Since his writing and directorial debut with the acclaimed found footage thriller PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, Oren Peli has preferred to serve as a producer, working on films such as INSIDIOUS and THE LORDS OF SALEM, as well as the television series The River. His newest film CHERNOBYL DIARIES continues this trend, with Peli creating the story directed by Bradley Parker and written by Shane and Carey Van Dyke, the duo behind some of Asylum’s most noteworthy mockbusters.
Opening with the found footage aesthetic that Oren Peli is known for, CHERNOBYL DIARIES quickly moves into a standard narrative as doting couple Chris (Jesse McCartney) and Natalie (Olivia Dudley), accompanied by their recently single friend Amanda (Devin Kelley) visit Chris’s brother Paul (Jonathan Sadowski) in Kiev. After a night of drinking and carousing, Paul suggests they skip their planned trip to Moscow in favor of a guided tour of Pripyat, a city abandoned in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. After some initial hesitance on the part of Chris, the four decide to head to the city, guided by local extreme tour guide Uri (Dimitri Diatchenko) and accompanied by tourist couple Zoe (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) and Michael (Nathan Phillips).




































