Escape the Night
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| Escape the Night | |
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| Genre | |
| Directed by | Adam Lawson |
| Presented by | Joey Graceffa |
| Theme music composer | George Shaw |
| Composer | George Shaw |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
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| Producers |
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| Cinematography | Dallas Sterling |
| Editor |
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| Production company | Brian Graden Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | YouTube Red |
| Release | June 22, 2016 – present |
Escape the Night is a YouTube Red murder mystery webseries hosted by Joey Graceffa that first debuted on June 22, 2016.[1][2] The series is produced by Brian Graden Media.[3]
Premise
Season one
The Savant (Joey Graceffa) inherits an estate from a distant dead relative and invites ten guests, all of whom have been set to act in persona of a character from the 1920s, to attend a 1920s fashioned dinner party. In order to enter the estate, all guests invited have to act and wear attire from the 1920s. Once all there, festivities begin, and later all settle down for the dinner party. At the dinner, the Renegade (Shane Dawson) suddenly becomes ill and collapses from being poisoned. In his death, it was revealed that the Renegade was sent by a group known as the Society Against Evil to defeat the house. With his death, the rest of the guests have to perform challenges in order to retrieve artifacts before sunrise in order to return to the present.[4][5] To find the artifacts, the guests must solve puzzles the house presents to them in order for them to continue. Once they have found an artifact, they must vote for two guests to participate in an elimination challenge. There, the losing guest is eliminated from the show via "death".[6] This is the standard format for the episodes, as there are variants where guests simply vote on who is eliminated,[7] others have the guests work together in the elimination, where failure meant a specific elimination for a guest.[8]
Halfway throughout the series, it is revealed that in order to truly defeat the house the remaining guests have to free the spirits of the previous owners by doing their unfinished business. This is done via solving puzzles and voting guests for elimination; otherwise, there is no difference between this and the first half.[8] In the final episode, one or more guests must solve puzzles and succeed challenges to defeat the "Wicked One" seen in the cold openings, complete the vanquish spell with the artifacts and bury them before sunrise to "Escape the Night".[9] The winning guest's leave the house and travel back to 2016.[9]
Cast and characters
Main
| Name | Character | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|
| Joey Graceffa | The Savant | Host |
| Eva Gutowski | The Journalist | Winner |
| Oli White | The Big Game Hunter | Winner |
| Lele Pons | The Hustler | Episode 9 |
| Timothy DeLaGhetto | The Mobster | Episode 8 |
| Matt Haag | The Professor | Episode 7 |
| Sierra Furtado | The Heiress | Episode 6 |
| GloZell Green | The Jazz Singer | Episode 4 |
| Justine Ezarik | The Gambler | Episode 3 |
| Andrea Brooks | The Fixer | Episode 2 |
| Shane Dawson | The Renegade | Episode 1 |
Recurring
- Paul Chirico as Arthur, head of staff.
- Katia Hayes as Sarah, the maid.
- David Hutchison as Marvin, the groundskeeper.
Production
Development
In October 2015, YouTube announced YouTube Red, a paid subscription service that would allow streaming videos ad-free, downloading videos for offline usage, and present new exclusive original series for YouTube Red subscribers.[10][11] At the time of announcement, ten various series were announced for 2016, including the Untitled Joey Graceffa project,[12][13] which was set to be produced by Brian Graden Media.[3] The series began filming near Valencia, California.[5]
On June 15, 2016, Graceffa released the trailer for his original series entitled Escape the Night,[14] which was set and released on June 22, 2016 with two episodes going live.[15] When interviewed after production, Graceffa commented that the idea behind Escape the Night was inspired by an episode themed around murder mystery appearing on television show Lizzie McGuire,[16] and closely related to the 1985 film Clue.[5] Furthermore, Graceffa shared his experience with filming the series, expressing "It was a really fun concept to put together," additionally mentioning, "And it was an idea that started small and ended up into something much bigger."[3]
On October 17, 2016, it was announced by Susanne Daniels, global head of content for YouTube, at MIPCOM that Escape the Night would be renewed for a second season.[17]
Episodes
| # | Title | Episode length | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "An Invitation" | 23:16 | June 22, 2016 |
| 2 | "The Ungodly Machine" | 23:56 | June 22, 2016 |
| 3 | "Buried Alive" | 23:59 | June 29, 2016 |
| 4 | "Mannequins" | 23:48 | July 6, 2016 |
| 5 | "Freak Show" | 24:08 | July 13, 2016 |
| 6 | "Did Someone Call For An Exorcist?" | 23:50 | July 20, 2016 |
| 7 | "Mermaid Tails" | 23:52 | July 27, 2016 |
| 8 | "All Out War" | 24:32 | August 3, 2016 |
| 9 | "Wicked Hallucinations" | 24:03 | August 10, 2016 |
| 10 | "Betrayal At The House On The Hill" | 21:39 | August 17, 2016 |
| 11 | "How to Kill a YouTuber" | 19:51 | August 24, 2016 |
| 12 | "BTS Documentary: The Making of "Escape the Night"" | 23:56 | August 24, 2016 |
Progress chart
| Progress Chart | ||||||||||
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| Guest | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 |
| Eva | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner |
| Oli | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner |
| Lele | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Dead | |
| Tim | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Dead | ||
| Matt | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Dead | |||
| Sierra | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Dead | ||||
| Glozell | Safe | Safe | Safe | Dead | ||||||
| Justine | Safe | Safe | Dead | |||||||
| Andrea | Safe | Dead | ||||||||
| Shane | Dead | |||||||||
- The guest won "Escape the Night".
- The guest survived this episode without being voted upon.
- The guest was chosen for possible elimination, but survived.
- The guest was chosen for possible elimination, and died.
- The guest died in an earlier episode and doesn't appear.
See also
References
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (May 5, 2016). "YouTube Teases 'Red' Series From CollegeHumor, The Game Theorists, Joey Graceffa In Latest Trailer". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ "'Escape the Night' star challenges KLG, Hoda: Find your wine!". TODAY.com. July 1, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ a b c Hamedy, Saba (June 21, 2016). "Watch Joey Graceffa bring YouTubers together for 'a dinner party to die for'". Mashable. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ Sander, Brice (June 22, 2016). "Joey Graceffa Promises to Make His Friends Pee Their Pants on YouTube Red's 'Escape the Night'". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ a b c Longwell, Todd (June 30, 2016). "Joey Graceffa Gets a Clue with YouTube Red's 'Escape the Night'". VideoInk. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
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{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ Jarvey, Natalie (October 21, 2015). "YouTube to Launch Subscription Service With Original Series From Fine Brothers, PewDiePie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ Hamedy, Saba (October 21, 2015). "YouTube unveils ad-free subscription service, YouTube Red". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ Coggan, Devan (October 21, 2015). "YouTube unveils ad-free subscription service". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ Longwell, Todd (October 21, 2015). "YouTube Unveils Subscription Service, New Programming, Music App". VideoInk. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ Gavilanes, Grace (June 15, 2016). "Escape the Night, YouTube Red Trailer". People. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ Agard, Chancellor (June 23, 2016). "'Escape the Night' cast performs a spooky séance on new YouTube Red series — exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ Lear, Samantha (July 6, 2016). "Joey Graceffa on Escape the Night & YouTube Co-Stars: Video". Wetpaint, Inc. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (October 17, 2016). "YouTube Red Renews Joey Graceffa's 'Escape The Night' As Service Reports Steady Growth". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2016-10-22.