Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- foreboding
- paranoid
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
The film’s inventive precognition premise and brisk survival-horror setup are undermined by familiar genre borrowing and uneven execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The experimental drug gives participants terrifying visions of their own deaths, which begin to come true.
The central threat originates in a clinical drug trial involving the memory-enhancing formula A9913.
The students discover that one participant is the killer and shares their ability to see the future.
The college students are placed in a clinical trial and must survive the consequences inside and around the laboratory setting.
Films like Tell Me How I Die, and why
Final Destination
Shared precognitive death scenarios, escalating survival tension, and ensemble horror structure
Scream
Shared college-age cast, hidden killer mystery, and slasher-style paranoia
The Lazarus Effect
Shared experimental drug premise, hallucination-driven dread, and science-fiction thriller elements
Countdown
Shared group survival horror, fatal visions, and fatalistic suspense
Movie Details
- Director
- D.J. Viola
- Release Date
- 2016-09-16
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (237)
Cast
- Virginia Gardner
- Nathan Kress
- Kirby Bliss Blanton
- Mark Furze
- Ryan Higa
- Ethan Peck
- William Mapother
- Mark Rolston
- Katie Booth
- Marnie Alexenburg
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Tell Me How I Die about?
- A clinical drug trial turns a group of college students’ visions of death into a race against both fate and a future-seeing killer.
- What is Tell Me How I Die like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Tell Me How I Die as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Tell Me How I Die violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Tell Me How I Die as brutal.
- What did critics think of Tell Me How I Die?
- The film’s inventive precognition premise and brisk survival-horror setup are undermined by familiar genre borrowing and uneven execution.
- Which films are like Tell Me How I Die?
- Films with a similar feel include Final Destination, Scream, The Lazarus Effect, and Countdown.
- How long is Tell Me How I Die?
- Tell Me How I Die runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch Tell Me How I Die?
- In United States, Tell Me How I Die is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
