![]() ![]() I am convinced some studio exec saw a Snapchat filter and said, "Hey, we can make a horror movie based on that" (Look out for the upcoming dogface filter horror movie in 2019). It looks like a bad Snapchat filter promotion. We must talk about these silly demonically possessed faces. These are basic storytelling miscues that Truth or Dare doesn't seem capable of overcoming. She cut out her tongue long ago and the granddaughter knows this but is just being a jerk. Then we cut to a later scene where the granddaughter says, "She has agreed to see you." Why did we need that first scene denying them entry? If all it does it kill mere seconds in the running time, why is it even included? This scene also involves the granddaughter being coy when Olivia asks to speak to the old lady. She gets there but is told by the granddaughter to wait outside. Take another scene where Olivia (Lucy Hale) tracks down the old Mexican lady who supposedly started the curse. Imagine if an action movie did something similar ("Hey, yeah, so I jumped out of a flaming helicopter onto that skyscraper and then scaled down only using my pants as a makeshift rope"). Hilariously, the gay student comes back and recaps the audience what they missed ("Yeah, I came out to my dad, and he said some things, and we're good now."). Rather than watch this genuinely dramatic moment play out, Truth or Dare has it all take place entirely off-screen. One character is gay and hasn't come out to his father yet, so the demon-inhabited game dares him to come out. Take basic dramatic opportunities that it weirdly pushes aside. The entertainment level is related to every befuddling choice this movie makes, and it makes many of them. This is a powerfully dumb movie that caused me to yell at the screen several times, shake my head even more, and contemplate my own life choices. truth or dare? Blumhouse has spun gold out of just about any high-concept horror property but can it make Truth or Dare work? Here's the truth: nope. Rating: PG-13 (Disturbing Content|Alcohol Abuse|Violence|Language|Some Sexuality|Thematic Material)Ī group of college friends spend Spring Break south of the border and stumble into a deadly game of. The rules are simple but wicked - tell the truth or die, do the dare or die, and if you stop playing, you die. Once the game starts, it awakens something evil - a demon which forces the friends to share dark secrets and confront their deepest fears. While there, a stranger convinces one of the students to play a seemingly harmless game of truth or dare with the others. Olivia, Lucas and a group of their college friends travel to Mexico for one last getaway before graduation. ![]()
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