Chernobyl horror movie slammed by charity

New American horror film ‘The Chernobyl Diaries’  - very loosely based on the 1986 nuclear meltdown - has been slammed by a charity for survivors of the accident.

The film sees six ‘extreme’ tourists hunted down by mutant ex-power plant workers on a visit to Pripyat. It stars Jesse McCartney who has previously voiced Theodore in the 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' series and was produced by Oren Peli, creator of the ‘Paranormal Activity franchise.

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Friends of Chernobyl Centres US; a charity group that provides support to communities affected by the disaster, made a statement to TMZ about the project: “It is terrible that such a tragic event as Chernobyl is being sensationalized [sic] in a Hollywood horror film.

“Thousands of people have died and over 400,000 people were evacuated from their homes. Today over 5 million people still live on contaminated land. The horror is not mutants running around, the real horror is the effect that Chernobyl continues to have on the lives of millions who have been devastated physically, emotionally and economically.” said the rep.

Cynics will argue that the negative publicity from the statement is just what producers would have been looking for.

By strange coincidence the UK trailer was released today, see what you think below.

'Chernobyl Diaries' is released in North America this week, and will get a UK release on 22 June.

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