Stay Alive
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Metascore
24 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

User Score
4.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 76 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. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jason Anderson
    38
    Here's a movie that tries to be a video game but is less entertaining than a vending machine.
  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.
  4. 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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 13 out of 25
  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
  2. FrancescaD.
    8
    One of the best horror movies I have seen this year. Considering what has come out in the past including House of Wax and the Amittyville Horror, this movie has a stable plot with generally good acting. It was suspensful and, if not somewhat overdone, origional plot using Elizabeth Bathory. The use of history was very unique and actually fairly accurate with the exception of being set in New Orleans. If you are looking for a movie that makes you jump and outlines the life of the "female Dracula" than Stay Alive is the movie to watch.… Expand
  3. YourMom
    7
    I really, really liked this movie. It was fun! The acting was much better than recent "horror" flicks, and the storyline, though cliched, kept my interest. I loved the references to games like fatal frame and silent hill. And the game in the movie actually looked like a game i would want to play, which has never been done before in the history of movies involving games. Most of the scares in the movie are bump-in-the-night, cheap-jump moments and i would have liked more gore, but overall it was acceptable. Most horror movies of late have totally sucked, and it's nice to see one that entertained me.… Expand
  4. CharlieN.
    4
    Meh...boring and unscary...an R rated version would have been better.

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