Chernobyl Diaries is a 2012 American horror film which stars Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and Dimitri Diatchenko. The film, which was co-produced and directed by Bradley Parker (as well as being produced by Oren Peli), uses the real-life 1986 Chernobyl Disaster for its story. It was shot on location in Hungary and Serbia. The plot concerns a group of young people who make an illegal visit to the abandoned Ukrainian city of Pripyat within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone only to discover they are not alone among the ruins. The film has generally received negative reviews. It has also drawn criticism from several charities helping the victims of the Chernobyl Disaster over the sensationalization of the tragedy. A group of young adults, Chris (Jesse McCartney), his girlfriend Natalie (Olivia Taylor Dudley), and their mutual friend Amanda (Devin Kelley), are traveling across Europe. They stop in Kiev, Ukraine to visit Chris's brother, Paul (Jonathan Sadowski) before heading on to Moscow where Chris intends to propose to Natalie.