Death Valley (2021 film)

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Death Valley
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Directed by Matthew Ninaber
Written byMatthew Ninaber
Produced by Chad 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 & Russia)
  • 9 December 2021 (2021-12-09)(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom & United States)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$27,372

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

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Plot

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.

Cast

Release

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

Reception

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

  1. 1 2 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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