History Series / Hellevator

* FinalGirl: Lampshaded in two season 1 episodes where a female contestant is the only one to reach the Labyrinth, and in the second episode of season 2 where two girls reach the Inferno Run.

* NothingIsScarier: The teaser trailer is nothing but a ContentWarning followed by a ScreamDiscretionShot [[SurpriseCreepy and it played as a Youtube ad.]]

* SequelDifficultySpike: The second season reduces the values of the individual challenges, so that the absolute best you can do in the main part of the game is $10,000 (compared to $30,000 in the first season). What's more, while you can theoretically win more money in the Inferno Run ($40,000 vs. $20,000 in the Labyrinth), you have to do additional tasks to get that money rather than just finding it lying around. On top of that, there is more of a chance that you time out and lose the money because of the LuckBasedMission nature of the game (the rule is no bailing out until you've got the key to free your teammates, and if you choose to do another challenge after that for more money, you have to play it out). Episode 2 demonstrates the consequences of timing out in the Inferno Run (no team ever ran out of time in the original Labyrinth).

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: The Twins' last name is pronounced "SAW-ska."

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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: The Soska Twins may be the 'villainesses' of this game, but in reality they're two of the nicest girls you could meet...that just happen to love making independent, gory horror movies!

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted in season 2.]] While the LightsOutSomebodyDies trope does apply, the losing contestant is then shown to be alive in a locked cell in the Inferno.

** The sixth episode [[spoiler: has Ashley in the third challenge so freaked out by snakes that she was not focused on the challenge itself, as both her and her teammates failed to remember that they were told that there were clues in the form of illustrations and attempted to brute force the challenge instead. As with Andre listed under FatIdiot below who also failed to pay attention to clues and tried brute forcing the challenge, it did not end well for her.]]

* FatIdiot: Andre on the fourth aired episode, [[spoiler:who not only did not pay attention to peephole clues to find a key in a suitcase, causing the twins in the control room to give those clues to his teammates in the Hellevator, but also failed to communicate anything to them, instead attempting to brute force the challenge himself by randomly opening suitcases. He got "gassed" as a result.]]

*** Although... It's make sense Considering what the [[FireandBrimstoneHell inferno is supposed to be...]]

*** Although... It's make sense Considering what the [[Hell inferno is supposed to be...]]

*** Season 2 goes on to reveal that it's the collective fate of those who fail in the Inferno. Sure, you get to keep your winnings from the individual challenges anyway, but you're not gonna get to actually enjoy your money...

The second season premiered on October 7, 2016, and ran for four episodes. Each legend is based on one of the SevenDeadlySins, with the three challenges based on a different one. The money for the challenges was reduced to $2,000, $3,000, and $5,000. The team brings a fourth player along who does not participate in the challenges, but is placed in a cell in an area called the "Inferno" at the start of the game. Any eliminated players are placed in this cell as well. The survivors then have to complete a series of shorter challenges to try to free their teammates. Up to $40,000 is available in the Inferno, so there's still $50K on the table for a perfect game. If the team fails the Inferno Run, their winnings would be forfeited and each team member will be trapped in a separate room in the Slaughterhouse.

The bad news is, any contestant who loses supposedly meets a horrifying end. The good news is, any money won from an individual challenge is the team's to keep.

* GenreBleinding: Seriously, how many ''other'' scary game shows are there?

''Hellevator'' is a horror game show that premiered on Creator/{{GSN}} on October 21, 2015, and is from the producers of ''Film/ParanormalActivity''. It is hosted by the Soska twins, who oversee a "slaughterhouse" from a hidden control room as a team of three players walk through a dusty office and onto the "Hellevator". Once onboard, they each individually take on three floors of horror challenges following a weekly-changing narrative that increase in difficulty and worth ($5,000, $10,000, and $15,000). If a player fails a challenge, that person becomes a "victim" of it, is eliminated from the game, and is not seen again for the rest of the episode. Any survivors confront the "Labyrinth" on the bottom floor where another $20,000 can be won, meaning a possible total of $50,000 for a perfect game ($55,000 in the fifth aired (first taped) episode).

''Hellevator'' is a horror game show that premiered on Creator/{{GSN}} on October 21, 2015, and is from the producers of ''Film/ParanormalActivity''. It is hosted by the Soska twins, who oversee a "slaughterhouse" from a hidden control room as a team of three players walk through a dusty office and onto the "Hellevator". Once onboard, they each individually take on three floors of horror challenges following a weekly-changing narrative that increase in difficulty and worth ($5,000, $10,000, and $15,000). If a player fails a challenge, they become a "victim" of it, is eliminated from the game, and is not seen again for the rest of the episode. Any survivors confront the "Labyrinth" on the bottom floor where another $20,000 can be won, meaning a possible total of $50,000 for a perfect game ($55,000 in the fifth aired (first taped) episode).

->"'''It's just a game...''"

* NervesOfSteel: In stark contrast to his teammate, Anthony of season 2, episode 3 does not let anything get to him:

** He doesn't show disgust towards his challenge (popping boils on the backs of models and matching the pus color to the antidote which needed to be fed into their [=IVs=]) and works dilligently to complete it before making it back with seconds to spare, again unlike his teammate, who had complained about not being able to find anything and failed as a result.
** He then takes on the Inferno Run solo (his third teammate having failed as well), completes three challenges with the same cool he'd displayed in his first challenge, and frees his team with plenty of time to spare, singlehandedly banking $23,000.
** In stark contrast to their teammate who freaked out even before getting into the Hellevator, two of the cheerleaders in episode 4 of season 2 invoked this, keeping their cool during challenges and displaying coordinated teamwork. [[spoiler: Not only did it get them past both their individual challenges, but led to them dominating the Inferno Run as well!]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: After the TotalPartyKill that happened in episode 2 of season 2 courtesy of a contestant overlooking the closed toybox containing a needed item in the Envy room of the Inferno Run, subsequent iterations of the Envy room challenge start with the toybox already open.

** The first player in the third aired episode, "House of Trapped Souls," [[spoiler:when she failed the hammer puzzle.]]
** The first player on the fourth aired episode [[spoiler:when he couldn't figure out a peephole puzzle.]]
** The first player in episode 3 of season 2, who [[spoiler: kept overlooking the eyeballs he needed to find for his puzzle]].
** The (female) first player in episode 4 of season 2, who was freaked out getting into the Hellevator, freaked out getting off the Hellevator, and too freaked out to focus on her challenge.

** The fourth episode [[spoiler:saw one woman, who was freaked out of her mind, become the only player to reach the Labyrinth after communication breakdowns claimed her teammates, and after starting the level, got [[{{Understatement}} freaked]] and ran through the whole Labyrinth and back to the Hellevator without collecting a single dollar]], something the twins mocked her for as she exited the building.
** The sixth episode [[spoiler: has the female contestant in the third challenge so freaked out by snakes that she was not focused on the challenge itself, as both her and her teammates failed to remember that they were told that there were clues in the form of illustrations and attempted to brute force the challenge instead. As with the contestant listed under FatIdiot below who also failed to pay attention to clues and tried brute forcing the challenge, it did not end well for her.]]

** The first contestant of season 2, episode 4, who completely freaked out after her teammate was abducted and refused to get in the Hellevator. She then refused to get out of the Hellevator for her challenge, even running back into it at one point. She was so freaked out by the entire experience that she failed her challenge.

* FatIdiot: The first contestant on the fourth aired episode, [[spoiler:who not only did not pay attention to peephole clues to find a key in a suitcase, causing the twins in the control room to give those clues to his teammates in the Hellevator, but also failed to communicate anything to them, instead attempting to brute force the challenge himself by randomly opening suitcases. He got "gassed" as a result.]]

** This also applies to the fourth aired episode thanks to the team in that episode [[spoiler:managing to pull off an EpicFail; the first and third players couldn't communicate and were axed as a result, and the second player lost any bravery she had and managed to bolt through the Labyrinth and back to the Hellevator empty-handed; they only earned $10,000 from the second challenge, a current series low. She finishes the episode in a TroubledFetalPosition.]]

* MurderByCremation: [[spoiler:What happens to player #3 in the second taped and first aired episode when she can't unlock herself from a gurney. She also happens to be the first contestant in a taped show to lose the game and not be around for the Labyrinth and the exit.]]

* NervesOfSteel: In stark contrast to his teammate, the second contestant of season 2, episode 3 does not let anything get to him:

** Also used during a challenge in the first aired episode of season 1. The challenge involved weighing out organs onto a scale to reach 15 pounds on the nose; each time the contestant put too much on the scale, it would dump all the organs on the floor; the first time this happened, the contestant also got a spray of blood from the ceiling.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: One of the cheerleaders in season 2 episode 4 is so freaked out after one of her teammates gets kidnapped that she wants to leave IMMEDIATELY and refuses to get in the Hellevator and start the game. The other two have to persuade her to do it. Not surprisingly, she takes forever to get to her challenge, even refusing to get out of the Hellevator, and loses it.

* SquashedFlat: The supposed fate of the third player in the fourth aired episode when [[spoiler:he doesn't communicate with his remaining teammate. This was a fatal blow to her, since she was unable to handle the Labyrinth alone and returned to the Hellevator with no additional money.]]

** The sole survivor of one of the episodes [[spoiler:finds the bag intended to pick up money in the Labyrinth covered in snakes. She admitted in her exit interview that this was the scariest part of the show for her. At least the timer had not activated by that point.]]
** One contestant in the sixth episode freaks out at seeing cockroaches just outside the Hellevator and [[spoiler: continues to freak out at the snakes during her challenge, which largely contributed to her failing it]].
** The first contestant in episode 3 of season 2, who spends several minutes completely freaking out over everything and cowering against a wall mere seconds after exiting the Hellevator. It's made worse by a run-by JumpScare. The third contestant isn't much better.
** One of the cheerleaders in season 2 episode 4 is so freaked when her teammate gets kidnapped that she refuses to get into the Hellevator AT ALL. The other two have to persuade her to get inside. To the surprise of no one, when her turn came to do the challenge, she took forever to LEAVE the Hellevator and get to her challenge. She ended up losing.