Shudder Buys Supernatural Horror Pic ‘Elevator Game’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ horror streamer Shudder has acquired supernatural feature Elevator Game. The Rebekah McKendry-directed flick will stream on AMC+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Shudder, meanwhile, operates in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. Emily Gotto negotiated the deal on behalf of Shudder with Nina Kolokouri and James Norrie doing the same for the filmmakers.
Based on the online phenomenon of the same name, Elevator Game is penned by Travis Sepal (Captive). It follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who ingratiates himself into a group of recent high school graduates that run an online web series debunking urban legends to find his sister, who disappeared months earlier, probably while taking the dangerous challenge.
Playing the game involves riding the elevator in a specific sequence to invoke a supernatural creature called ‘The 5th Floor Woman.’ “It was several years ago when I first read about ‘The Elevator Game‘ online, and I was immediately intrigued by the rules, curse, and ‘The 5th Floor Woman,'” said McKendry. “For me, this well-known internet legend was an exciting and chilling entrance into a modern-day ghost story.
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