Choose or Die is a 2022 British horror thriller film directed by Toby Meakins in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan, and Robert Englund.
Tempted by a chance to win unclaimed prize money, two friends reboot a mysterious 1980s video game and step into a surreal world of next-level terror.
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.
Choose or Die was released on 15 April 2022 by Netflix.
A broke student who plays an obscure 1980s survival computer game in pursuit of an unclaimed $100,000 prize. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she soon realizes she’s no longer playing for the money, but for her own life.
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Cast
Iola Evans as Kayla, a college dropout working as a window cleaner who is drawn into the nightmarish world of CURS>R
Asa Butterfield as Isaac, Kayla’s friend
Eddie Marsan as Hal
Robert Englund as a fictionalized version of himself who is the “terror director” of CURS>R.
Kate Fleetwood as Laura
Ryan Gage as Lance, a landlord who victimizes Thea with drugs, prostitution, and severe psychological/sexual abuse.
Angela Griffin as Thea, Kayla’s mother
Pete Machale as Gabe
Joe Bolland as Beck
George Hannigan as Teen Gamer