Picture this: You’ve just woken up in a strange room with no clue where you are.
A voice comes on through a speaker and announces that the game is officially underway.
The object of the game?
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To make it out alive by any means necessary.
It’s a pretty dreadful thought if it were to happen in real life.
But to watch this scenario unfold on screen can actually be quite entertaining.
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Movie franchises likeSawhave made bundles of money with brand-new iterations of the very concept of death games.
But are there many best death game options out there?
So which film or TV show will be the last one standing?
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Especially for fans of Taylor and Neveldine’s other films like theCrankfilms,Gameris certainly going to deliver.
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The present is a voucher for a mysterious game.
It is extremely disorientating and upsetting at times, all elevated by Finchers signature muted aesthetic.
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Theentertaining 1970s B-movienever took itself too seriously as it offered interesting commentary on social rebellion.
However, it doesn’t take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.
Thrust into a horrific survival challenge, he must outsmart the seasoned hunter to escape with his life.
However,as the reward increases, so does the severity of the challenges.
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The table only has a certain amount of food.
So if a prisoner is assigned a cell on the very bottom, they will starve.
There is more than enough food to go around for each of the prisoners.
‘Cube’ (1997)
Directed by Vincenzo Natali
Cubefollows a simple story.
Five people enter a room with no knowledge of how they got there.
They soon realize that they are trapped in an elaborate maze with several rooms that appear to be booby-trapped.
A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube.
Each candidate goes through grueling and dangerous tests in the end, only 3% remain.
It’s a great pick for audiences willing to explore international entries on Netflix.
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However,DarkGamebecomes particularly sinister in its death sequences.
DarkGameoffers commentary onthe casual way viewers engage with television and how people can easily disassociate reality with fiction.
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The Hunger Gamesgrossed just under $700 millionworldwide, making it one of the most profitable movies of 2012.
The film was brutal, but in a blockbuster kind of way.
Both men have woken up in a decrepit room, chained to the walls.
Sawis as shocking as it is well-made.
With no other choice but to play along, the friends do what they do best.
Alice in Borderlandcame out beforeSquid Game, but was never able to catch the same amount of fanfare.
Seems pretty reasonable, huh?
Upon its release, the film received harsh criticism for its brutality and subject matter, all involving teenagers.
The story focuses on people who have fallen on very hard times.
They are each offered a chance to escape their troubles.
All they have to do is win a few simple games, and they’ll win a small fortune.
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Seems a little too good to be true, right?
Well, that’s because it is.
Losers don’t go home, they die.
The stakes offered incredible tension because no one character is safe.
Few shows have ever been as willing to dispose of central characters asSquid Game.
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Eight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn’t take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.
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After surviving a shipwreck, a man finds refuge on an isolated island, only to discover that his host, a mysterious aristocrat, indulges in hunting humans for sport. Thrust into a horrific survival challenge, he must outsmart the seasoned hunter to escape with his life.
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A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.
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Eight individuals trapped in a mysterious 8-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous game show where they earn money as time passes.
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