Death Valley (2021 film)

Death Valley
Death Valley
Directed by	Matthew Ninaber
Written by	Matthew Ninaber
Produced by	Chad Archibald; Cody Calahan; Matthew Ninaber
Starring	Jeremy Ninaber; Ethan Mitchell; Kristen Kaster; Matthew Ninaber;
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
Release dates	18 November 2021 (Poland and Russia); 9 December 2021 (Australia, Ireland, UK, US and New Zealand);
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

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

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

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

^ ^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.

External links

Death Valley at IMDb
Death Valley at Rotten Tomatoes

[Hoad-1] 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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