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- Cube (1997) Directed by Vincenzo Natali. Starring Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett. Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi (1h 30m) 7.1 on IMDb — 64% on RT.
- Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll. Action, Adventure, Horror (1h 28m)
- Ready or Not (2019) Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien. Action, Comedy, Horror (1h 35m)
- Choose or Die (2022) Directed by Toby Meakins. Starring Iola Evans, Asa Butterfield, Robert Englund. Drama, Horror, Thriller (1h 24m) 4.8 on IMDb — 32% on RT.
Oct 11, 2024 · Some death game movies and shows have taken the genre and put a unique spin on it, from Squid Game to The Hunger Games.
- Saw (2004) Probably one of the more gruesome and terrifying film franchises of all time. The first film out of the ten available follows the story of two men who awaken to find themselves on opposite sides of a dead body, each with specific instructions to kill the other or face consequences.
- Squid Game (2021) This Korean drama series took the world by storm during lockdown as we all became obsessed with what we would do if put in this situation where you have to win games in order to live.
- The Hunger Games (2012) The Hunger Games film series is composed of science fiction dystopian adventure films based on the trilogy of novels by American author Suzanne Collins.
- The Platform (2019) A thriller-horror film which will leave you feeling uncomfortable and sickly. Set In a prison where inmates are fed on a descending platform, those on the upper levels take more than their fair share while those below are left to starve on scraps, and one man decides to try and change the system.
- Battle Royale
- The Hunger Games
- Would You Rather
- Ready Or Not
- Running Man
- Squid Game
- The Jumanji Movies
- The Saw Movies
- So Why Do We Keep Returning to This Trope?
Perhaps the most disturbing part of this story is the fact that all of the participants know each other; every single one of these characters have been classmates for years, so when they choose to murder each other, it’s not just strangers hurting each other, but friends who are desperately trying to survive and falling victim to their former frien...
So many young adults from the 2010s had a Hunger Games phase (I should know, I was one of them). And for good reason. A seemingly simple story about a girl in a fight to the death was rounded out by classism, colonialism, consumerism, ruralism vs urbanism, ‘pretty privilege,’ ability / disability, race, and a thousand other themes that turned a sim...
Perhaps one of the most heart-wrenching entries on this list, the movie Would You Rather is a demonstration of how being in competition with each other for the favor of the rich ultimately only benefits the rich who rig the game from the start. Unlike many torture-porn-esque horror movies of the 2000s, Would You Ratherfocuses on the human aspect of...
A deadly game of hide-n-seek where a poor bride is hunted by her rich in-laws. What’s interesting about this one is the intermingling themes of toxic families and the privilege that wealth buys. There’s also an implication in the film that everyone in the family marries poor people specifically because they know they wouldn’t be able to hide the de...
This one was one of the earliest to bring television into the equation. Where some of these stories have these happening in secret, in the secluded homes of the rich, Running Mananalyzed the brutality of game show culture and the entertainment industry that treats humans as props. It forces us to analyze what we are willing to tolerate being done i...
We all knew this was coming. Squid Game on Netflix took the Internet by storm and for good reason. The intersection of bright colorful jumpsuits and children’s games only served to highlight the horror of being forced to kill or die for the entertainment of the rich.
The first one is the one with the most explicit “man hunting man” metaphor, with the big game hunter tracking Alan for the whole movie; the fact that the game only ends after Alan stands up to this hunter (who is played by his father’s actor for extra manipulation) seals it. But I want to highlight Jumanji: The Next Level.After Spencer has a mental...
“I wanna play a game.” That phrase spawned a franchise of 9 movies, as well as many imitators in the 2000s, and arguably kickstarted the torture porn genre that defined horror of the era. An exercise in sadistic irony, the traps of the Jigsaw killer and his apprentices seem engineered to teach moral lessons in the most painful ways possible. Howeve...
Some of these death games are a fun twist on childhood games, with greater stakes for the characters. What if a board game/video game was actually trying to kill you? What if hide-n-go seek was a game of life and death? But many are also ruthless condemnations of capitalist structures; Structures that keep workers in competition with each other, in...
It wasn't super popular, but it's my favourite genre, so I decided to make an update with some new titles, and hopefully get some more suggestions from you lovely people. A quick note on Death Games: It's pretty obvious what they are; games of death. Games where people die.
Jun 13, 2022 · If you need proof, just look at the success of Netflix's Squid Game - or check out one of these thrilling death game movies, while voting up your favorite movie moments featuring games with unusually high stakes.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Some death game movies and shows have taken the genre and put a unique spin on it, from Squid Game to The Hunger Games.
