Chernobyl Diaries is a 2012 American horror film directed by Brad Parker and produced by Oren Peli, who also wrote the story. It stars Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolsų Berdal, and Dimitri Diatchenko. The film uses the real-life 1986 Chernobyl disaster for its backdrop. It was shot on location in Hungary and Serbia.