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Chernobyl Diaries

2012 · 88 min

A jumpy, claustrophobic descent into a real-world wasteland that trades dread for cheap scares and ends on a nasty, hopeless note.

Directed by: Bradley Parker
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley

Tagline: They said nothing survived. Something did...
Overview: A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide' who, ignoring warnings, takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but now a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years earlier. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group members find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

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Directed by: Bradley Parker
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley

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darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
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Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
fate
death
conspiracy
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Bradley Parker
Written by: Carey van Dyke, Oren Peli, Shane van Dyke
Starring: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley, Jonathan Sadowski, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Nathan Phillips, Alex Feldman, Milutin Milošević
Cinematography: Morten Søborg
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Russian, Italian, Ukrainian, English

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