Choose Or Die Looks Like an 8-Bit Horror Version of Jumanji

If the concept of Jumanji acquired mixed with the violence from Saw, then filtered by way of a stand-up arcade machine, you’d have the brand new Netflix movie Choose or Die. From director Toby Meakins and author Simon Allen, Choose or Die stars Iola Evans (The 100) and Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game) as two individuals who bump into an outdated online game that’s not what it seems to be.

First of all, profitable can apparently lead to an precise money prize. But extra urgently, what these two avid gamers don’t understand is that the stakes are lethal—and that’s the place issues take a flip for the more severe. Check out the trailer to see for your self.

So hopefully you see what we imply. It’s like a online game sucks the characters in, a la Jumanji, with the violence (consuming glass, poking needles into unhealthy locations) of Saw, however there’s additionally a wholesome dose of creepypastas, such because the city legend surrounding the game Polybius. Basically it seems like Allen and Meakens threw that each one in a blender (oh god, please no blender scenes) and out popped this intense, gory-looking horror movie.

The solid additionally consists of everyman Eddie Marsan (Deadpool 2, The World’s End, V for Vendetta) and, in accordance with Netflix’s press launch, Robert Englund. Yes, Freddy Krueger. IMDB lists England as enjoying himself, which appears odd, however no more odd than a online game that may influence actuality. So that needs to be thrilling to see.

Ultimately although, Choose or Die goes to face the very same drawback of its title. It’s a Netflix movie, that means both everybody chooses it in its first week or two and it turns into a sensation, or it dies in obscurity as a result of it didn’t garner sufficient buzz. We’ll discover out in a number of quick weeks which destiny this intriguing horror movie has.

Choose or Die drops on Netflix April 15.

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