CHERNOBYL DIARIES

Chernobyl Diaries is a horror movie that follows a group of friends who are travelling across Europe and decide to take a quick little detour to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It is NOT a series of video diaries from somebody binging the HBO series Chernobyl for the first time.

“Holy shit, I didn’t know Russians were British!” This different Chernobyl Diariesmight begin.

This Chernobyl Diaries does more of the “we’re going to take a tour of the abandoned city of Pripyat - holy shit - I don’t know how abandoned this place really is!” sort of thing. You know, the sort of ‘Wow, what a horrific human disaster that ruined the real lives of real people… so… how would you like to see some mutants terrify some backpackers?!”

Also, there are no diaries in Chernobyl Diaries. And double also, why does it bother me so much that it’s called Chernobyl Diaries and not The Chernobyl Diaries? Why do I think it should have 'The' in front of it?

Chernobyl Diaries follows a pair of brothers, one of whom, it is incredibly important to note, is played by Jesse McCartney. Yes. Beautiful Soul, Jesse McCartney. Teen pop heartthrob Jesse McCartney plays a guy named Chris whose defining character trait is that he absolutely hates being chased by humanoid mutants.

Chris is joined by his soon-to-be fiancé Natalie, his brother Paul, and their pal Amanda on an ‘extreme tour’. On the tour, they meet a Norwegian woman and her Australian boyfriend played by Australia’s very own Nathan Phillips from Wolf Creek. So, the movie has the added pleasure of including multiple moments for you to say “Hey, that’s that guy from Wolf Creek, what’s his name? The guy who looks like Sam Worthington if Sam Worthington was a good hang?”

Where would I fit into Chernobyl Diaries? What Chernobyl diary entry would include Peter Jones?

Before they leave on their ‘extreme tour’ of Pripyat, the group of friends’ pal around in Kyiv, and I reckon while in the Ukraine they could very easily bump into this newsletter’s very own, Peter Jones.