David F. Sandberg and Gary Dauberman Talk Playing In The Genre Sandbox With ‘Until Dawn’ [Exclusive]
Taking a game like Until Dawn and making it into a film is a challenge, especially when the original game, written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, was already so cinematic. So, director/producer David F. Sandberg and producer/writer Gary Dauberman, as well as co-writer Blair Butler, decided to take a radically different route: make each night a different subgenre of horror. The result? A smorgasbord of genre delights, each nastier than the next.
In the new film adaptation:
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 night 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.
In our exclusive clip from the new featurette, Adapting a Nightmare, Sandberg and Dauberman explore the inspirations behind the film, the fun of genre-switching, and how they expanded the universe of the game.
Watch now:
Other special features include:
- Deleted & Extended Scenes
- Death-Defying Cast: Dying over and over never felt so good—meet the fearless, game-for-anything cast as they attempt to survive Until Dawn.
- Practical Terrors: From Wendigos to exploding bodies, Director David F. Sandberg knows the value of practical effects – and how those prosthetics, props, and blood elicit a more authentic reaction from the cast.
- Commentary with Director David F. Sandberg & Producer Lotta Losten
Until Dawn is available now on digital, and comes to 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 8, 2025.
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