As Until dawn, The career follows a set of characters as they fight to survive deadly stalkers and various other threats. The fates of nine camp counselors lie in the hands of the player, and the story splits into wildly different narrative paths based on decisions made at pivotal moments. It’s a familiar formula for fans of Supermassive’s work, with fun additions like a customizable movie mode (in which you don’t take direct control of the characters but can alter their behavioral tendencies to affect the plot as you go). as it unfolds on its own). Your choices could ultimately ensure that most characters in the game survive, most of them die, or pretty much any other outcome that falls between those two extremes plays out instead.
Joining Raimi on screen is a burgeoning cast of young actors and screen veterans. David Arquette, Ethan Suplee and Lance Henriksen bring their experience to the production, with new faces like Skyler Gisondo, Brenda Song and Ariel Winter rounding out the main group of unhappy teenagers. In fact, Raimi really enjoyed playing alongside his younger counterparts.
“Miles Robbins is a really interesting actor, and you can just tell Justice Smith is passionate about what he does,” he says in admiration of his co-stars. “There’s this new generation of young actors, but what’s interesting is that in my time, actors mostly stayed in the genres they started in. That’s how it’s If you did a few romantic movies, you were the romantic guy or girl. Now actors tend to do it all. They can do horror, romance, thriller, and sci-fi But in my time it wasn’t like that. I became a “horror guy”, which I love, because I love the genre. But I’m kind of the last of a breed. I don’t know if all these young actors, who are all amazing, will stick around in horror, but I guess we’ll find out.
The good thing about being immersed in horror filmmaking for so long is that you know good material when you read it, and Raimi knew early on that the script was something he could sink into. His character, Travis, may be a cop in a horror storyline, but Raimi immediately noticed that his dialogue wasn’t as stuffy as he expected.
“Having been on crime shows before as killers and sexual deviants, I was expecting corny lines like ‘Deliver ’em!’ and ‘Shut your mouth until trial!’ “says Raimi. “But none of that was in that script. This character has a life outside of the cop, which good writing recognizes. After reading a few lines, I knew the story would be something different. I was right, but I can’t tell you why because I would give something away. But I can tell you that my character maximizes the horror of many of the scenes I’m in.
For Raimi, the quality of the writing gave him the belief that the game would be a worthy addition to his CV.
