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07/29/06
Stay Alive (2006)
7 %
Reviews Counted: 56 Fresh: 4 Rotten:52 Average Rating: 3/10
Consensus:
A by-the-numbers teen horror flick, Stay Alive fails to exploit its premise for any real scares.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis: This pop culture-laden fright-fest takes the legend of Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary and relocates it in the inherently creepy locale of New Orleans. The usual cast of motley and none-too-bright teenagers is assembled and attached to quirky names--smartass Phineas (Jimmi... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Sophia Bush, Jon Foster, Frankie Muniz, Samaire Armstrong, Adam Goldberg
Director: William Brent Bell
Screenwriter: William Brent Bell
Producer: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, McG, James D. Stern
Composer: Tyler Bates, John Frizzell
Screenwriter: William Brent Bell
Producer: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, McG, James D. Stern
Composer: Tyler Bates, John Frizzell
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Something of a disappointment and nowhere near as scary as The Ring, which it rips off shamelessly.
07/27/06
Stuttering like a busted console, the film's lack of invention is only rivalled by a paucity of gore which will seem positively comical to gamers long since inured to cyberspace slaughter.
07/04/06
Top Critic
... while its narrative style -- elliptical, fragmented, even eccentric at times -- is ambitious and imaginative, it sometimes makes for a loss of clarity and momentum.
06/24/06
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01/15/08
One of those movies that thinks loud sounds and shaky cameras account for scares, and reminding of us of truly scary gaming experiences only amplifies its weaknesses.
03/24/07
There's a gothic backstory to all this, which makes no sense but looks pretty cool.
03/07/07
If Stay Alive teaches us anything, it's that videogames and horror films do not mix...at least in the same movie.
03/01/07
...a little needless brutality would've almost certainly elevated the proceedings, albeit temporarily...
10/17/06
- Aspirante a Terror em Silent Hill (jogo e filme) que, repleto de clichês e personagens caricaturais, revela-se apenas cansativo e previsível.
09/17/06
...if the filmmakers could have dispensed with the actors and plot altogether, they might have had a better movie.
09/12/06
This movie has a nostalgic retro feel to it, like the old Universal horror movies that we now find very funny. But alas, where are all the drive-in theaters to show it in?
08/23/06
The dialogue seldom rises above the level of twaddle -- unspeakable in every sense of the word.
05/12/06
If any of these characters were halfway decent gamers (or even hackers), their problems would be solved
04/29/06
Never mind staying alive. You'd be doing well to simply stay awake through all 85 interminably inert minutes of Stay Alive.
04/08/06
Implausibly tedious, Stay Alive has none of the vicarious thrills of, say, Konami's Silent Hill 2. It’s barely even Pong unplugged.
04/08/06
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