From the look of it, there is no shortage of movies adapted from video games on the way. With videogames being one of the biggest modern forms of media, it’s no surprise. One of the next gaming adaptations coming to the big screen is Until Dawn, based on the video game of the same name. Let’s take a look at the trailer, which is linked below, and see how well the film might adapt the source material.

UNTIL DAWN – Official Trailer (HD)

It’s clear from the get-go that the movie studio wants to make something completely different from the game. It’s immediately noticeable when the trailer reveals that the movie doesn’t take place at a snowy mountain lodge like the game does. This is a strange choice as it will cause the film to have a different aesthetic and feel from the source material.

Just about everything else looks like a departure from the source material as well. The characters aren’t even the same, which is massively disappointing for those looking to see their favorite characters they played as in the game.

Even the story itself looks to be completely changed for the movie. The game had a friend group being invited back to a cabin a year after a tragedy happened to them there. Their friend pulls a cruel prank on them as revenge for what happened before, but things turn worse when the characters are actually hunted by something much more sinister. The movie, however, looks to follow an entirely different group of people who are stuck in a time loop of dying again and again each night and need to find a way of breaking it and surviving. The premise is totally different, and even the creatures killing the characters are different.

Creating a Groundhog Day situation for the movie when the source material doesn’t use one is just as baffling as the rest of the decisions here. It makes the film look like a bad version of Happy Death Day. It’s not necessary.

It’s all just really unfortunate because now that it seems like Hollywood has finally figured out video game adaptations after the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, something like this comes along. If something adapts a source material, but isn’t made for fans of said source material, who is it for? Even if it’s a story that’s meant to take place within the same world as the game, it’s still not a great decision. Imagine if books were adapted in the same way, like a movie titled Harry Potter following the life of a guy named Jeff who lives in Florida, but it happens to take place in the same world in which Hogwarts and wizards exist.

The Fallout TV series tells its own story not seen in any of the games, but it works for that. Every Fallout game is different, and the playable protagonist doesn;t even have a name. It’s the world that matters, and it’s a world in which many stories can be told. Until Dawn is a standalone game focused on an isolated incident. There’s not much up for interpretation there. The only elements that even resemble Until Dawn here are the title, Peter Stomare’s doctor character (okay, that’s cool), and the hourglass from the game’s logo.

With all this being said, does the trailer make this look like an enjoyable movie? Not particularly. It looks relatively well-shot and some of the scares might be solid, but it ultimately looks like a generic horror movie that’s trying to steal the gimmicks of other movies. Some of the dialogue is repetitive, like screaming “what is that?!” multiple times in the trailer. The characters being hunted by something different every time makes it hard for the audience to keep up with the rules and mechanics of each monster, and not knowing enough about the monsters makes it hard for the film to attract audiences beforehand.

Hollywood should always put more focus on up-and-coming actors to give them a chance. Plus, it can sometimes be hard to see a character instead of a celebrity if they’re well-known enough, like referring to the characters in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Jack Black and the Rock. This way, the reliance is on the film itself being great outside of the celebrity draw. That being said, when a major studio (Sony) adapts a popular IP that they own and they don’t have a celebrity in a major part, it tells us they might not have faith in the project. They’re not willing to shell out the money to get someone more well-known in it. It’s really odd that the video game had more recognizable names and bigger stars than the Hollywood movie. It’s usually the other way around.

Is it possible that the movie is actually great? Absolutely, and I hope it is. Supermassive Games makes incredible experiences, and if the film at least captures the feel of one, it could be excellent. It would attract more people to their work. Plus, having a new, great horror movie is always welcome. It’s just that, as of right now after the release of this trailer, it’s hard to look past the baffling decision-making.

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