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Death Valley (2021 film)

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Death Valley
Directed byMatthew Ninaber
Written byMatthew Ninaber
Produced byChad 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 and Russia)
  • 9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) (Australia, Ireland, UK, US and New Zealand)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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

Cast

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  • 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

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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

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

Reception

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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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