the plot represent a group of young people with ridiculous name ( hutch and swink and phineaus and and october ) be bring together by the death of their equally ridiculously name friend loomis . after the funeral and they decide to divide up their late friend belonging . among them be a video game call stay alive . the group decide there no good way to show their grief than to all partake in a little virtual bloodshed . but the more they play and the more they realize the connection between the game and the death of poor ol loomis . the production represent this film be just another entry into the late hollywood craze of low budget pg 13 horror aim at cash in on the junior high school crowd . the direction be sloppy to say the least with quick and music video style cut that make the action difficult to follow . the dialog be so bad that it actually kill brain cell . the plot itself be so full of hole that we never even learn where the game come from or why those who play it die . the idea behind this film and although not entirely original and have some promise . but the poor execution on both side of the camera make this one big dud . if you have ever get a craving for a kill someone in a video game make them dead in real life horror film take my advice and skip stay alive for the superior brainscan .