Hellevator
| Hellevator | |
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| Genre |
Horror Game show |
| Presented by | Soska sisters |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jason Blum |
| Production company(s) |
Blumhouse Television Matador Content Electus Lionsgate Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Game Show Network |
| Original release | October 21, 2015 – present |
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Hellevator is a 2015 American horror game show produced by Jason Blum for his Blumhouse Productions banner & Todd Lubin in which a team of three contestants rides a haunted elevator through an abandoned slaughterhouse. The show is hosted by Jen and Sylvia Soska and premiered on October 21, 2015 on Game Show Network. The debut episode was watched by 503,000 viewers.
The second season began airing October 7, 2016 at 9ET/8CT. The second season will have four episodes. A team of four players begins the game; one is taken from them at the beginning of the show and placed in a cell designated as the Inferno.
Each episode centers around a legend whose central figure committed horrific deeds, generally torture and/or murder of multiple victims. The challenges in each episode are based on that legend.
In Season One, a team of 3 contestants participate in the game. In Season Two, a team of 4 contestants participate in the game although one of them is locked up in the Inferno at the start. The contestants usually have a common bond (nurses, college students, models, chefs, etc,) The Soska sisters tell the contestants in the Hellevator part of the legend. The subsequent challenge relates to that part of the legend. In the second season, the overall legend relates to three of the Seven Deadly Sins, with each of the challenges relating to one of those three sins. The team members decide among themselves who will face that challenge, with each contestant having to take one of the three challenges. The contestant chosen exits the elevator and makes their way to the challenge area (they are usually told to follow the light that guides them). On the way there, they are usually either startled by sounds or actors intimidating them; or kidnapped by robed figures and taken to the challenge area.
Once the contestant arrives, the Soska sisters tell them the rules of the challenge as well as how much time they have to complete it. While the contestant is performing the challenge, he or she may be distracted by such things as the challenge environment (for example, the room may get hotter as the challenge progresses, or certain actions may result in the contestant being covered in blood or other substances) and actors either screaming or actively antagonizing the contestant. In some challenges, the Soska sisters will provide clues either at the start or during the challenge to the contestants inside the Hellevator to help their teammate. The contestants are equipped with walkie-talkies so that the contestants still in the elevator can offer advice during the challenge. There is also a video screen inside the Hellevator to provide visuals as well as for necessity at times for the team to help the contestant doing the challenge. In order to win the money assigned to the challenge and remain in the game, the contestant must complete the challenge successfully and return to the Hellevator within the time limit of three, four, five, or seven minutes (not completing the challenge or doing it incorrectly will deny the contestant a return to the Hellevator). The first challenge is relatively easy and is worth $5,000; the second challenge is more difficult and is worth $10,000; the third challenge is the hardest and is worth $15,000. For season 2, the values of the individual challenges were reduced to $2,000, $3,000, and $5,000 respectively.
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