Death Valley is a 2021 Canadian science fiction horror directed by Matthew Ninaber, starring Jeremy Ninaber, Ethan Mitchell and Kristen Kaster.
Plot Mercenaries with nothing to lose are hired to rescue a bioengineer, imprisoned in a Cold War bunker. Upon entering the ominous facility, they find themselves in a fight for their lives when they come under attack from an unknown and deadly creature.
Cast Jeremy Ninaber as James Beckett Ethan Mitchell as Marshall Kristen Kaster as Chloe Matthew Ninaber as Monster / Service Man Matt Daciw as Olek Volkov Jacqueline Ninaber as Rachel Jonah Fortin as Jonah Petrov Melissa Joy Boerger as Jessica Justin Moses as Moses Jeff Waters as Preacher Jacob Fortin as Militia Boy Connor Mitchell as Flight Crew Jeremy Dueck as Cadaver Tyler Garton as Flame Thrower Mike Ninaber as Russian Man Dan Siswanto as X. Cheng Shemora Davy as Alpha 2 Brent Tremain as Infected Man
Release The film was released on Shudder on 9 December 2021.
Reception Phil Hoad of The Guardian rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Death Valley is never fully disturbing, but enjoyably gross is good enough."
Michael Pementel of Bloody Disgusting gave the film a score of 3/5 and wrote, "In its riveting suspense and great science-fiction horror atmosphere, Death Valley is a wild time you don’t want to miss out on."
Matt Donato of Paste gave the film a score of 5/10 and wrote that the film "isn’t memorable as a smash-and-grab, almost Doom-like standoff against undead biters", and that "There’s nothing narratively unique between Beckett’s one last hurrah before fatherhood, or humankind’s hubris, or the tightly-shirted Eastern European madmen we’ve seen hold innocents at gunpoint eleventy times before."
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