment, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Stay Alive, Buena Vista