Until Dawn

"Every night a different nightmare."

2025 1h 43m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 1,619

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Synopsis

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One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.

“Every night a different nightmare.”

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Cast

Ella Rubin
Clover
Michael Cimino
Max
Odessa A'zion
Nina
Ji-young Yoo
Megan
Belmont Cameli
Abe
Maia Mitchell
Melanie
Peter Stormare
Dr. Hill
Tibor Szauerwein
Psycho

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David F. Sandberg
Writers: Blair Butler, Gary Dauberman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David F. Sandberg, shot by Maxime Alexandre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Benjamin Wallfisch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michel Aller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Ella Rubin and Michael Cimino and Odessa A'zion carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Every night a different nightmare.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt30955489 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David F. Sandberg directs. Maxime Alexandre behind the camera. Benjamin Wallfisch scores. Michel Aller cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.
2Released last year.
3Directed by David F. Sandberg, shot by Maxime Alexandre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Benjamin Wallfisch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Michel Aller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ella Rubin and Michael Cimino and Odessa A'zion carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Every night a different nightmare.".
8IMDB entry: tt30955489 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 20 themes, including "witch", "haunting", "abandoned house", "survival".
10Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Maxime Alexandre
Original score: Benjamin Wallfisch
Editing: Michel Aller
Production design: Jennifer Spence
Costume design: Julia Patkos
Makeup / hair: Talli Pachter
VFX supervisor: Viktor Müller
Sound: Joe Dzuban
Stunt coordinator: Domonkos Párdányi
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $54,105,064
Return: 361% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Until Dawn (2025)

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Manuel São Bento2025-04-24
★ 6/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/until-dawn-review/ "Until Dawn brings the original material to the big screen competently, especially shining in its technical aspects - mysterious atmosphere, grisly deaths, fast pacing, and an ability to keep the viewer engaged until the very end. Ella Rubin stands out in a cast that meets the bare minimum, and David F. Sandberg proves yet again that he's a filmmaker with vision, talent, and the creativity to craft visually captivating horror sequences. Nevertheless, the flawed screenplay, lack of emotional cohesion, and a rushed ending prevent the movie from reaching a more enduring level of enjoyment. It entertains effectively - but fleetingly." Rating: B-
CinemaSerf2025-05-01
★ 6/10
Sadly, there really isn’t much new to say about this derivative horror film. It’s the usual bunch of friends in the car routine, only this time it’s a woman-hunt they are on. You see, “Melanie” whom we very briefly meet at the start - has gone missing and so her sister “Clover” (Ella Rubin) has recruited her ex “Max” (Michael Cimino), best pal “Nina” (Odessa A’zion) and her new boyfriend “Abe” (Belmont Cameli) and the slightly spiritual “Megan” (Ji-young Yoo) to try to find out what happened. As the song goes: “if you go into the woods tonight, you’re in for a big surprise…” and so dodgy and ill-conceived decisions galore now ensue as the usual set-piece housebound horror kicks in and the story sort of lurches around like a gory version of “Groundhog Day”. The acting and writing vie for the award for being the blandest - especially the shockingly wooden Cameli, and the whole thing recycles itself to the point where I was quickly on the side of the perpetrator of these dastardly goings-on. What’s more annoying is that the plot did have some potential; it could have been better had the director relied less on the tried and tested formulae and taken a few risks with the story. As it is, his only risk was to engage a forgettable cast and leave us with an halfway house between the mystic and the makeshift. It’s an adequate summer release, but not in the least scary nor memorable.
MovieGuys2025-05-28
★ 6/10
"Until Dawn" is what I call "Scoobie Do" for adults. There's a group of pals, out for a vacation romp, who find themselves facing a mysterious back story and lots of supernatural baddies, out to croak them, in bloody style. What makes this even worse than the usual formulaic, survivalist, horror nonsense, is its story is based upon a time loop. So, in essence, this is a horror flick, with obsessive compulsive disorder. The murder and mayhem repeats itself, stripping away even the basic sense of the unknown, as we stop wondering and worrying over, who is going to die and when. I can see how this would work in the context of a video game, which this film, is based upon. In games players die over and over, until they finally find a way to beat the game. As a film, its not a great idea, at all. A sense of lethargy and boredom sets in, as everyone dies over and over again. Without sounding too negative, there is a limited upside. The initial atmosphere of dread is well established, creature effects are reasonable, as is acting, from the cast. The deaths are varied too, so its not wholly a case of deja vu. In summary, a basic watch that breaks the first rule of survivalist horror, with everyone dying, repeatedly. In turn, the sense of urgency and threat is dissipated, leading to a somewhat tedious, fundamentally repetitive, watch.