Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Scream-O-Rama 2023 Day 10: Truth or Dare (2018)

  This was recommended to me by a co-worker before the pandemic.  We're down to only 5 years behind!  Content warning: suicide, blood, discussion of sexual assault

Olivia (Lucy Hale) wanted to spend her Spring Break with Habitat for Humanity but she gets talked into going to Mexico with her friends instead.  At the bar, she meets a dude named Carter (Landon Liboiron) who tells them he knows an after-hours spot.  Lonely and looking for an in, Olivia convinces her friends to go along.  Once there, Carter suggests they play Truth or Dare.  He confesses that he lured them there to make them play, the game is rigged by a supernatural force, and if they refuse to play, lie, or chicken out of a dare, they will die.  Of course no one believes him, until one by one they are confronted with strange hallucinations and deadly consequences.

Ah, finally, a horror story with a moral:  don't be a dick on vacation in a foreign country.

This wasn't bad.  It's like Final Destination for Gen Z.  It's a little predictable and the effects aren't stellar but definitely watchable.  If you can find it.  It's currently only available for rent but it will probably circle back around in popularity and start streaming again at some point.

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