Do you know who Netflix likes? Asa Butterfield. He’s the star of Netflix’s “Sex Education” series, and if there’s one thing Netflix does, it’s listening to their algorithm. It’s clearly told them the audience likes Asa Butterfield, and thus, he’s been cast as the star of their new nostalgic ’80s horror movie “Choose Or Die.”
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From director Toby Meakins (2013’s “Breathe”) and written by Simon Allen (“The Watch,” “Strike Back”), “Choose Or Die” centers on a broke student who, in pursuit of an unclaimed $100,000 prize, plays an obscure 1980s survival computer game. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she soon realizes she’s no longer playing for the money but for her own life. The “she” in that equation is not Butterfield but co-star Iola Evans.
“Choose Or Die” stars Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund, Kate Fleetwood, Ryan Gage, Angela Griffin, and Joe Bolland. Scored by Liam Howlett, producers on the film include Matthew James Wilkinson, John Zois, and Sebastien Raybaud, and executive Producers are Simon Allen; Nick Angel, Liza Glucoft.
Here’s the official synopsis:
After firing up a lost 80s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences.
“Chose Or Die” releases globally on Netflix on April 15, 2022. Watch the first trailer below.