a group of teenager discover a bootleg video game and but once they start play it and they each start die just like they do in the video game . a they become addict to the game and they need to find a way to beat the game central villain and the blood countess and before she kill them all . the premise do sound a little stupid and familiar but this film could have still be mildly entertaining . however and this horror movie be not scary at all . it actually more of a comedy than anything else . the film take itself way too seriously and the movie be not a lot of fun to watch . sure and there be the occasional laugh but for the most part and the film be very dull . pg 13 horror film can still be good like the ring or cry wolf . the ring and stay alive aren not really the same type of horror film though . stay alive be more of a slasher movie and since it rat pg 13 and the death scene be very tame . it should have be the movie main sell and since it have an interesting concept the death could have be really good . unfortunately and the studio want a big audience and the film have to be alter . the acting be a complete joke and most of the cast give awful performance . jon foster be not a very good lead man . he lack charisma to really engage the audience or for the audience to care about him . his character isn not unlikable just very bland . samaire armstrong actually give an okay performance though a little too bland to truly stick out . frankie muniz probably give the best performance in stay alive . that an honor on the level of be the best player on the houston texan . sophia bush be absolutely terrible a october . her performance feel so rushed and so fake . the most annoying character in the movie be phineas play by jimmi simpson . his character be so unlikable you will be root for him to die . in fact and most of the character be pretty unlikable so that make it even hard to become interested in the film . it just hard to feel sorry for some of these annoy kid and it a lot more fun to watch if you want the character to actually survive . the only real good thing about the movie be the atmosphere . it a little old but it still kind of work . the film be also really short so it not too much of a pain to sit through . i wouldn not really blame the cast though because they be work with an inexperience director and writer . the direction be not very good and the screenplay isn not much well . stay alive be actually not the bad horror film of 2006. that honor would go to when a stranger call . stay alive be still a missed opportunity though . in the end and this cheesy and lame horror film be well leave on the shelf . rating 4/10 .