Truth or Dare
A game of Truth or Dare turns deadly when someone - or something - begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare. Produced by Blumhouse, the studio responsible for small hit horrors like Split, Happy Death Day, and Oscar winner Get Out.
- Director:
- Jeff Wadlow ('Kick-Ass 2', 'Cry Wolf', 'Never Back Down')
- Writer:
- Jillian JacobsMichael ReiszChristopher RoachJeff Wadlow
- Cast:
- Tyler PoseyLucy HaleAurora PerrineauNolan Gerard FunkViolett BeaneHayden SzetoBrady SmithSophia Taylor AliSamantha Logan
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksWell, not every Blumhouse joint can be Get Out, right? While the production company’s consistent track record of cranking out lucrative low-budget horror films — many of them smart, well-crafted — has been one of recent Hollywood’s most notable success stories, it’s just as evident that their brand can be home to a glut of low-tier dross like Truth or Dare. This one’s fundamentally a creaky remnant from the heyday of Final Destination/Ring cash-ins, upgraded to match the Black Mirror-age terrors of its present-day demo.
Flicks, Luke Buckmaster
flicksWhat sort of idiot chooses “dare” in a game of “truth or dare?” This issue is addressed in director Jeff Wadlow’s outrageously entertaining new horror movie, which made me nostalgic for my adolescence – reminding me of all those times when my friends and I played truth or dare, and ended up brutally killing each other. The characters – a familiar assortment of annoyingly attractive and personality-challenged college students – are locked into a diabolically real version of the game, controlled by a demon. If they refuse to play they die a hideous, Final Destination-inspired death, like falling face-first onto the tip of a pool cue.
Mindnumbing garbage and not at all scary...
I'm not a huge fan of horror films but I do see the odd one and this is just bad, really bad. From the idea to the execution (pun intended) its so weak and the end was just eye rollingly hilariously awful. Steer clear all horror buffs this is a deeply disappointing mess and if they make a sequel from this drivel well it'd be a crime. These actors can do...
Variety
pressThe movie isn’t scary, it isn’t gripping, it isn’t fun, and it isn’t fueled by any sort of clever compulsion.
The Telegraph
pressTruth or Dare is the kind of film that must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but its initially appealing premise - what if a demon possessed a drinking game? - quickly falls to pieces under its own self-generated confusions.
The New York Times
pressIt does nothing to cleanse Mr. Wadlow of the lingering stench of his 2013 effort, "Kick-Ass 2." Even so, some setups can be unwittingly funny.
The Guardian
pressThe director, Jeff Wadlow, has a puppyish eagerness to impress, shock and entertain and as silly as the film might get, it’s never dull.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe movie not only fails to represent the peak of the young Blumhouse shingle's output, but gets silly in ways that we've seen on screen for decades.
FilmInk
press...an overlong, uneven, occasionally unintentionally funny, weirdly toothless horror flick...
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksWell, not every Blumhouse joint can be Get Out, right? While the production company’s consistent track record of cranking out lucrative low-budget horror films — many of them smart, well-crafted — has been one of recent Hollywood’s most notable success stories, it’s just as evident that their brand can be home to a glut of low-tier dross like Truth or Dare. This one’s fundamentally a creaky remnant from the heyday of Final Destination/Ring cash-ins, upgraded to match the Black Mirror-age terrors of its present-day demo.
Flicks, Luke Buckmaster
flicksWhat sort of idiot chooses “dare” in a game of “truth or dare?” This issue is addressed in director Jeff Wadlow’s outrageously entertaining new horror movie, which made me nostalgic for my adolescence – reminding me of all those times when my friends and I played truth or dare, and ended up brutally killing each other. The characters – a familiar assortment of annoyingly attractive and personality-challenged college students – are locked into a diabolically real version of the game, controlled by a demon. If they refuse to play they die a hideous, Final Destination-inspired death, like falling face-first onto the tip of a pool cue.
Variety
pressThe movie isn’t scary, it isn’t gripping, it isn’t fun, and it isn’t fueled by any sort of clever compulsion.
The Telegraph
pressTruth or Dare is the kind of film that must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but its initially appealing premise - what if a demon possessed a drinking game? - quickly falls to pieces under its own self-generated confusions.
The New York Times
pressIt does nothing to cleanse Mr. Wadlow of the lingering stench of his 2013 effort, "Kick-Ass 2." Even so, some setups can be unwittingly funny.
The Guardian
pressThe director, Jeff Wadlow, has a puppyish eagerness to impress, shock and entertain and as silly as the film might get, it’s never dull.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe movie not only fails to represent the peak of the young Blumhouse shingle's output, but gets silly in ways that we've seen on screen for decades.
FilmInk
press...an overlong, uneven, occasionally unintentionally funny, weirdly toothless horror flick...
Mindnumbing garbage and not at all scary...
I'm not a huge fan of horror films but I do see the odd one and this is just bad, really bad. From the idea to the execution (pun intended) its so weak and the end was just eye rollingly hilariously awful. Steer clear all horror buffs this is a deeply disappointing mess and if they make a sequel from this drivel well it'd be a crime. These actors can do...
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