Polygon.com / 26.04.25

Until Dawn's best sequence pays homage to one of the game's standout mechanics

The horror movie Until Dawn doesnt exactly follow the video game its based on. In fact, it has an entirely new cast of characters and a totally different story. But that doesnt mean the filmmakers abandoned their source material entirely. In fact, the movies scariest scene feels like it was pulled directly out of the game. Polygon sat down with director David F. Sandberg and co-writer Gary Dauberman to talk about how they pulled it off.  [Ed. note: This story contains spoilers for the Until Dawn movie.]  Until Dawns best scene comes late in the film, once the band of teenagers trapped in a repeating-day scenario in the strange mansion at the center of Glore Valley have reached their final day: Theyve each died and then restarted the day 12 times already, but on the 13th iteration, theyve figured out, their deaths will be permanent.  As most of the teens just try to survive, Clover (Ella Rubin) sets off to get to the bottom of Glore Valleys mystery. In the process, she winds up in a ...
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