Truth or Dare (2017 film)

Truth or Dare is a 2017 American supernatural horror television film directed by Nick Simon and written by Thommy Hutson and Ethan Lawrence.

The film stars Cassie Scerbo, Brytni Sarpy, Mason Dye, Harvey Guillen, Luke Baines, Ricardo Hoyos, Alexxis Lemire, Christina Masterson as eight teenagers forced to play a deadly game of truth or dare by a vengeful spirit, and Heather Langenkamp as a survivor of the game from decades earlier.

The plot focuses on a group of eight college students who rent a house on Halloween that is said to be haunted after a deadly game of truth or dare many years beforehand.

The group decide to play the game and are forced to follow through in answering humiliating truths honestly, act upon increasingly alarming dares asking them to do violent things to themselves or others, or face deadly consequences.

Maddie is asked if she had sex with Tyler, Alex's boyfriend, and although she tries to lie, a group text forces her to tell the truth.

After being sent a livestream of the dare, Alex, Maddie, Tyler, and Holt race to Carter's room, but are unable to save him.

Jessie is dared to chain herself to a pipe in the cellar, but takes too long and is devoured by a swarm of cockroaches.

"[3] Heather Langenkamp, a longtime friend of the writer Thommy Hutson, was approached to portray the grown version of Donna.

She later had discussions with Hutson to add further characterization to the character, deciding that she did jigsaw puzzles to deal with her overt loneliness.

[7] Joey Keogh of Wicked Horror wrote that the film "is too safe to really commit to the darkness and instead leaves one wondering why it really needs to exist in the first place."

Timothy Rawles[8] of iHorror argued that the film shouldn't be dismissed, praising its acting, direction, and special effects.