Chernobyl Diaries

May 24, 2012

1h 28m

★ 5.3

Ten years ago, the Ukrainian government let tourists visit the area around Chernobyl. They said it was safe...it wasn't.

Overview

A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide' who, ignoring warnings, takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but now a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years earlier. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group members find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Oren Peli / Brian Witten Pictures

Alcon Entertainment

FilmNation Entertainment

Warner Bros. Pictures

Chernobyl Diaries Trailers

Cast

Natalie

Olivia Taylor Dudley

Chris

Jesse McCartney

Amanda

Devin Kelley

Paul

Jonathan Sadowski

Zoe

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal

Michael

Nathan Phillips

Medic Goldshmidt

Alex Feldman

Ukrainian Thug

Milutin Milošević

Medic Grotzky

Kristof Konrad

Doctor

Pasha D. Lychnikoff

Russian Check Point Guard

Miloš Timotijević

Uri

Dimitri Diatchenko

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