Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-37878098-20190109205918

While bored one day, I browsed Netflix to find a show to watch. Being a big fan of the horror genre, I got curious when I saw a title called "Hellevator". I watched the first episode.

Now you may have come across this show before. It is a game show style horror show where contestants can win money. It starts with a ghost story, and the contestants go into the "hellevator"-- an elevator that goes to different levels, each level being a haunted theme. Each contestant has to get off on a level and complete a mission related to the horror story. Actors are hired and everything-- it's like a haunted house. There is a time limit for each mission. If the mission is completed, that person wins money; if not, then no money is won.

In the first episode, eveyone completed their missions in time. It was very interesting, so I started a second episode. In that episode, one person did not complete their mission. I felt bad because that meant they could not compete in the bonus level. At the end of the episode, the winning contestants talked about how scary and fun it was, blah blah blah.

It became one of my favorite shows, but something about it made me feel uneasy. I dismissed it as it being a horror show-- it was supposed to scare people!

After each episode there was a dramatic shriek as the screen went black. That was what bothered me the most. I tried reassuring myself that it was just sound effects, but the horror of that scream sounded so real. And that's when I realized the problem....

The people who didn't complete their missions never came back.

I never watched that show again and moved on to better things, such as Riverdale.  