| Plot:After the brutal death of a friend,
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| | the first of the gamers dies at the hands
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| a group of friends find themselves in
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| | of the games countess, Sophia Bush's
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| possession of a video-game called
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| | character begins to draw conclusions
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| 'Stay-Alive', a blood-curdling true story
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| | connecting the eerie circumstances
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| of a 17th century noblewoman known as
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| | surrounding his death, to that of past
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| 'The Blood Countess'. However, after
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| | incident involving a few murdered local
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| playing the game when they know they
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| | girls. "Stay Alive" slinks on blood,
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| shouldn't, the friends realize that once
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| | guts, and other related nastiness, and
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| they die in the game - they die for real.
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| | instead relies on it's strong solid
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| As their numbers begin dropping and as
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| | mystery aspect. It is after all a pg-13
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| they begin dying in the ways they died in
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| | flick, and while some horror fans might
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| the game, the remaining friends realize
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| | be turned off to the fact that the film
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| they must defeat the Blood Countess or
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| | is shy with it's graphicness, the mystery
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| accept their fates.Cast: Jon Foster,
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| | of what is occuring is so engaging, it
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| Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Sophia
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| | acts as a distraction from the fact we
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| Bush, Jimmi Simpson, Adam Goldberg, Milo
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| | aren't seeing people chopped to pieces on
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| Ventimiglia.My Thoughts:What it lacks in
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| | screen. "Stay Alive" also manages to keep
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| style when it comes to the kills, it
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| | Ms. Bathory well hidden most of the way,
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| makes up for with an original
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| | not fully showing the countess until near
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| story.Review:Movies like "Stay Alive"
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| | the middle of the movie...where one
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| usually have me leaving the theater going
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| | female character in peril utters a pretty
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| "what the hell was that?". But oddly
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| | bad ass one liner before she's offed, in
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| enough, that's not the way I felt about
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| | what is about the only graphic or
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| "Stay Alive" after seeing it. While the
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| | semi-graphic death scene in the whole
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| movie did have it's problems from the
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| | movie. The countess character is pretty
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| standpoint of being a balls to the wall
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| | creepy looking, and makes for a fantastic
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| horror movie, it works really well as a
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| | villain, especially because she sports a
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| dark mystery with horror elements
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| | pair of rusty hedgeclipper like weapons
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| sprinkled in. The jist of "Stay Alive"
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| | in one hand when she pops up on
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| centers around a weird video game that
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| | screen...and has a very demented twisted
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| someone created and found a way to send
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| | look to her. Bell does show a weakness in
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| out into the world. The bad part of the
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| | his writing though when his story nears
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| game is, if you die in it, you die for
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| | the end, which is where the remaining
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| real, and weirdest of all, you die in
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| | gamers after discovering a way to destroy
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| real life the way you died in the game. I
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| | the blood countess, visit the house of
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| admit this movie would've been hella lame
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| | their dead friend to do so. Many things
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| if the game started frying people or
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| | take place in the final act that don't
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| killing them in freak accidents ala
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| | make sense and work to create more
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| "Final Destination", but writer William
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| | questions while giving little to no
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| Brent Bell is smart enough to give us a
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| | answers. That doesn't do much for the
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| villain or should I say villainess that
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| | story since there were already many
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| we can identify with, in the legendary
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| | unanswered questions from act 1 and 2
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| countess Elizibeth Bathory. For those of
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| | that had yet to be answered - and for
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| you not familiar with this historical
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| | those who didn't pick up on it early on
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| ghoulstess, she killed countless young
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| | in the movie or who just weren't paying
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| women back in the dark ages and bathed in
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| | attention, the films ending manages to
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| their blood, believing that doing so
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| | square away one of "Stay Alive"'s biggest
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| would grant her eternal youth. The dark
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| | mysteries for you all. Despite it's
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| aspect of the movie makes it's presence
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| | story-flawed final act, "Stay Alive"
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| felt early on because when victims number
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| | manages to "Stay Alive" (no pun intended)
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| 1,2, and 3 are claimed, it's by the
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| | with an interesting and intriguing story
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| countess character that appears in the
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| | and a pretty creepy looking and viciously
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| game as it's boss villainess, if you
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| | wicked villainess, which manages to
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| will. The mystery and burden of one of
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| | ensure that the viewer will be able to
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| the first victims death falls upon his
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| | "Stay Awake".Pros: A very Dark,sinister,
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| avid gamer friends Hutch (Jon Foster),
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| | intriguing, and interesting story. Pretty
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| Abigail (Samaire Armstrong), Phineus
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| | good acting, great villainess, and nice
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| Bantum (Jimmi Simpson), his sister
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| | sceneries especially in the movies climax
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| October (Sophia Bush), Miller (Adam
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| | which shifts locations from a large
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| Goldberg), and Swink (Frankie Muniz).
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| | house, to a cemetary, to a forest. The
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| Bell manages to keep the mystery of the
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| | ending was also a total
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| film fresh, dark, and intriguing as the
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| | curveball.Cons:Again the story is too
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| gamers soon start playing the game in
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| | open ended and alot of questions about
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| honor of their deceased buddy, and begin
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| | the countess are left unanswered at the
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| to unlock it's dark secrets. One of the
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| | conclusion. Another graphic death or two
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| biggest ones being about countess
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| | would've helped as well, too many cut
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| Bathory, and just how the heck can she be
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| | aways.Overall:I liked it alot more than I
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| back as a video game character? Although
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| | though I would, and I think you might
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| this all sounds pretty cheesy in some
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| | too. It's not a splatterfest, but in
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| ways, watching it all play out on screen
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| | terms of it's strong story, it's a movie
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| with these particular actors is quite
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| | that will leave you thinking after it's
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| entertaining and creepy in alot of ways.
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| | all over, and is mostly for the horror
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| Alot is revealed about the countess such
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| | fan that can appreciate a good mystery
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| as how she killed her victims, and when
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| | with strong horror elements included.Mr.
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