Escape the Night

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Escape the Night
Escape the Night Series Logo.png
Genre
Created by Joey Graceffa
Written byJohjn Lawson
Directed byAdam Lawson
Opening theme"Evil House"
by George Shaw
ComposerGeorge Shaw
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producers
  • Adam Lawson
  • Ari Weiner
  • Brian Graden
  • LB Horschler
  • Catherine Keithley
  • Nancy Tamayo
  • Petar Mandich
Producers
  • Joey Graceffa
  • Daniel Preda
  • Chris Grannon
CinematographyCypress Sterling
EditorSteve Grubel
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time19–41 Minutes
Production companyBrian Graden Media
Original release
Network
ReleaseJune 22, 2016 (2016-06-22) –
September 4, 2019 (2019-09-04)

Escape the Night is an American reality television series created, hosted, produced, and owned by Joey Graceffa. The series follows fantasy plots based on horror and murder mystery aesthetics. The series premiered on June 22, 2016, through YouTube Red. The series concluded its fourth season on September 4, 2019, making the longest-running series on YouTube Premium until 2020. After the cancellation of the series, the creator announced an upcoming film and set up a fundraiser.

Contents

Synopsis

The series follows The Savant (Joey Graceffa) as he finds himself in an estate in a past era, where he invites a number of guests to a party and requires them to act and dress as various personas from that era. Once there, they are isolated from the outside world, and tasked with surviving the night and escaping the estate. To achieve this, the guests team up with him to participate in challenges and escape room puzzles, competing with each other to escape from the historical era by solving and completing the challenges. At the end of each episode, two guests are voted into a challenge to compete against each other, where the losing guest is eliminated via a fictional death until one or more guests ultimately win and are sent back to the modern world.[ citation needed ]

Production

Conception

In October 2015, the subscription service formerly known as YouTube Red, revealed upcoming projects including an untitled Joey Graceffa project that involves a murder mystery. [1] A year later, the subscription service teased clips of their upcoming murder mystery series. [2] Graceffa revealed in a Teen Vogue interview that "the idea for the project has been in the works for two years, and that he most looked forward to collaborating" with other YouTubers. [3] The creator also said the series was inspired by a murder mystery episode of television series Lizzie McGuire , and was also closely related to the American film Clue (1985). [4]

Filming

The creator described filming season one as "super-intense" from starting production at 10PM and wrapping up filming at 6AM. This took five consecutive nights from filming "two episodes each night" at Los Angeles, California. [5]

Distribution

Two episodes of the first season premiered on June 22, 2016, through YouTube Red. [6] The premiere season gained success, was renewed for a second season in October 2016, and premiered on June 22, 2017. [7] Graceffa confirmed that a third season was renewed in May 2018. The third season premiered on June 21, 2018. With the fourth season renewed, it made the longest-running original series on YouTube. [8] The fourth season premiered simultaneously at VidCon during a panel conference with Graceffa and was also available to watch for free on YouTube, on July 11, 2019. [9]

Episodes

SeasonContestantsEpisodesOriginally airedWinners
First airedLast airedNetwork
1 1110June 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)YouTube Red Eva Gutowski
Joey Graceffa
Oli White
2 1010June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16) Andrea Russett
Tyler Oakley
3 1010June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15) Joey Graceffa
Matthew Patrick
Nikita Dragun
4 1010July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)September 4, 2019 (2019-09-04) YouTube Premium Bretman Rock
Colleen Ballinger

Post-production

Gabbie Hanna controversy

On June 27, 2021, former contestant Gabbie Hanna released "an exposé video" that aimed at producer Daniel Preda, creator Joey Graceffa, and their creative team. In the video, her eating disorder was triggered by "alleged mistreatment on set" and her dietary meal requests were denied by production. [10] Daniel Preda denied Hanna's allegations and personally received her meal options. Preda also mentions that Hanna has "missed or delayed production obligations" and was "verbally abusive" to staff. [11] Various season four cast members sided with the creator and writes of the series, with one of them mentioning it "paints an untruthful picture of what happened." [12]

Cancellation and sequel

After a year from its fourth season premiere, YouTube Premium confirmed and declined to renew the series for a fifth season. In the summer of 2021, Graceffa stated in a vlog that the streaming service will no longer fund and distribute further seasons of the series, but has stated that he has full ownership of the intellectual property. [13]

In October 2023, Graceffa released a couple of teasers for an upcoming project through the series' social media platforms. Later on, the creator announced an upcoming film for the series; a fundraiser was set up through Indiegogo. [14] In November 2023, Joey had five previous cast members compete to be in the movie: Manny, GloZell Green, Tyler Oakley, Teala Dunn, and Rosanna Pansino. Rosanna ended up winning. [15]

Other media

Attraction

With the release of the fourth season, an immersive escape room was set up for a limited event that ran exclusively from August 9 to August 27, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California. The escape room had multiple rooms to venture through, with surprise guest appearances from Joey Graceffa, Jack O'Connor as Mortimer, and Eva Augustina Sinotte as The Sorceress. [16]

Board game

In June 2020, Graceffa announced that due to COVID-19's impact on Hollywood and television, their fifth installment was postponed indefinitely, but teased a new interactive fan version. Fans of the series subscribed to a newsletter email list in order to receive updates about the new project. A Kickstarter campaign was started to fund a board game based on the series; their goal of $30,000 was achieved in just three hours. It was formally announced the next day. [17]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultRef.
Streamy Awards 2016 Best Costume DesignOlivia HinesNominated [18]
Best Ensemble CastEscape the NightWon
2018 Best Comedy SeriesEscape the NightNominated [19]
Best Costume DesignOlivia HinesWon
Best Ensemble CastEscape the NightNominated
Show of the YearNominated
Shorty Awards 2018 Best Website SeriesEscape the NightWon [20]

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The first season of Escape the Night premiered on June 22, 2016, through YouTube Red. The premiere season showcased a total of ten guests invited to The Savant's party and required them to act and dress as various personas from the Roaring Twenties. Once there, isolated from the outside world and tasked with surviving the night and escaping the historical era.

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