PREVIEW: Choose or Die (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Asa Butterfield (Hugo), Iola Evans (film debut), Eddie Marsan (Filth), Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Kate Fleetwood (Philomena), Ryan Gage (Scottish Mussel), Angela Griffin (Last Chance Harvey), Joe Bolland (Martyrs Lane)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Toby Meakins (film debut), director; Simon Allen (film debut), writer; Sébastien Raybaud (Greenland), Matthew James Wilkinson (Days of the Bagnold Summer) and John Zois (The Night House), producers; Catherine Derry (A Christmas No. 1), cinematographer; Tommy Boulding (The Power) and Mark Towns (Censor), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Kayla (Evans), a broke student, is tempted to play an obscure 80s survival computer game, for a chance to win $100,000. However, after a series of unexpectedly terrifying events, she soon discovers that she is playing not just to win, but to also survive…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Level up with this gory and entertaining video game horror movie, featuring a special appearance by genre icon Robert Englund, better known to the horror community as Freddy Krueger.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH APRIL 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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