Escape the Night (2016–2019)
1/10
Extremely disappointed, but didn't expect more...
3 August 2016
This series is a perfect example of why YouTubers should stay away from acting and stick with what they do well. I'm not even sure where to start with the criticism...

I guess I should start with massive lack of details. If the whole house is decorated in style of 20's, then locks should look so too, as should all furniture and literally every second darn thing you look at the whole series. Plot doesn't give enough motivation to characters to do what they are doing.

This series also features a huge lack of realism. Person dies and if you ignore terrible acting (people smiling and not showing any signs of sympathy for the dead person) the script just makes you vomit in your mouth because after arguing about incredibly stupid things (like getting rid of the body) "actors" act as if nothing happened still smiling every scene with a few exceptions. When characters are faced with puzzles that could easily be avoided, broken or cheated in, they still choose a longer path even though someone's life is at stake.

I also have to mention utter lack of creativity that went into this series. I really hope that a group of people could think of a better name than "society against evil" for something as important as "society against evil" should represent.

Most people in this series can be replaced with 10 year old kids they would probably do a better job at trying to stay focused and in character. They also managed to kill Shane Dawson which is probably by far the most experienced YouTube "actor" among them in the first episode, but probably kept the worst ones till the very end.

This is how my acting looked like when I just started with drama and acting. I can't get why would someone actually want to watch this. I get that fans love watching their favorite YouTubers acting, but this is just terrible.
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