Alas, she’s roped into the more hedonistic vacay, going along with it in part to make eyes at inoffensively hunky Lucas (Tyler Posey, of TV’s “Teen Wolf”), who’s dating best friend Markie (Violett Beane).įour other students join them, their characters all written with impressive dispassion, and on their last night they end up in a crumbling mission, playing truth or dare with a stranger who bounces after saying he’s trapped them in a cursed version of the game.

Lucy Hale (TV’s “Pretty Little Liars”) stars as the archetypal good girl, a college senior who’d rather spend spring break volunteering than head south of the border with friends for a week of drunken revelry. That such a fate did not befall “Truth or Dare” is more a matter of high-star wattage than cinematic value. Blumhouse does maintain a black sheep-heavy B-side, making movies that are swiftly buried somewhere in the grim boondocks of Netflix’s “Teen Screams” subsection. How dispiriting, then, for audiences taking a stab at brand loyalty - and how embarrassing for Blumhouse head Jason Blum, who knows better - that “Truth or Dare,” even in the technically capable hands of director Jeff Wadlow (“Kick-Ass 2”), ranks alongside “Ouija” as one of the studio’s laziest wide-release outputs. In lieu of a tagline, the poster even reads, “The producer of ‘Happy Death Day’ and ‘Get Out’ invites you to play,” linking the new offering to those gleefully accomplished horror genre efforts, both of which excelled by mining something fresh - and frightening - from deceptively familiar setups. The film was produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and executive produced by Wadlow, Chris Roach, Jeanette Volturno and Couper Samuelson.The official title is “Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare,” a marketing move meant to inspire confidence in fans of the scream-savvy production shingle’s excellent 2017 slate.

A harmless game of “Truth or Dare” among friends turns deadly when someone-or something-begins to punish those who tell a lie-or refuse the dare.ĭirected by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2), the thriller co-stars Violett Beane, Hayden Szeto, Landon Liboiron, Sophia Taylor Ali and Nolan Gerard Funk. Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) and Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) lead the cast of Truth or Dare, a supernatural thriller from Blumhouse Productions (Happy Death Day, Get Out, Split). 634035-Product-1-I_5ebffa30-be89-45fe-9516-d0c927cb2901.jpgįirst You Play The Game, Then The Game Plays You.Ī harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone - or something - begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.

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