Death Valley (2021 film)

Death Valley is a 2021 Canadian science fiction horror film directed by Matthew Ninaber, starring Jeremy Ninaber, Ethan Mitchell and Kristen Kaster.

Cast

 * Jeremy Ninaber as James Beckett
 * Ethan Mitchell as Marshall
 * Kristen Kaster as Chloe
 * Matthew Ninaber as Monster
 * Matt Daciw as Olek Volkov
 * Jacqueline Ninaber as Rachel
 * Jonah Fortin as Jonah Petrov
 * Melissa Joy Boerger as Jessica
 * Justin Moses as Moses

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

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."