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24 out of 100

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4.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 67 Ratings

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  • Starring: Frankie Muniz, Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong
  • Summary: After the mysterious brutal death of an old friend, a group of teenagers find themselves in possession of Stay Alive, a next generation horror survival videogame based on a spine-chilling true story. As the group begins to play the grisly game a chilling connection is made -- they are each being murdered one-by-one in the same method as the character they played in the game. As the line between the game world and the real world disappears, the group must find a way to STAY ALIVE. (Hollywood Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 11 out of 17
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    50
    A passable horror-thriller for the young crowd, assuming a movie can lure them away from PlayStations.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: James Parker
    38
    Always the way in horror flicks: These first scenes, when the characters are being tenderly established and the concept is still young, are the best.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    There's a fascinating and terrifying story to be told about Elizabeth Bathory, the dramatically depraved 17th century sadist known as the Blood Countess.....This ain't it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 13 out of 24
  1. MarianaA.
    10
    One of the best movie's I'v ever seen. For those who think the movie was a total waste of time, you are way off. You'r just mad because you can't make a movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. CharlieN.
    4
    Meh...boring and unscary...an R rated version would have been better.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. moviegrabbag
    3
    Stay Alive did a better job then I thought it would but it left a whole lot of questions. One being why in the heck did an evil ghost woman come back in the form of a video game to kill people? This is never even addressed apparently she just looked down from her tower and said "well all the young kids are into the videa games I guess thats as good a way to kill them as any" The other thing is at the end how the game imitates real life. I just can't believe malcom in the middle drops a crow bar in the game and it appears in life. Another problem with the movie is who the hell named these people? With great names like Hutch, October, Swink and Phineus. This group of friends had the worst parents ever. Another issue was the romance between Abby and Hutch. It seemed very forced and really stupid. The last problem was after the characters figured out that if they die in the game they die in real life they make the logical choice to just stop playing the game. So the movie comes out and just says "no, you stop I will just play for you. Yeah that will work" Through out the movie it seemed very forced and just hard to believe. Not the worst horror movie around but there are far better options out there to watch instead.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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