With his writers room assembled, Wadlow and his team then broke the story open by drilling into why the game of Truth or Dare has had enough appeal to sustain itself as a time-honored party. 'Truth or Dare,' in theaters now, follows a group of friends who try to stop a curse which follows them home from a trip to Mexico before they're all killed. After you see the movie, you may have a few lingering questions. What was up with the look of those creepy demonic faces? And how did those kids have the means to keep going back and forth. Blumhouse's Truth or Dare - The Truth of The Game: Carter (Landon Liboiron) tells Olivia (Lucy Hale) and her friends the real, sinister reason he invited them there to play truth or dare. Apr 11, 2018 A clique of college kids is haunted by a demon version of truth or dare. Olivia, the nominal heroine, finally heads down to Mexico to track down the source of the game.
Cactus Jack, one of the alter egos of professional wrestler Mick Foley, was billed as being from Truth or Consequences. The limited-time co-op event for the video game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege called 'Outbreak', took place in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. In this mode, players would team up in squads of three to try and save the town. It was originally reported that the film centers on a college student in Mexico who is conned into playing a supernatural version of Truth or Dare. The game doesn’t stop and follows her and her.
As a genre, horror is supposed to evoke a physical reaction — a gasp, an elevated heart rate, a roiling stomach — but my biggest bodily response to “Truth or Dare” was an eye roll at its conclusion. My FitBit actually logged the experience as a 100-minute nap. Other than a single, solid jump scare, this supernatural snooze barely qualifies to bear the genre’s name.
Olivia (Lucy Hale) is a good person. “Truth or Dare” never stops reminding us of this, from her spring-break plans to build a house with Habitat for Humanity to her unnecessary niceness when overeager Ronnie (Sam Lerner) won’t leave her alone. Her best friend Markie (Violett Beane) isn’t so perfect, cheating on her boyfriend Lucas (Tyler Posey) and canceling her BFF’s charity trip so they can travel together.
While on spring break with Markie and their friends in Mexico, Olivia meets a stranger (Landon Liboiron), who reveals during a game of truth or dare at an abandoned mission that the game is real. The friends must play, with untold truths and incomplete dares resulting in death, and the secrets shared causing rifts among the formerly close group.
“Truth or Dare” refuses to follow the rules of its own game. It sets up an interesting internal logic — each of the dares are initially related to something someone has said — but has forgotten it by the film’s final act, when the truths and dares are just simply cruel and not particularly inventive. “The game is smart,” Olivia warns, but this movie is so, so dumb.
Intentionally silly horror movies, including last year’s “Happy Death Day,” are a delight for genre fans, but this one has no sense of fun, other than an occasional humorous line from the script written by four people: Jillian Jacobs, Michael Reisz, Christopher Roach and director Jeff Wadlow.
Wadlow never establishes a tone that works. There are a few gotcha moments, but the film lacks the sense of dread that you’d feel if you were waiting for the terror of your turn in the game. Most of the movie’s minor successes are due to its appealing cast, who’ve been imported from beloved teen TV shows including “Pretty Little Liars” (Hale) and “Teen Wolf” (Posey).
For the average moviegoer, producers and studio names often mean little, but this film is technically billed as “Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare,” giving credit to the monster production company beyond a number of horror hits. Producer Jason Blum is the biggest name in the genre since Wes Craven, with his Blumhouse Productions serving up movies that have ranged from the fantastic (“Get Out”) to the thankfully forgettable (“The Darkness”). Horror fans may line up in anticipation, but “Truth or Dare” falls toward the lesser end of the company’s output.
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Rating: PG-13, for violence and disturbing content, alcohol abuse, some sexuality, language and thematic material.
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Playing: In general release
Actress Lucy Hale's new horror thriller Truth or Dare, out Friday, aims to scare moviegoers in its debut weekend. But it will face fellow genre film A Quiet Place, which has won over critics last weekend and beaten box office expectations.
Truth or Dare follows a group of college seniors on their final spring break vacation in Mexico before entering adulthood. The friends find themselves engaging in a seemingly harmless game of truth or dare. But the game is real, and it follows them home. They're forced to play the game before the game plays them.
The filmhails from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions. Blumhouse, founded by Jason Blum, are the masterminds behind hits like Paranormal Activity and Insidious. But it's most known for being the production company to house Jordan Peele's Oscar-winning film, Get Out. Spoilers ahead, here's a list of five lingering questions we have after seeing Truth or Dare:
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Why would the group trust and follow a random guy?
On the group's last night in Mexico, Olivia—played by Lucy Hale—befriended a seemingly attractive guy named Carter (Landon Liboiron) at the bar. After the bars closed, Carter suggested a place for Olivia and company to continue partying. They don't know him, but they decide to follow him anyway because Olivia was interested in him. As we all know, they wind up playing a very real—and deadly—game of truth or dare. This is an easily preventable scenario. But we wouldn't have a movie if this group of friends wasn't gullible enough to follow a stranger in Mexico.
Did Penelope really need to die?
The remaining five members—Olivia, Lucas (Tyler Posey), Markie (Violett Beane), Brad (Hayden Szeto) and Penelope (Sophia Ali)—track down the whereabouts of Giselle (Aurora Perrineau), a girl who was wanted for murder (which is a result of her involvement in the game). Giselle, unbeknownst to the group of friends, was dared to kill Olivia (and this is one of two times the game has wanted her to die). As Giselle shoots the gun, Olivia just stands there. But Penelope bravely jumps in front of the bullet and saves her. Penelope's death was preventable, and the film clearly saw this moment as an opportunity to cut another character.
How did Markie not die after refusing the dare?
Olivia explicitly said: 'Tell the truth or you die. Do the dare or you die.' Markie and Olivia were the last players standing, and Markie's next turn comes. But Olivia asks Markie to refuse her turn because she had a plan. Markie agrees, and her body is soon taken over by a demon. Lucy speaks to the demon to seek advice on how to end the game. And as the demon exits Markie's body, she's perfectly fine? It doesn't make sense that the movie would bend the rules in this scenario, but we suppose they expect moviegoers to just play on.
Why did Olivia open up the game to the rest of the world?
Hale's Olivia did the unspeakable by the film's end: asked the entire world to join in on the deadly game of 'truth or dare' that claimed the lives of most of her friends. In a last-minute effort to save herself alongside Markie, she takes to her YouTube channel to record a video that invites the world to play along.
Olivia is the film's supposed selfless good-girl who participates in Habitat for Humanity and gives money to homeless people. During the group's initial game of truth or dare, she was asked to tell the truth about whether she would sacrifice herself and her entire friend group in an alien invasion to save the rest of the world. Considering she says yes, the ending comes as quite a shock. But it was likely created to set up for subsequent sequels to come.
And as twisted as Olivia's decision was, it's also smart. The game could take years to reach her again, especially if the video managed to go viral.
Why is this film Rated PG-13 and not R?
Considering Hale and Posey's fan bases primarily consist of teen and tween audiences, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse were probably catering to this demographic. If the film committed to an R rating, it arguably would've made it a bit better.