AMP International and LA based startup Fearworks have joined forces to create a genre defining horror film called The Elevator Game. American cinematographer and director of photography for American Horror Story, Michael Goi is set to direct this scary film. The movie will be based on the cult phenomenon, Elevator Game, which is said to have originated from South Korea and Japan.
Elevator Game was a cult trend that was followed by multiple teenagers, horror film enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists back in the early 2010s. By following a certain set of rules, a person can go to another dimension which is similar to the world we live in. The new world can be bright or dark, but never the same as the one we live in, according to multiple participants. All you need is a building with at least 10 floors which has an elevator, and follow a certain amount of simple steps to reach this alternate dimension.
This game quickly grabbed attention and gained a cult following through multiple YouTube and Reddit posts. The videos and links were said to have originated in Korea but later gained traction in other countries. According to the rules of the game, once the elevator reaches the 5th floor, a mysterious woman will try to talk to you or try to grab your attention, but you must ignore her for she is a spirit from the alternate dimension and she aims to trap you in her world.
The horror movie title The Elevator Game is based on the premise of this game. The movie will follow a socially awkward teenager (like all teenage protagonist movies) who finds out that his sister played The Elevator Game on the night she mysteriously disappeared. The “ritual” is done in an elevator and he goes to the building where his sister had previously tried out the game, so as to play the game himself against the protests of his friends and multiple online warnings. But he finds out that the warnings were there for a reason and the aforementioned ‘The Woman on the 5th Floor’ is not what she seems.
Travis Seppala wrote the script for this movie, while Fearworks’ Ed Elbert and Stefan Brunner will act as its producers. James Norrie and Inderpal Singh of AMP International and Kevin Hicks will be the executive producers for The Elevator Game. The movie is set to be shot in Manitoba, Canada. The Elevator Game is the first feature length film made by Fearworks, a new company created by Brunner and Elbert, which will focus on genre films and TV projects.