Elevator to Another World Game

In my usual rabbit holing and wormholing my way through all the online paranormal portals, and long story short, I stumbled across an urban legend/kids creepout game. It goes by many names like elevator to another world and Korean elevator game because supposedly it started in South Korea or Japan. Here's the link describing the game:

theghostinmymachine.com...

And heres a link describing the games origins.

theghostinmymachine.com... 2ch-minato-ward-elevator-accident-elisa-lam-stay-on-main-cecil-hotel/

So to summarize, its basically a game in the same genre as games like Bloody Mary and Light as a feather. Like the sort of spooky games kids in Japan and Korea like to play. I wont go into the whole ritual involved, as its listed in the article, but it involves going to an elevator in a building at least 10 stories high, pushing the buttons and traveling to the floors in a specified order until you end up on floor 10 of a different world thats devoid of people. Theres also a creepy lady who gets on the 5th floor that youre supposed to ignore.

Anyway, I find the urban legend to be an incredibly creepy one with some interesting roots. East Asian folklore is very interesting to me. Theres another elevator game thats Korean that involves seeing dead people using elevators and salt water. Its fascinating to see how mythology and folklore continue to evolve, even in modern times. Two very modern day inventions: tall buildings and elevators have ended up being intermingled with tradition mythos and symbolism into a weird creepy teen slumber party game for kids living in high rise urban areas. Modern urban kids connecting in weird ways to the ghosts and other realms of their ancestors.

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This might be up your street if you have not heard of the likes of "The Backrooms" before.

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The TV series 'Evil' had an episode in season 2 that was similar to this called "E Is for Elevator"

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I once went to corporate training. It was in a facility that had recently let hundreds of employees go.

Where we trained was a huge cubicle farm. For a LONG distance, the cubes could be seen down the walkway ... all empty. It was eerie even without any 'woo' going on.

Cheers

If there are any elevators in foxcon I'm sure there are a few dead people seen around that place.

originally posted by: andy06shake
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This might be up your street if you have not heard of the likes of "The Backrooms" before.

I have seen that video. Im a huge fan of the Why Files and watch them regularly. Its where I first heard about the concept of liminal spaces. Yeah, the whole thing is creepy. That sickly yellow color to everything just adds to the feeling youre in hell.

From what I read about the Korean elevator game, the "other world" you end up in on the 10th floor is an exact copy of this one, except it is dark and completely devoid of life except you. And maybe that chick from the 5th floor who is still on the elevator that you are supposed to ignore. Electronics wont work. And if you look out the window of the building your in, you will see a red cross or X in the distance. Really creepy.

originally posted by: Kurokage
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The TV series 'Evil' had an episode in season 2 that was similar to this called "E Is for Elevator"

Never heard of this series. What platform is it on?

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Netflix i think.

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It's on Paramount at the moment which you can get a free trial of and binge watch it.

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First 3 seasons are on Amazon Prime. Those and the 4th current season are on Paramount+.

originally posted by: yeahright
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First 3 seasons are on Amazon Prime. Those and the 4th current season are on Paramount+.

it seems to be on different platforms depending on which country you're in...