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* [[Violett Beane]]
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* [[Sophia Taylor Ali]]
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| music = [[Matthew Margeson]]
| music = [[Matthew Margeson]]
| cinematography = Jacques Jouffret
| cinematography = [[Jacques Jouffret]]
| editing = Sean Albertson
| editing = Sean Albertson
| studio = [[Blumhouse Productions]]
| studio = [[Blumhouse Productions]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released = {{filmdate|2018|04|13}}
| released = {{film date|2018|04|13|United States}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = $3.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/rampage-stomps-into-theaters-looking-for-big-overseas-launch/|title=‘Rampage’ Stomps Into Theaters in Need of Big Overseas Launch|website=[[TheWrap]]|first=Jeremy|last=Fuster|date=April 10, 2018|accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref>
| budget = $3.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/rampage-stomps-into-theaters-looking-for-big-overseas-launch/|title='Rampage' Stomps Into Theaters in Need of Big Overseas Launch|website=[[TheWrap]]|first=Jeremy|last=Fuster|date=April 10, 2018|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206012252/https://www.thewrap.com/rampage-stomps-into-theaters-looking-for-big-overseas-launch/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross = $94.8 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=truthordare2017.htm|title=''Truth or Dare'' (2018)|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=July 1, 2018}}</ref>
| gross = $95.3 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=truthordare2017.htm|title=''Truth or Dare'' (2018)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722213748/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=truthordare2017.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''''Blumhouse's Truth or Dare'''''<ref>,{{cite web |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/01/03/blumhouse-claims-ownership-over-lucy-hales-truth-or-dare/ |title=Blumhouse Claims Ownership Over Lucy Hale's 'Truth Or Dare' |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=January 3, 2018 |accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> or simply '''''Truth or Dare''''', is a 2018 American [[supernatural horror film]] directed by [[Jeff Wadlow]] and written by [[Michael Reisz]], Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach, and Wadlow. It stars [[Lucy Hale]], [[Tyler Posey]], [[Violett Beane]], [[Hayden Szeto]], and [[Landon Liboiron]], and follows a group of college students who play a game of [[truth or dare?]] while on vacation in Mexico, only to realize it has deadly consequences if they don't follow through on their tasks. [[Jason Blum]] produced through his [[Blumhouse Productions]] banner, and [[Universal Pictures]] distributed the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/pretty-little-liars-lucy-hale-blumhouses-truth-or-dare-1202010538/|title='Pretty Little Liars' Star Lucy Hale Joins Blumhouse's 'Truth or Dare'|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=March 16, 2017|accessdate=May 25, 2017|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]}}</ref>
'''''Truth or Dare''''', also known as '''''Blumhouse's Truth or Dare''''',<ref>{{cite web |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/01/03/blumhouse-claims-ownership-over-lucy-hales-truth-or-dare/ |title=Blumhouse Claims Ownership Over Lucy Hale's 'Truth Or Dare' |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=April 19, 2018 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204073248/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/01/03/blumhouse-claims-ownership-over-lucy-hales-truth-or-dare/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is a 2018 American [[supernatural horror film]] directed and co-written (alongside [[Michael Reisz]], Jillian Jacobs, and Chris Roach) by [[Jeff Wadlow]]. The film stars [[Lucy Hale]], [[Tyler Posey]], [[Violett Beane]], [[Hayden Szeto]], [[Sophia Taylor Ali]], and [[Landon Liboiron]] as a group of college students who play a game of [[truth or dare]] while on vacation in Mexico, only to realize it has deadly consequences if they do not follow through on their obligations. [[Jason Blum]] produced through his [[Blumhouse Productions]] banner, and [[Universal Pictures]] distributed the film.


Released in theaters on [[Friday the 13th|April 13]], 2018, the film received negative reviews from critics, who said it was "neither inventive nor scary enough to set itself apart from the decades of dreary slashers that came before it".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rampage-is-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/ |title=''Rampage'' Is Exactly What You Think It Is|first=Jeff |last=Giles|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango Media]]|date=April 12, 2018|accessdate=April 16, 2018}}</ref> Despite this, the film was a box office success while grossing $94 million worldwide against its $3.5 million production budget.
Released in theaters on [[Friday the 13th|Friday, April 13]], 2018, the film received mostly negative reviews from critics, who said it was "neither inventive nor scary enough to set itself apart from the decades of dreary slashers that came before it."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rampage-is-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/|title=''Rampage'' Is Exactly What You Think It Is|first=Jeff|last=Giles|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|date=April 12, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218091341/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rampage-is-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a box office success, grossing $95 million worldwide against its $3.5 million production budget.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Olivia Barron, her best friend Markie Cameron, Markie’s boyfriend Lucas Moreno, along with Penelope Amari and her boyfriend Tyson Curran, and Brad Chang go on a trip to Rosarito, Mexico. In Mexico, Olivia runs into fellow student Ronnie who proceeds to harass her until a man intervenes on her behalf. The man introduces himself as Carter and eventually convinces her and her friends to join him for drinks at the ruins of a mansion. There, Carter initiates a game of Truth or Dare with Olivia and her friends, plus Ronnie, who followed the group. Eventually, the game ends when Carter reveals that he deceived Olivia as a means of tricking her and her friends to the mission to offer them in his place in the supernatural game of Truth or Dare. As Carter leaves, he explains to Olivia that the game will follow them and they must not refuse it.
Olivia Barron is a college student who always puts others' needs before her own. She plans to build houses with [[Habitat for Humanity]] over [[spring break]], but her best friend, Markie Cameron, convinces her to join their friends in Mexico. At a bar, Olivia meets a man named Carter, who invites the group to party at an abandoned church. There, Carter suggests they play [[Truth or dare?|truth or dare]]. During the game, their friend Tyson Curran reveals that Olivia has a crush on Lucas Moreno, Markie's boyfriend, which she denies. Carter admits that he tricked them into playing a supernatural version of the game and warns them to do whatever the game asks or they will be killed.


At a local college bar, sometime after everyone returned from Mexico, Ronnie dies when he fails to complete a dare. Olivia, having become convinced that Carter was telling the truth, gathers her friends and attempts to convince them that the game is real. The game, playing in accordance to the order the group played in Mexico, turns to Markie, having already appeared to Olivia and Lucas, and she is forced to break Olivia's hand. At the hospital, Brad is then forced by the game into revealing to his father, Officer Han Chang, his homosexuality.
Back at school, hallucinations call on Olivia to pick truth or dare. She picks "truth" and blurts out that Markie has been serially unfaithful to Lucas. The friends learn that Ronnie, another friend, was forced to kill himself after failing to complete a dare. Lucas picks "truth" and admits to having feelings for Olivia. Markie is forced to break Olivia's hand, and their closeted friend, Brad Chang, is forced to tell his father he is gay.


Tyson disbelieves the game's consequences and dies after lying during his turn. The group discovers a story online about a woman named Giselle Hammond who lit a woman on fire in Mexico while playing truth or dare. They arrange a meeting with her through [[social media]]. Giselle reveals that one of her friends, Sam Meehan, got drunk and trashed the church. When they got home, the game continued, and only she and Carter survived. Carter was dared to involve more players to give themselves more time before taking their turn again. It is then revealed that Giselle has been dared to kill Olivia and she attempts to shoot her, but Olivia's friend Penelope Amari dives in front and dies instead. Having failed her dare, Giselle is forced to kill herself.
The next day, the skeptical Tyson lies when forced to tell a truth and, as a result, dies. Later that night, it's Penelope's turn to play the game. She tries to pick truth but is forced by the game to do a dare. Penelope is dared to drink and finish a full bottle of vodka whilst walking along the edge of the roof of her house. She eventually falls from the roof after finishing the bottle, but is saved by Brad, Markie, and Olivia. The group manage to come into contact with a woman named Giselle, who is also a participant in a separate incarnation of the game, and the group go to meet her.


Olivia is dared to have sex with Lucas. During sex, Lucas is forced to admit that he cares about her but loves Markie. Olivia and Lucas drive to [[Tijuana]] and meet Inez Reyes, a former nun at the church who cannot speak. By writing on paper, Inez tells them how she summoned a demon named Calux to save herself from a sadistic priest. However, Calux kept a game of truth or dare running and killed all her friends. She trapped Calux by ritually cutting off her tongue and sealing it in a pot. The group realizes Sam must have broken the pot and released Calux, and to trap him, they need to find him.
Giselle reveals that she and her friends played the game and her friend Sam, the only other survivor of her incarnation of the game, was responsible for the game becoming reality in the first place, having wrecked the ruins of the mission. Giselle reveals that a truth can only be chosen twice before the next player is forced to choose dare. Giselle draws a handgun on Olivia and shoots, confessing that she was dared to kill her. However, Penelope jumps in front of Olivia and is shot and killed. Failing to kill Olivia, Giselle shoots herself in the head.


Brad is dared to threaten his father with a gun. As he does so, he is shot and killed by an approaching officer. Olivia learns that Carter and Sam are the same person. She dares to speak the truth. Olivia tells the group that Markie's father sexually assaulted her, and he killed himself when she told him that Markie would be better off if he were dead. Though at first angry, hurt, and contemplating suicide, Markie forgives her friend and tells her it is not her fault because her father had previously been suicidal.
Olivia and Lucas drive to Tijuana and meet with a mute woman and former nun who operated out of the church in which they originally played the game. The woman informs them that they are dealing with a demon she first summoned, who possessed the game of Truth or Dare and can only be stopped if the last person who evoked it sacrifices their tongue into an urn and seals it with wax after an incantation is made in the church.


Olivia, Markie, and Lucas find Sam and force him back to the ruined church. As Sam goes through the ritual to trap Calux, Lucas is dared to kill either Olivia or Markie. When he refuses, Calux possesses him and forces him to kill Sam and himself. When Markie's turn comes, Olivia tells her to refuse a dare. Calux possesses Markie, at which point Olivia forces Calux into the game by asking him to pick truth or dare. The demon is forced to tell the truth that there is no way they can make it out of the game alive with Sam dead. They will die unless they add more people to delay their next turn. Olivia uploads a video in which she briefly warns viewers about the game and its rules. She then asks "truth or dare", involving whoever hears the phrase into the game, delaying her and Markie's next turn.
Later, following Olivia, Lucas, and Markie’s turns in the game, Brad is dared to withdraw his father's gun and make him beg for his life. However, in the act, Brad is shot and killed by an approaching officer. At the precinct, Olivia learns that Carter is Sam Meehan.

Olivia, Markie, and Lucas find Sam and force him at gunpoint back to the ruins of the church in Mexico. There, Sam begins the ritual and is about to sever his tongue when it becomes Lucas' turn to play the game. Lucas is dared to kill either Olivia or Markie, which he refuses. Possessed by the demon controlling the game, Lucas is forced to kill Sam before the latter can complete the ritual to end the game. He then proceeds to slit his throat and die.

Olivia forces the demon to reveal to her whether or not there was a definitive way to end the game with Markie and herself alive. The demon reveals that now that Sam is dead, there is not - but they can draw more people into the game and prolong their turn in it. Olivia hastily records and uploads a video to YouTube, warning of the game and its rules, before challenging the viewer of the video to Truth or Dare, initiating them, effectively involving millions of new Truth or Dare players therefore postponing her and Markie's involvement in the game for a very long time and saving their lives for the time being.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Lucy Hale]] as Olivia Barron
* [[Lucy Hale]] as Olivia Barron
* [[Tyler Posey]] as Lucas Moreno
* [[Tyler Posey]] as Lucas Moreno
* [[Violett Beane]] as Markie Cameron
* [[Violett Beane]] as Markie Cameron
* [[Hayden Szeto]] as Brad Chang
* [[Hayden Szeto]] as Brad Chang
* [[Landon Liboiron]] as Carter / Sam Meehan
* [[Landon Liboiron]] as Carter / Sam Meehan
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* [[Nolan Gerard Funk]] as Tyson Curran
* [[Sophia Taylor Ali]] as Penelope Amari
* [[Sophia Taylor Ali]] as Penelope Amari
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* [[Nolan Gerard Funk]] as Tyson Curran
* [[Sam Lerner]] as Ronnie
* [[Sam Lerner]] as Ronnie
* [[Aurora Perrineau]] as Giselle Hammond
* [[Aurora Perrineau]] as Giselle Hammond
* [[Tom Choi]] as Officer Han Chang
* [[Tom Choi]] as Officer Han Chang
* [[Joe Ochman]] as the voice of Callux
* [[Joe Ochman]] as the voice of Callux
* Vera Taylor as Inez Reyes
* Vera Taylor as Inez Reyes
* Ezmie Garcia as Young Inez
** Ezmie Garcia as young Inez Reyes
* [[Andrew Howard]] as Randall Himoff
* [[Andrew Howard]] as Randall Himoff
* [[Gary Anthony Williams]] as the voice of the demon
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==Production==
==Production==
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Initially, director Jeff Wadlow explained that he was hired to direct the film after spitballing an opening scene based on the title of the movie in his initial meetings with Blumhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2400722/the-bizarre-way-truth-or-dares-director-pitched-the-movie|title=The Bizarre Way Truth Or Dare's Director Pitched The Movie|date=April 11, 2018|access-date=April 11, 2018|work=CinemaBlend|publisher=GatewayBlend Entertainment|first=Conner|last= Schwerdtfeger}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined with his friend Chris Roach, and his wife, Jill Jacobs, and started thinking of ideas to approach the final concept.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/truth-dare-movie-jeff-wadlow-interview/|title=Jeff Wadlow Interview: Truth or Dare|first=Joe |last=Deckelmeier|date=April 11, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2018|work=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref>


===Development===
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[[Principal photography]] on the film began on June 7, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3439070/full-cast-prepares-game-truth-dare/|title=Full Cast Prepares For a Game of ‘Truth or Dare’|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=May 24, 2017|accessdate=May 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BVDSpDUDH6R/| date=June 7, 2017| title=First day of photography! Lucky shirt: check 🍀 @lucyhale @tylerposey58 @nolanfunk @haydenszeto @sophiatali| first=Jeff |last=Wadlow|accessdate=April 16, 2018| publisher=[[Instagram]]}}</ref> and wrapped on July 12, 2017, in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite twitter|title=THAT IS A MF WRAP ON TRUTH OR DARE 🎥 thanks for the memories guys ! Can't wait for y'all to see this.|number=884980636301238272|user=lucyhale|work=[[Twitter]]|last=Hale|first=Lucy|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/movies/2018/04/12/truth-or-dare-tyler-posey-lucy-hale/|title=Truth or Dare stars Tyler Posey, Lucy Hale share their spring break stories|first= Samantha|last=Highfill |date=April 12, 2018|access-date=April 15, 2018|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

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Initially, director Jeff Wadlow explained that he was hired to direct the film after spitballing an opening scene based on the film's title in his initial meetings with Blumhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2400722/the-bizarre-way-truth-or-dares-director-pitched-the-movie|title=The Bizarre Way Truth Or Dare's Director Pitched The Movie|date=April 11, 2018|access-date=April 11, 2018|work=CinemaBlend|publisher=GatewayBlend Entertainment|first=Conner|last=Schwerdtfeger|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616030203/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2400722/the-bizarre-way-truth-or-dares-director-pitched-the-movie|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined with his friend Chris Roach, and his wife, Jill Jacobs, and started thinking of ideas to approach the final concept.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/truth-dare-movie-jeff-wadlow-interview/|title=Jeff Wadlow Interview: Truth or Dare|first=Joe|last=Deckelmeier|date=April 11, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2018|work=[[Screen Rant]]|archive-date=February 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203192809/https://screenrant.com/truth-dare-movie-jeff-wadlow-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Filming===
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[[Principal photography]] on the film began on June 7, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3439070/full-cast-prepares-game-truth-dare/|title=Full Cast Prepares For a Game of 'Truth or Dare'|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=May 24, 2017|access-date=May 25, 2017|archive-date=May 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529172436/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3439070/full-cast-prepares-game-truth-dare/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BVDSpDUDH6R/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BVDSpDUDH6R |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited| date=June 7, 2017| title=First day of photography! Lucky shirt: check 🍀 @lucyhale @tylerposey58 @nolanfunk @haydenszeto @sophiatali| first=Jeff |last=Wadlow|access-date=April 16, 2018| publisher=[[Instagram]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and wrapped on July 12, 2017, in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite twitter|title=THAT IS A MF WRAP ON TRUTH OR DARE 🎥 thanks for the memories guys ! Can't wait for y'all to see this.|number=884980636301238272|user=lucyhale|work=[[Twitter]]|last=Hale|first=Lucy|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/movies/2018/04/12/truth-or-dare-tyler-posey-lucy-hale/|title=Truth or Dare stars Tyler Posey, Lucy Hale share their spring break stories|first= Samantha|last=Highfill |date=April 12, 2018|access-date=April 15, 2018|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
The film was initially set for release on April 27, 2018. But in January 2018, the date was moved up two weeks on April 13, 2018 ([[Friday the 13th]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Blumhouse’s Truth Or Dare’ Moves Up Two Weeks To Friday The 13th – Update|url=http://deadline.com/2018/01/blumhouses-truth-or-dare-april-2018-release-date-1202205290/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|accessdate=January 11, 2018|date=January 11, 2018|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony}}</ref> The official trailer for the film was released on January 3, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nofspodcast.com/trailer-truth-dare-die/|title=[Trailer] Death Plays Games in TRUTH OR DARE|date=January 3, 2018|work=Nightmare on Film Street|access-date=January 10, 2018|author=KimmiKillZombie}}</ref>
The film was initially set for release on April 27, 2018. But in January 2018, the date was moved up two weeks and premiered on April 13, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blumhouse's Truth Or Dare' Moves Up Two Weeks To Friday The 13th – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/blumhouses-truth-or-dare-april-2018-release-date-1202205290/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|access-date=January 11, 2018|date=January 11, 2018|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|archive-date=January 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073200/http://deadline.com/2017/11/blumhouses-truth-or-dare-april-2018-release-date-1202205290/|url-status=live}}</ref> The official trailer for the film was released on January 3, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nofspodcast.com/trailer-truth-dare-die/|title=[Trailer] Death Plays Games in TRUTH OR DARE|date=January 3, 2018|work=Nightmare on Film Street|access-date=January 10, 2018|author=KimmiKillZombie|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218091355/https://nofspodcast.com/trailer-truth-dare-die/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==


===Box office===
===Box office===
''Truth or Dare'' grossed $41.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $53.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $94.8 million, against a production budget of $3.5 million.<ref name="BOM" />
''Truth or Dare'' grossed $41.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $53.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $95.3 million, against a production budget of $3.5 million.<ref name="BOM" />


In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside ''[[Rampage (2018 film)|Rampage]]'' and ''[[Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero]]'', as well as the wide expansion of ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]'', and was projected to gross $12–15 million from 3,029 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web |last=Faughnder|first=Ryan |title=Rampage' is poised for top box-office spot as Dwayne Johnson fights video game movie curse|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-fi-ct-movie-projector-rampage-20180411-htmlstory.html|accessdate=April 11, 2018 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> The film made $8.2 million on its first day (including $750,000 from Thursday night previews), $6.8 million on Saturday and a total of $18.7 million over the weekend, finishing third behind ''Rampage'' ($34.5 million) and fellow horror film ''[[A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place]]'' ($32.6 million).<ref name=opening>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/dwayne-johnson-rampage-box-office-weekend-a-quiet-place-1202363694/|title=The Rock Rebounds: ‘Rampage’ Shushes ‘A Quiet Place’ With $34M+ No. 1 Opening|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 15, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|accessdate=April 15, 2018}}</ref> It fell to 58% in its second weekend, grossing $7.8 million and finishing fifth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/i-feel-pretty-traffik-super-troopers-2-a-quiet-place-rampage-box-office-1202371111/|title=‘A Quiet Place’ Still Noisy With $21.7M As ‘Rampage’ Beats Chest, ‘Super Trooper 2’ Surprises – Sunday AM Update|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 22, 2018|first1=Anita|last1=Busch|first2=Anthony|last2=D'Alessandro|accessdate=April 22, 2018}}</ref> The film continued to hold well in its third weekend, dropping 58% again to $3.3 million, finishing in seventh place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-weekend-box-office-opening-records-1202378032/|title=‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Conquering ‘Force Awakens’ With Record $248M-$250M Opening; Posts Record $82M Saturday|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 29, 2018|accessdate=April 29, 2018}}</ref>
In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside ''[[Rampage (2018 film)|Rampage]]'' and ''[[Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero]]'', as well as the wide expansion of ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]'', and was projected to gross $12–15 million from 3,029 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|last=Faughnder|first=Ryan|title=Rampage' is poised for top box-office spot as Dwayne Johnson fights video game movie curse|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-fi-ct-movie-projector-rampage-20180411-htmlstory.html|access-date=April 11, 2018|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 11, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811204329/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-fi-ct-movie-projector-rampage-20180411-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film made $8.3 million on its first day (including $750,000 from Thursday night previews), $6.8 million on Saturday and a total of $18.7 million over the weekend, finishing third behind ''Rampage'' ($35.7 million) and fellow horror film ''[[A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place]]'' ($32.6 million).<ref name=opening>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/dwayne-johnson-rampage-box-office-weekend-a-quiet-place-1202363694/|title=The Rock Rebounds: 'Rampage' Shushes 'A Quiet Place' With $34M+ No. 1 Opening|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 15, 2018|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|access-date=April 15, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518051647/https://deadline.com/2018/04/dwayne-johnson-rampage-box-office-weekend-a-quiet-place-1202363694/|url-status=live}}</ref> It fell to 58% in its second weekend, grossing $7.8 million and finishing fifth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/i-feel-pretty-traffik-super-troopers-2-a-quiet-place-rampage-box-office-1202371111/|title='A Quiet Place' Still Noisy With $21.7M As 'Rampage' Beats Chest, 'Super Trooper 2' Surprises – Sunday AM Update|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 22, 2018|first1=Anita|last1=Busch|first2=Anthony|last2=D'Alessandro|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518144347/https://deadline.com/2018/04/i-feel-pretty-traffik-super-troopers-2-a-quiet-place-rampage-box-office-1202371111/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film continued to hold well in its third weekend, dropping 58% again to $3.3 million, finishing in seventh place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-weekend-box-office-opening-records-1202378032/|title='Avengers: Infinity War' Conquering 'Force Awakens' With Record $248M-$250M Opening; Posts Record $82M Saturday|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 29, 2018|access-date=April 29, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502033055/http://deadline.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-weekend-box-office-opening-records-1202378032/|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Critical response===
===Critical response===
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an [[Opinion poll|approval rating]] of 15% based on 142 reviews, and an [[average rating]] of 3.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Truth or Dare''{{'s}} slick presentation isn't enough to make this mediocre horror outing much more frightening than an average round of the real-life game."<ref name="Tomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blumhouses_truth_or_dare |title=Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango]] |accessdate=September 18, 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/blumhouses-truth-or-dare |title=Blumhouse's Truth or Dare Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name=opening/>
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an [[Opinion poll|approval rating]] of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, and an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Truth or Dare''{{'s}} slick presentation isn't enough to make this mediocre horror outing much more frightening than an average round of the real-life game."<ref name="Tomatoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blumhouses_truth_or_dare|title=Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-date=2019-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925081140/https://rottentomatoes.com/m/blumhouses_truth_or_dare|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metacritic.com/movie/blumhouses-truth-or-dare |title=Blumhouse's Truth or Dare Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=June 19, 2018 |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617101607/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/blumhouses-truth-or-dare |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name=opening/>


Simon Abrams of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' gave the film 2/4 stars and wrote that "director Jeff Wadlow and his three credited co-writers don't go far enough towards either of their film's primary impulses—humanizing their immature subjects and/or making them die amusingly sadistic deaths."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/truth-or-dare-2018|title=Truth or Dare|last=Abrams|first=Simon|website=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|accessdate=April 13, 2018|date=April 13, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Exclaim!]]''{{'}}s Alex Hudson called the film a "by-the-numbers horror that delivers clichés rather than surprises," though added "as dumb as this movie was, I kind of enjoyed it."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=https://exclaim.ca/film/article/truth_or_dare-directed_by_jeff_wadlow|title=Review: 'Truth or Dare' |magazine=[[Exclaim!]] |date=April 11, 2018 |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref>
Simon Abrams of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' gave the film two stars out of four and wrote that "director Jeff Wadlow and his three credited co-writers don't go far enough towards either of their film's primary impulses—humanizing their immature subjects and/or making them die amusingly sadistic deaths."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/truth-or-dare-2018|title=Truth or Dare|last=Abrams|first=Simon|website=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|access-date=April 13, 2018|date=April 13, 2018|archive-date=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910130330/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/truth-or-dare-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s [[Owen Gleiberman]] called it a "scare-free horror film" and wrote, "The movie isn't scary, it isn't gripping, it isn't fun, and it isn't fueled by any sort of clever compulsion. It's just a strangely arduous exercise that feels increasingly frantic and arbitrary as it goes along."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/truth-or-dare-review-1202749418/|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|title=Review: 'Truth or Dare' |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 11, 2018 |access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> Edward Porter of ''[[The Times]]'' gave the film 1/5 stars, saying that it was "not so much a horror show as a soap opera with a high mortality rate."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Porter|first=Edward|date=April 15, 2018|title=Film review: Custody; A Gentle Creature; Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts; Western; Rampage; Truth or Dare|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/film-review-custody-a-gentle-creature-marlina-the-murderer-in-four-acts-western-rampage-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-truth-or-dare-mkwj05qnb|access-date=2022-02-13|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213052641/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/film-review-custody-a-gentle-creature-marlina-the-murderer-in-four-acts-western-rampage-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-truth-or-dare-mkwj05qnb|url-status=live}}</ref>


Simran Hans of ''[[The Observer]]'' gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "This tepid teen horror from Blumhouse Productions is a disappointing backwards stumble for the indie company, given its recent track record of cheap but effective genre thrills such as ''[[Split (2016 American film)|Split]]'' and ''[[Happy Death Day]]'' (as well as the considerably higher profile ''[[Get Out]]'')."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-15|title=Truth or Dare review – horror games fall flat|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/15/truth-or-dare-horror-review|access-date=2022-02-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051138/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/15/truth-or-dare-horror-review|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Robbie Collin]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' also gave the film 2/5 stars, describing it as "the kind of film that must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but its initially appealing premise... quickly falls to pieces under its own self-generated confusions."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Collin|first=Robbie|date=2018-04-12|title=Truth or Dare review: somehow makes a demonic drinking game as dull as contract bridge|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/truth-dare-review-somehow-makes-demonic-drinking-game-dull-contract/|access-date=2022-02-13|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214234730/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/truth-dare-review-somehow-makes-demonic-drinking-game-dull-contract/|url-status=live}}</ref> Geoffrey Macnab of ''[[The Independent]]'' also gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "A few moments of ingenuity aside, ''Truth or Dare'' is lacklustre filmmaking. Its premise is so contrived that any attempts at stirring up dread or suspense are stifled at the outset."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macnab|first=Geoffrey|date=2018-04-11|title=Film reviews roundup: Truth of Dare, A Gentle Creature, Custody, The Titan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-reviews-roundup-truth-of-dare-a-gentle-creature-custody-the-titan-a8299346.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051138/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-reviews-roundup-truth-of-dare-a-gentle-creature-custody-the-titan-a8299346.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s [[Owen Gleiberman]] called it a "scare-free horror film" and wrote, "The movie isn’t scary, it isn’t gripping, it isn’t fun, and it isn’t fueled by any sort of clever compulsion. It’s just a strangely arduous exercise that feels increasingly frantic and arbitrary as it goes along."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/truth-or-dare-review-1202749418/|authorlink=Owen Gleiberman|title=Review: 'Truth or Dare' |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|date=April 11, 2018 |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref>


Bruce DeMara of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' gave the film 2.5/4 stars, saying that it "isn't all that daring, although it is not without its twisted charm."<ref>{{Cite news|last=DeMara|first=Bruce|date=2018-04-12|title=Review {{!}} Blumhouse's Truth or Dare wrings some suspense out of silly, spooky concept|language=en-CA|work=The Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/review/2018/04/12/blumhouses-truth-or-dare-wrings-some-suspense-out-of-silly-spooky-concept.html|access-date=2022-02-13|issn=0319-0781|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051137/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/review/2018/04/12/blumhouses-truth-or-dare-wrings-some-suspense-out-of-silly-spooky-concept.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Benjamin Lee of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "Hackneyed horror tropes persist throughout and so does some crushingly exposition-heavy dialogue... but it rattles along at a fair lick, never resting for too long before another nasty surprise."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|date=2018-04-11|title=Truth or Dare review – silly, spirited horror plays a fast-paced game|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/11/truth-or-dare-review-silly-spirited-horror-plays-a-fast-paced-game|access-date=2022-02-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103235150/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/11/truth-or-dare-review-silly-spirited-horror-plays-a-fast-paced-game|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Awards and nominations===

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The film was nominated at the [[2018 Teen Choice Awards]] as [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Drama|Choice Drama Movie]].
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[[Lucy Hale]] was also nominated as [[2018 Teen Choice Awards#Movies|Choice Drama Movie Actress]] for her performance in this film.<ref name="2018TCA">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/943773/teen-choice-awards-2018-avengers-infinity-war-black-panther-and-riverdale-among-top-nominees|title=Teen Choice Awards 2018: ''Avengers: Infinity War'', ''Black Panther'' and ''Riverdale'' Among Top Nominees|last=Cohen|first=Jess|work=[[E! News]]|publisher=[[E!]]|date=June 13, 2018|access-date=June 13, 2018|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613220922/https://www.eonline.com/news/943773/teen-choice-awards-2018-avengers-infinity-war-black-panther-and-riverdale-among-top-nominees|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Zach|title=Teen Choice Awards 2018 Winners: The Complete List
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| Choice Drama Movie Actress
| <center>[[Lucy Hale]]
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==Possible sequel==
==Possible sequel==
In April 2018, just days after the release of the film, Jeff Wadlow discussed ideas of a sequel, he stated: "If the movie is a success and I'm asked to come up with other good ideas, there are other stories that could be told through the filter of a supernatural game of truth or dare".<ref>{{cite web|last=Sprague|first=Mike|title=Will there be a sequel to Blumhouse's Truth or Dare?|url=http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/will-there-be-a-truth-or-dare-2-269|publisher=''Jo Blo.com''|date=April 16, 2018|accessdate=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
In April 2018, Jeff Wadlow discussed ideas of a sequel, stating, "If the movie is a success and I'm asked to come up with other good ideas, there are other stories that could be told through the filter of a supernatural game of truth or dare."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joblo.com/horror-movies/news/will-there-be-a-truth-or-dare-2-269|title=Will there be a sequel to Blumhouse's Truth or Dare?|publisher=JoBlo.com|last=Sprague|first=Mike|date=April 16, 2018|access-date=April 16, 2018|archive-date=August 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829204956/https://joblo.com/horror-movies/news/will-there-be-a-truth-or-dare-2-269|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2020, rumors emerged that [[Blumhouse Productions]] would develop a sequel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/truth-sequel-reportedly-works-blumhouse/|title=Truth Or Dare Sequel Reportedly In The Works At Blumhouse|publisher=WGTC|last=Rivera|first=DJ|date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> In February 2024, Wadlow said that while a script for a [[Metafiction|meta]] sequel had been written, revolving around the actual film's cast playing themselves, the project was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/blumhouse-truth-or-dare-sequel-scrapped-1235918169/|title=Why Blumhouse Scrapped a ''Truth or Dare'' Meta Sequel With Tyler Posey and Lucy Hale at the Last Minute (Exclusive)|first=William|last=Earl|date=February 21, 2024|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref>


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Truth or Dare
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeff Wadlow
Screenplay by
Story byMichael Reisz
Produced byJason Blum
Starring
CinematographyJacques Jouffret
Edited bySean Albertson
Music byMatthew Margeson
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[1]
Box office$95.3 million[2]

Truth or Dare, also known as Blumhouse's Truth or Dare,[3] is a 2018 American supernatural horror film directed and co-written (alongside Michael Reisz, Jillian Jacobs, and Chris Roach) by Jeff Wadlow. The film stars Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Hayden Szeto, Sophia Taylor Ali, and Landon Liboiron as a group of college students who play a game of truth or dare while on vacation in Mexico, only to realize it has deadly consequences if they do not follow through on their obligations. Jason Blum produced through his Blumhouse Productions banner, and Universal Pictures distributed the film.

Released in theaters on Friday, April 13, 2018, the film received mostly negative reviews from critics, who said it was "neither inventive nor scary enough to set itself apart from the decades of dreary slashers that came before it."[4] The film was a box office success, grossing $95 million worldwide against its $3.5 million production budget.

Plot

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Olivia Barron is a college student who always puts others' needs before her own. She plans to build houses with Habitat for Humanity over spring break, but her best friend, Markie Cameron, convinces her to join their friends in Mexico. At a bar, Olivia meets a man named Carter, who invites the group to party at an abandoned church. There, Carter suggests they play truth or dare. During the game, their friend Tyson Curran reveals that Olivia has a crush on Lucas Moreno, Markie's boyfriend, which she denies. Carter admits that he tricked them into playing a supernatural version of the game and warns them to do whatever the game asks or they will be killed.

Back at school, hallucinations call on Olivia to pick truth or dare. She picks "truth" and blurts out that Markie has been serially unfaithful to Lucas. The friends learn that Ronnie, another friend, was forced to kill himself after failing to complete a dare. Lucas picks "truth" and admits to having feelings for Olivia. Markie is forced to break Olivia's hand, and their closeted friend, Brad Chang, is forced to tell his father he is gay.

Tyson disbelieves the game's consequences and dies after lying during his turn. The group discovers a story online about a woman named Giselle Hammond who lit a woman on fire in Mexico while playing truth or dare. They arrange a meeting with her through social media. Giselle reveals that one of her friends, Sam Meehan, got drunk and trashed the church. When they got home, the game continued, and only she and Carter survived. Carter was dared to involve more players to give themselves more time before taking their turn again. It is then revealed that Giselle has been dared to kill Olivia and she attempts to shoot her, but Olivia's friend Penelope Amari dives in front and dies instead. Having failed her dare, Giselle is forced to kill herself.

Olivia is dared to have sex with Lucas. During sex, Lucas is forced to admit that he cares about her but loves Markie. Olivia and Lucas drive to Tijuana and meet Inez Reyes, a former nun at the church who cannot speak. By writing on paper, Inez tells them how she summoned a demon named Calux to save herself from a sadistic priest. However, Calux kept a game of truth or dare running and killed all her friends. She trapped Calux by ritually cutting off her tongue and sealing it in a pot. The group realizes Sam must have broken the pot and released Calux, and to trap him, they need to find him.

Brad is dared to threaten his father with a gun. As he does so, he is shot and killed by an approaching officer. Olivia learns that Carter and Sam are the same person. She dares to speak the truth. Olivia tells the group that Markie's father sexually assaulted her, and he killed himself when she told him that Markie would be better off if he were dead. Though at first angry, hurt, and contemplating suicide, Markie forgives her friend and tells her it is not her fault because her father had previously been suicidal.

Olivia, Markie, and Lucas find Sam and force him back to the ruined church. As Sam goes through the ritual to trap Calux, Lucas is dared to kill either Olivia or Markie. When he refuses, Calux possesses him and forces him to kill Sam and himself. When Markie's turn comes, Olivia tells her to refuse a dare. Calux possesses Markie, at which point Olivia forces Calux into the game by asking him to pick truth or dare. The demon is forced to tell the truth that there is no way they can make it out of the game alive with Sam dead. They will die unless they add more people to delay their next turn. Olivia uploads a video in which she briefly warns viewers about the game and its rules. She then asks "truth or dare", involving whoever hears the phrase into the game, delaying her and Markie's next turn.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Initially, director Jeff Wadlow explained that he was hired to direct the film after spitballing an opening scene based on the film's title in his initial meetings with Blumhouse.[5] Subsequently, he joined with his friend Chris Roach, and his wife, Jill Jacobs, and started thinking of ideas to approach the final concept.[6]

Filming

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Principal photography on the film began on June 7, 2017,[7][8] and wrapped on July 12, 2017, in Los Angeles.[9][10]

Release

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The film was initially set for release on April 27, 2018. But in January 2018, the date was moved up two weeks and premiered on April 13, 2018.[11] The official trailer for the film was released on January 3, 2018.[12]

Reception

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Box office

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Truth or Dare grossed $41.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $53.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $95.3 million, against a production budget of $3.5 million.[2]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Rampage and Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero, as well as the wide expansion of Isle of Dogs, and was projected to gross $12–15 million from 3,029 theaters in its opening weekend.[13] The film made $8.3 million on its first day (including $750,000 from Thursday night previews), $6.8 million on Saturday and a total of $18.7 million over the weekend, finishing third behind Rampage ($35.7 million) and fellow horror film A Quiet Place ($32.6 million).[14] It fell to 58% in its second weekend, grossing $7.8 million and finishing fifth.[15] The film continued to hold well in its third weekend, dropping 58% again to $3.3 million, finishing in seventh place.[16]

Critical response

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 15% based on 162 reviews, and an average rating of 3.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Truth or Dare's slick presentation isn't enough to make this mediocre horror outing much more frightening than an average round of the real-life game."[17] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[18] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.[14]

Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com gave the film two stars out of four and wrote that "director Jeff Wadlow and his three credited co-writers don't go far enough towards either of their film's primary impulses—humanizing their immature subjects and/or making them die amusingly sadistic deaths."[19] Variety's Owen Gleiberman called it a "scare-free horror film" and wrote, "The movie isn't scary, it isn't gripping, it isn't fun, and it isn't fueled by any sort of clever compulsion. It's just a strangely arduous exercise that feels increasingly frantic and arbitrary as it goes along."[20] Edward Porter of The Times gave the film 1/5 stars, saying that it was "not so much a horror show as a soap opera with a high mortality rate."[21]

Simran Hans of The Observer gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "This tepid teen horror from Blumhouse Productions is a disappointing backwards stumble for the indie company, given its recent track record of cheap but effective genre thrills such as Split and Happy Death Day (as well as the considerably higher profile Get Out)."[22] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph also gave the film 2/5 stars, describing it as "the kind of film that must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but its initially appealing premise... quickly falls to pieces under its own self-generated confusions."[23] Geoffrey Macnab of The Independent also gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "A few moments of ingenuity aside, Truth or Dare is lacklustre filmmaking. Its premise is so contrived that any attempts at stirring up dread or suspense are stifled at the outset."[24]

Bruce DeMara of the Toronto Star gave the film 2.5/4 stars, saying that it "isn't all that daring, although it is not without its twisted charm."[25] Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "Hackneyed horror tropes persist throughout and so does some crushingly exposition-heavy dialogue... but it rattles along at a fair lick, never resting for too long before another nasty surprise."[26]

Accolades

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The film was nominated at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards as Choice Drama Movie. Lucy Hale was also nominated as Choice Drama Movie Actress for her performance in this film.[27]

Possible sequel

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In April 2018, Jeff Wadlow discussed ideas of a sequel, stating, "If the movie is a success and I'm asked to come up with other good ideas, there are other stories that could be told through the filter of a supernatural game of truth or dare."[28] In February 2020, rumors emerged that Blumhouse Productions would develop a sequel.[29] In February 2024, Wadlow said that while a script for a meta sequel had been written, revolving around the actual film's cast playing themselves, the project was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[30]

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