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Ryan is looking for his missing sister. She misteriously disappeared after conducting a frightening ritual popular among teenagers, called "elevator game". According to the rules, the player must enter the elevator of a multi-storey building and move through the floors in a certain order. The properly performed ritual can send the player into another, dark dimension. Hoping to find his sister, Ryan decides to follow his sister and also gets involved in this |
Ryan is looking for his missing sister. She misteriously disappeared after conducting a frightening ritual popular among teenagers, called "elevator game". According to the rules, the player must enter the elevator of a multi-storey building and move through the floors in a certain order. The properly performed ritual can send the player into another, dark dimension. Hoping to find his sister, Ryan decides to follow his sister and also gets involved in this game—but he soon realizes that the Internet was right by warning about the dangers of this ritual.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Lee |title=Elevator Game (2023) Ending Explained – Is the doorway between the two worlds still open? |url=https://www.thereviewgeek.com/elevatorgame-endingexplained/ |website=The Review Geek |access-date=25 September 2023 |date=18 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="MI">{{cite web |last1=Renner |first1=Brian D. |title=Everything You Need to Know About Elevator Game Movie (2023): Aug. 10, 2023 - added photos to the photos gallery |url=https://www.movieinsider.com/m21976/elevator-game |website=[[Movie Insider]] |access-date=25 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Rebekah McKendry |
| Written by | David Ian McKendry, Travis Seppala |
| Produced by | Stefan Brunner, Ed Elbert, James Norrie |
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| Cinematography | Brad Crawford |
| Edited by | Chad Tremblay |
| Music by | Kevon Cronin |
Production companies | Buffalo Gal Pictures, Head Gear Films, Manitoba Film and Music, Metrol Technology |
| Distributed by | AMP International, Front Row Filmed Entertainment, M2 Films, Movie Cloud |
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Running time | minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Elevator Game is a 2023 American horror film directed by Rebekah McKendry and starring Gino Anania, Megan Best, Alec Carlos, and Nazariy Demkowicz.[1][2][3] Shudder relased the film 15 September 2023.[4]
Plot
Ryan is looking for his missing sister. She misteriously disappeared after conducting a frightening ritual popular among teenagers, called "elevator game". According to the rules, the player must enter the elevator of a multi-storey building and move through the floors in a certain order. The properly performed ritual can send the player into another, dark dimension. Hoping to find his sister, Ryan decides to follow his sister and also gets involved in this game—but he soon realizes that the Internet was right by warning about the dangers of this ritual.[5][6]
Cast
- Gino Anania as Ryan Keaton
- Megan Best as Becki Keaton
- Alec Carlos as Kris Russo
- Nazariy Demkowicz as Matty Davis
- Samantha Halas as 5th Floor Woman / Allie McCormick
- Madison MacIsaac as Izzy Simpson
- Verity Marks as Chloe Young
- Liam Stewart-Kanigan as Kevin
- Adam Hurtig as Businessman
- Darren Wall as Security Guard
- Bradley Sawatzky as Café Bar Host
- Hazel Wallace as Teenage Girl
Reception
Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com stated, "“Elevator Game” is the rare Dead Teenager Movie (to borrow a phrase from Roger) that doesn't want to just bully its future victims. The doomed young adults in this Shudder title, who awaken a ghoul in an office building for the views and likes, aren't handled with cynicism—Rebekah McKendry and writer Travis Seppala support these young YouTubers and their vlogging ways. Not dunking on social media teens is a refreshing angle, enough to make you want to care about their inevitable deaths. But the movie's by-the-numbers horror will make you feel otherwise."[7] Phuong Le of The Guardian added, "Inspired by an online challenge that went viral nearly a decade ago, Rebekah McKendry’s second feature feels out of date from start to finish. The central game is simple: one must enter the lift of a 10-floor building and proceed to travel in a specific sequence through a series of floors, the last of which supposedly opens a portal to a dangerous parallel world. The trick here is to close your eyes, or risk being torn to pieces by a mysterious apparition referred to as “the woman on the fifth floor”. Such a scenario is ripe with potential for world-building details and creative designs, but there is little visual flair on show here."[8]
References
- ^ "Elevator Game (2023)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Elevator Game (2023)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Squires, John (10 August 2023). "'Elevator Game' Movie Trailer – Shudder Explores the Online Phenomenon This Halloween Season". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ DeVore, Britta (12 September 2023). "Take a Ride Into the Unknown With This Sneak Peek of 'Elevator Game's Opening Scene [Exclusive]". Collider. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Brown, Lee (18 September 2023). "Elevator Game (2023) Ending Explained – Is the doorway between the two worlds still open?". The Review Geek. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Renner, Brian D. "Everything You Need to Know About Elevator Game Movie (2023): Aug. 10, 2023 - added photos to the photos gallery". Movie Insider. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Allen, Nick (September 15, 2023). "Elevator Game movie review & film summary (2023) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Le, Phuong (12 September 2023). "Elevator Game review – viral-challenge horror takes lift to another world". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2023.