Stay Alive

Stay Alive is a 2006 horror film directed by William Brent Bell, who cowrote it with Matthew Peterman. It was produced by McG, co-produced by Hollywood Pictures and released on March 24, 2006 in the US. In the U.S. the film was rated PG-13 for horror violence, disturbing images, langu

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Directed by     William Brent Bell
Produced by     Peter Schlessel
James D. Stern
Matthew Peterman
McG
Written by     William Brent Bell
Matthew Peterman
Starring     Jon Foster
Samaire Armstrong
Frankie Muniz
Jimmi Simpson
Milo Ventimiglia
Sophia Bush
Adam Goldberg
Music by     John Frizzell
Cinematography     Alejandro Martinez
Editing by     Mark Stevens
Studio     Hollywood Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
Endgame Entertainment
Wonderland Sound and Vision
Stay Alive Productions
Distributed by     Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)     March 24, 2006
Running time     Theatrical cut
85 min.
Director's Cut
100 min.
Country     United States
Language     English
Budget     $9,000,000[1]
Box office     $27,105,095[2]

                                                                            Story
Loomis Crowley (Milo Ventimiglia) is an avid player of an unreleased video game called Stay Alive, in which characters explore a mansion haunted by a murderous woman in a red dress. After being "killed" in the game by being hanged from a chandelier, he has nightmares and wakes one night to find his roommates brutally slain. He backs away from the carnage, falls off a staircase and is hanged from a chandelier.

After Loomis' funeral, his sister offers Loomis' possessions to his friends. They discover the game Stay Alive among them, and decide to hold a group play session that night in Loomis' memory. Most of the friends gather at the home of Hutch (Jon Foster), but Miller (Adam Goldberg) decides to play remotely from his office. The game is activated by voice, and the assembled players are required to recite an incantation, "The Prayer of Elizabeth". Once the game begins, they learn that evil spirits in the game are repelled by wild roses. Miller's avatar is stabbed in the throat by the woman in red, who is named "Elizabeth Bathory". Miller is upset, and the players agree to end play for the night. As M