Escape Room is an American conceptual horror film directed by Adam Robitel and written by Bragi F. Schut and Maria Melnik.
The film stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Nik Dodani, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, and Yorick van Wageningen, and follows a group of people who are assigned to handle the series of deadly escape rooms.
Making of the film began in August 2017, then under the title The Maze, and the casting process was set in motion. Filming of the series took place in South Africa in late 2017 through January 2018. On January 4, 2019, Escape Room was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and earned over $ 155 million worldwide.
The film grossed mixed reviews from critics, some of them admired the atmosphere and cast while others disparaged the familiar plot and its non-success to take full advantage of its establishment. Without getting demotivated from such reviews, Escape Room 2 is planned for release on January 1, 2021.
The movie is about six strangers who find themselves in situations far away from their control and need to use their intelligence if they want to survive.
They connect together in a room with a similar choice, to run away from the room and win ten thousand dollars. But with the death of a young gamer they became more desperate to find the truth behind the rooms. And their only hope for continuity is to get out of the rooms and try not to pass away by a company’s trick.
Escape Room earned $ 57 million in the United States and Canada, with a total worldwide gain of $ 155.7 million, against a production budget of $ 9 million. On Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator website, the film holds an average rating of 5.21/10.
People loved the thrill of it even more than the performances of the stars and the writing. The entire movie is just something about some strangers being caught together, everything going wrong, and the enigma of finding out who will survive that is so captivating. If you are looking for thrills similar to this, then here are some movies that can fantastically quench your thirst.
Devil
Devils is a thriller drama television series created by Alessandro Sermoneta, Mario Ruggeri, Elena Bucaccio,Daniele Cesarano, Guido Maria Brera, Barbara Petronio, and Ezio Abbate . It is based on the novel by Guido Maria Brera , of the same name .
Devils is an international co-production from French and Italian production companies Lux Vide, Sky Italia, and Orange Studio. On Sky Atlantic, in Italy, the series premiered on 17 April 2020 and the series was renewed for the second season on 15 April 2020 .
The movie “Devil” was released in 2010, making it the newest one in the choice list . It is sure that still everyone remembers the trailer and poster that presented this movie, which viewed an elevator.
There is also a random group of people characterized in this movie and they are imprisoned in an elevator . The situation gets even worse when they find that the devil is mysteriously amongst them. That is part of the fun and suspense of this story from M. Night Shyamalan, which can hold your breath.
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Nine Dead
Nine Dead is a horror-thriller film which was directed by Chris Shadley, produced by Paula Hart and written by Patrick Wehe Mahoney. The shooting of the film began on July 6, 2008, and ended on July 27, 2008.
The film remained unreleased for several months without a distributor before being collected up by New Line Cinema and has a limited U.S. release on November 6, 2009. On March 9, 2010, the film was released on DVD.
Nine Dead came out in 2010, as a crime, horror, and drama flick. The story is made again to meet strangers who are kidnapped and forced them to figure out their interrelation. Until they figure out how they are all intertwined, till then someone has to say goodbye to the remaining after every 10 minutes.
A fun fact about this one is that it starred Melissa Joan Hart; she was the title character in the original Sabrina, The Teenage Witch series, and she has since been in comedy series’ and made-for-TV holiday movies. Seeing her in this was quite a pleasant surprise, to say the least!
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The Killing Room
The Killing Room is a psychological thriller film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and it stars Clea DuVall, Nick Cannon, Chloë Sevigny and Timothy Hutton. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. By the Content film it was distributed internationally and it earned $ 467220 in the worldwide box office.
The movie displays the four individuals who agreed for a psychological research study.Now you must be thinking what can go wrong while doing a research study . Well, it turned out that they were actually now the victims of a ferocious , classified governmental program. It does sound like an amazing plot , but it gets better and better as the story proceeds .
The Killing Room features great casts like Nick Cannon, Timothy Hutton, and Chloë Sevigny . While audiences loving this genre enjoy a wide variety of films, those with big stars are certainly super promising to more and more.
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Unknown
Unknown is an action-thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and its stars Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella.The film was produced by Joel Silver, Leonard Goldberg and Andrew Rona and is based on the French novel of 2003 , by Didier Van Cauwelaert published in English as “Out of My Head” which was adapted as the film’s screenplay by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell.
On a review aggregator website called Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 55% based on 200 reviews. The movie grossed $ 63.7 million in North America and grossed $136.1 million in the worldwide box office .
In this film we are meeting five strangers who are all men. As usual, they wake up in a ghostly place , and a series of wrong things starts happening . In Unknown, the characters are compelled to figure out who is good and who is evil in order to stay alive. This deed of identification seems quite interesting and thrilling. Extra points here for another popular movie star emerging in this throwback: Jim Caviezel. It is as thrilling as the movie Escape Room and can become a perfect alternative for it.
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Saw
Saw is a 2004 horror film directed by James Wan and was written by Leigh Whannell from a story by Wan and Whannell. Saw grossed $ 55.1 million in the United States and Canada ,making a worldwide total of $ 103 million. The movie received mixed reviews from the critics . On Rotten Tomatoes, based on 184 reviews the film has an approval rating of 49% , with an average rating of 5.53/10.
The Saw film franchise is being included in our lists because ever since Escape Room came out, Saw has been getting some more observation due to the similar vibes of both the films. Saw brings together strangers who are mortgages in a deadly game.
There are deadly traps, and there is that ghostly awful clown doll that everyone remembers so fondly. The horror fans searching for more excitement and thrill can rely upon the eight films that are in this series.
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Identity
Identity is an American psychological assaulter film directed by James Mangold from a screenplay by Michael Cooney. Identity stars John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet,Clea DuVall, Alfred Molina, and Rebecca De Mornay. On Rotten Tomatoes – a review aggregator website , the film has an acceptable rating of 62%, based on 173 reviews, with an average rating of 6.38/10. Against a production budget of $ 28 million , the film has grossed over $ 90 million worldwide, making it a box office success .
Before Saw and Escape Room came into existence , there was Identity, a fun-loving film from 2003. In this movie , again we see 10 strangers who find themselves caught at a motel in the middle of nowhere during a rainstorm. While identifying each other and while waiting out the storm, they realized that they were each being slaughtered one by one right from the beginning of the trap .
This John Cusack stroke has gained quite the following and recognition . It stars big names like Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet . This movie is strongly recommended for people who are in love with twisted movies like these.
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The Hole
The Hole is an American 3D dark horror fantasy film directed by Joe Dante and it stars Teri Polo, Chris Massoglia, and Haley Bennett. At the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival , the film was premiered on September 12 and began its theatrical release in the summers of 2010. It screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2010
.The film gained positive reviews from critics. According to the review aggregator website , Rotten Tomatoes , the film received an approval rating of 81% , based on 36 reviews, with a rating average of 6.4/10.
In this , we did not have any strangers randomly coming together in order to make the story continue . Instead, this film characterised four teenagers who all went to a British private school. They found a huge hole in the ground that was created decades ago may be due to possible bomb blast incidents , which was located outside of their school . This one really seems to be interesting, and shouldnt be missed anyway .
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The Game
The Game is an American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher, it stars Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, and was produced by Propaganda Films and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. On September 12, 1997, The Game was released in 2,403 theaters, grossing $ 14.3 million in its opening weekend. All together it grossed $ 109.4 million in the worldwide box office. On Rotten Tomatoes ,a review aggregator website , The Game received an approval rate of 73% from the critics, who gave positive reviews to the film .
At that time no other movie was as promising as The Game . The story pivots around a wealthy banker who is given a rarest of the rare opportunity to take part in a strange mysterious game.
At first, it seems very interesting and enjoyable as if it can be sorted with an ease , but as he goes deeper into the game ,he finds his life turned totally upside down. Things get super intense and darker in this movie , and to find out what happens at the end you have to watch it . It stars a classic heroic man of Hollywood: Michael Douglas ,who makes the movie more amazing to be watched .
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House On Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill is an American horror supernatural film directed by William Malone and it stars Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs , Bridgette Wilson,Ali Larter, Peter Gallagher, and Chris Kattan. The movie premiered at the Mann Village Theatre of Los Angeles on October 27, 1999 .
House on Haunted Hill received mostly negative reviews from critics. Though the original one scored 88 % on Rotten Tomatoes, but opposite to that , the remake received a score of 30 % based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 4.55/10.
House On Haunted hill puts random people together,builds a game-like framework , and makes the fans stand on their toes and on the edges of their seats . House on Haunted Hill is the former movie listed on this list, as it was released in 1959.
There was a remake in 1999 which starred Geoffrey Rush, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, and Peter Gallagher, and in 2007 . But this is all about the real story, featuring Corrupted Price, a millionaire who offered $10,000 to five people who are ready to be locked in a large, weird house overnight.
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Conclusion
The above-listed movies are almost similar to the Escape Room in some aspects of the other. Touch of tense situations created in the movies make them more attention-grabbing and has the power to dive as deep into the ocean of horror, thriller, and mysteries. The collected movies are one of the best horror-adventure films and have the potential to become alternatives for movies like Escape Room or other.