in the ring and it be a videotape while a website be the problem in feardotcom while the danger in pulse come from computer while and phone and one miss call featuredyou guess itdeadly phone . in stay alive and the piece of technology that cause all manner of problem be an online game represent those who play it wind up dead soon afterwards . how clever . direct by william brent bell ( who . ) and and feature an unimpressive cast of twenty somethings that you might have see before and but probably can not remember where or what the hell their name be and this be an extremely derivative piece of film making aim squarely at the pg 13 horror set while seasoned scary film watcher will no doubt find stay alive extremely tedious and highly predictable and not in the least bit frighten . the poorly develop plot follow a group of gamers with extremely daft name ( october and loomis and phineus and hutch and and swink . ) who attempt to unravel the mystery behind the deadly game before they too become victim . eventually and they discover that it be the evil spirit of the legendary countess elizabeth bathory who be kill anyone who dare to play and and that their only hope of survival be to continue with the game to the end . with a story as dumb a this and viewer should expect a film with loose end aplenty and not one iota of logic ( who make the game and how and and why be never explain ) and very little in the way of scare or gore and and a dumb closing scene to leave the door open forgod forbida sequel .