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One of the most successful Halloween franchises ever (and certainly the most successful of the last few years) is the Paranormal Activity series. Now, creator Oren Peli is bringing us his newest creation: Chernobyl Diaries. A group of American tourists decide to visit what was once home to the Chernobyl reactor workers, thinking it’s been long abandoned. Of course, they quickly learn that’s not the case. .
Warner Brothers has released seven clips from the film, and if I’ve learned anything, it’s that I’m never going within 200 miles of a nuclear anything, out of fear of the .0000001% chance that there are radioactive mutants waiting to eat me.
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“Hey, let’s go visit a nuclear wasteland. What could possibly go wrong!?” Yeah, that sounds like a GREAT idea. .
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“What exactly happened at Chernobyl?” Not exactly a Rhodes scholar, are we? .
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How come nuclear waste only creates evil-looking mutations? .
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Shouldn’t they be worried that “Uri’s special entrance” is code for “Uri’s serial killing hideout?” .
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These guards are scary. They look like they’ve been pumped full of steroids since they were youngins’. .
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Spend the night in the van, or walk 13 miles in the dark. Hmmm, I wonder which one they should choose? .
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WTF is that thing lurking in the background!? . Chernobyl Diaries opens May 25th, 2012. .
Synopsis: “Chernobyl Diaries” is an original story from Oren Peli, who first terrified audiences with his groundbreaking thriller “Paranormal Activity.” The film follows a group of six young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an “extreme tour guide.” Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon finds themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone…
