David F. Sandberg's Until Dawn movie gets a first look teaser today from Sony ahead of its April 25 release, giving us a good look at just how it'll differ from its source material.
Written and produced by Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, ‘Salem's Lot), Until Dawn is an adaptation of the horror game of the same name, released in 2015 for the PlayStation 4.
Until Dawn stars Ella Rubin (The Girl from Plainville), Michael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home), Ji-young Yoo (Smoking Tigers), Odessa A’zion (Hellraiser), Maia Mitchell (Good Trouble), Belmont Cameli (Saved by the Bell) and legendary character actor Peter Stormare (Constantine), who played Dr. Hill in the original game.
The game, which recently got a remaster courtesy of Sony, follows eight teens vacationing in a cabin on a mysterious mountain, a year after two of their friends disappeared. Menaced by a psychopath, the kids must survive until sunrise (and help) arrives. However, as we already know, the Until Dawn movie won't be a direct adaptation of the game, and will instead feature new elements for unfamiliar audiences.
A full plot synopsis for the movie reads as follows:
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the nightmare again and again – only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.
Today's new teaser expands on that, with Dauberman revealing: “I'm a huge fan of the Until Dawn game and how cinematic it was. I thought a lot about how we could continue the story without just giving the audience the same experience that they got when they were playing.”
Sandberg adds that “the movie has sort of the same tone, and the same vibe, but it expands upon the universe.”
“One of the creative things the game did is that people make different choices and die in different ways […] The movie has this mechanic, where things start over and they get to try again. Every time they come back to life, it’s like they’re in a new horror genre. To survive, they have to make it Until Dawn.”
Check out the first look of Until Dawn below and stay tuned for more updates. For more 2025 horror news, read our rundown of this year's most anticipated releases.
