Friends face deadly consequences
Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) and Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) lead the cast of Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare, a supernatural thriller from Blumhouse Productions (Happy Death Day, Get Out, Split). A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone — or something — begins to punish those who tell a lie — or refuse the dare.
Directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2), the thriller also stars Violett Beane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Hayden Szeto and Sophia Taylor Ali. The film was produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and executive produced by Jeff.
Discussing his inspiration for Truth or Dare, Jeff says: “I wanted to make a fun, smart, scary movie with real stakes. Cry Wolf was my first bite at the horror-genre apple, and when producers Jason Blum and Couper Samuelson came to me with this germ of an idea, I thought this was a great opportunity to create a film that audiences could buy into.”
Jeff imagined a group of college friends who head to Mexico for one last getaway before they begin their post-grad lives and head their separate ways. As with any core crew, long-brewing romances and allegedly buried conflicts begin to emerge as they prepare to say goodbye. When a handsome stranger cons our heroine into getting her friends to play a supposedly silly game of Truth or Dare, they awaken a trickster demon that is hell-bent on getting them to share their darkest secrets or confront their deepest fear... and if they don’t, they’ll pay the ultimate price. “If you want to live,” says the director, “you have to either answer as honestly as possible or do the one thing you don’t want to do.”
Showing in local cinemas on May 2, Truth or Dare is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.