All Fun and Games is a 2023 Americanhorror film written by Ari Costa, Eren Celeboglu and JJ Braider, directed by Costa and Celeboglu and starringAsa Butterfield andNatalia Dyer. It is Costa and Celeboglu's feature directorial debut.[2]
A group of teens inSalem, Massachusetts, discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon which forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games where there can be no winners, only survivors.
In January 2022, it was announced that Butterfield and Dyer were cast in the film.[2]
In April 2022, it was announced that principal photography began in Canada and that Gish and Ainsworth were added to the cast.[3][4][5] Later that same month, Marsden and Stewart were also added to the cast.[6][7]Keith David was attached to appear in the film.[8]
In July 2022, it was announced that Cutting Edge Media Music acquired the rights to the film's original score.[9]
The film started post-production in November 2022.[10]
Paul Lê ofBloody Disgusting awarded the film three "skulls" out of five, writing that "the film is well made in most respects, and because of its time-effective execution (...) never overstays its welcome."[13] Matt Donato ofIGN gave the film a negative review, calling the film "an appetizer of a movie served as the main course."[14]
