Death Valley (2021 film)
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| Death Valley | |
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| Directed by | Matthew Ninaber |
| Written by | Matthew Ninaber |
| Produced by | Chad Archibald Cody Calahan Matthew Ninaber |
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| Cinematography | Brent Tremain |
| Edited by | Matthew Ninaber |
| Music by | Sean Croley |
Production companies | Black Fawn Films Breakthrough Entertainment High Rise Studio |
| Distributed by | Breakthrough Entertainment Epic Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Death Valley is a 2021 Canadian science fiction horror film directed by Matthew Ninaber, starring Jeremy Ninaber, Ethan Mitchell and Kristen Kaster.
Cast
[edit]- Jeremy Ninaber as James Beckett
- Ethan Mitchell as Marshall
- Kristen Kaster as Chloe
- Matthew Ninaber as Monster
- Matt Daciw as Olek Volkov
- Jacqueline Ninaber as Rachel
- Jonah Fortin as Jonah Petrov
- Melissa Joy Boerger as Jessica
- Justin Moses as Moses
Plot
[edit]Mercenaries with nothing to lose are hired to rescue a bioengineer imprisoned in a cold war bunker. Upon entering the ominous facility, they find themselves in a fight for their lives when they come under attack from an unknown and deadly creature
Release
[edit]The film was released on Shudder on 9 December 2021.[1]
Reception
[edit]Phil Hoad of The Guardian rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Death Valley is never fully disturbing, but enjoyably gross is good enough."[1]
Michael Pementel of Bloody Disgusting gave the film a score of 3/5 and wrote, "In its riveting suspense and great science-fiction horror atmosphere, Death Valley is a wild time you don’t want to miss out on."[2]
Matt Donato of Paste gave the film a score of 5/10 and wrote that the film "isn’t memorable as a smash-and-grab, almost Doom-like standoff against undead biters", and that "There’s nothing narratively unique between Beckett’s one last hurrah before fatherhood, or humankind’s hubris, or the tightly-shirted Eastern European madmen we’ve seen hold innocents at gunpoint eleventy times before."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hoad, Phil (6 December 2021). "Death Valley review – gross-out monster mayhem creature feature". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Pementel, Michael (10 December 2021). "[Review] With Great Survival Horror and Action, Shudder's 'Death Valley' Knows How to Thrill". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Donato, Matt (8 December 2021). "In Death Valley, You'll Find a Good Creature, but a Bad Feature". Paste. Retrieved 8 October 2023.