Death Valley (2021 film)

Death Valley is a 2021 Canadian science fiction horror film directed by Matthew Ninaber, starring Jeremy Ninaber, Ethan Mitchell and Kristen Kaster.

Death Valley
Directed byMatthew Ninaber
Written byMatthew Ninaber
Produced byChad Archibald
Cody Calahan
Matthew Ninaber
Starring
  • Jeremy Ninaber
  • Ethan Mitchell
  • Kristen Kaster
  • Matthew Ninaber
CinematographyBrent Tremain
Edited byMatthew Ninaber
Music bySean Croley
Production
companies
Black Fawn Films
Breakthrough Entertainment
High Rise Studio
Distributed byBreakthrough Entertainment
Epic Pictures
Release dates
  • 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) (Poland and Russia)
  • 9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) (Australia, Ireland, UK, US and New Zealand)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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  • 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

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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

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The film was released on Shudder on 9 December 2021.[1]

Reception

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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

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  1. ^ a b Hoad, Phil (6 December 2021). "Death Valley review – gross-out monster mayhem creature feature". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Donato, Matt (8 December 2021). "In Death Valley, You'll Find a Good Creature, but a Bad Feature". Paste. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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