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Dissecting Two Very Different Films With ‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

July 17, 2023 Joe Lipsett Adam Robitel, Deborah Ann Woll, Holland Roden, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Indya Moore, Isabelle Fuhrman, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Logan Miller, Podcasts, Taylor Russell, Thomas Cocquerel

Physical Media 4Eva After tackling a contemporary sequel last week with Insidious: Chapter Two, Trace and I figured we should do it again. This week we’re dissecting the sequel to queer director Adam Robitel‘s immensely popular Escape Room, which was released in 2021 as Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. In the film, survivors Zoey (Taylor Russell) and […]

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‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Finally Comes to China in April

March 24, 2022 John Squires Adam Robitel, escape room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Movies

After a series of delays, Adam Robitel‘s sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions was finally released in US theaters back in July 2021, the film pulling in $25.3 million domestically and $51.9 million worldwide. A far cry from the 2019 movie’s franchise-starting $155.7 million worldwide, but of course that movie wasn’t released during a deadly […]

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‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ – Exclusive Clip Looks at the Production Design of the “Bank of Death”

October 5, 2021 John Squires Adam Robitel, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Exclusives, Movies, Videos

Adam Robitel‘s sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is coming home for Halloween, and a brand new alternate version is included with the home video release. With both Theatrical and Extended cuts, Tournament of Champions was released digitally on September 21st, and it’s now available on Blu-ray today, October 5th. This week we’re exclusively debuting snippets from one […]

‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ – Exclusive Clip Looks at the Electrifying Production Design of the Subway Room

October 4, 2021 John Squires Adam Robitel, escape room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Movies, Videos

Adam Robitel‘s sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is coming home for Halloween, and a brand new alternate version is included with the home video release. With both Theatrical and Extended cuts, Tournament of Champions was released digitally on September 21st, and it’s next coming to Blu-ray on October 5th. This week we’re exclusively debuting snippets from […]

‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Comes Home This Month With a Longer “Alternate Cut”

September 10, 2021 John Squires Adam Robitel, escape room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Home Video, Movies

Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room franchise delivered more PG-13 thrills, deadly traps, and cleverly designed rooms in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, which Sony released in theaters on July 16. On the road to Halloween, the new sequel is now coming home. We’ve learned that Tournament of Champions will be released digitally on September 21, and Gizmodo […]

‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’: Logan Miller Reveals the Room That Was Entirely Cut from the Movie

July 20, 2021 John Squires Adam Robitel, escape room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Holland Roden, Logan Miller, Movies

Adam Robitel‘s sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is now playing exclusively in theaters, with the film tossing the winners of previous Minos Corporation escape rooms right back into the fire. Those winners include Zoey Davis (Taylor Russell) and Ben Miller (Logan Miller) from the first film, along with Holland Roden‘s new character Rachel Ellis. […]

‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Scares Up $8.8 Million at Opening Weekend Box Office

July 19, 2021 John Squires Adam Robitel, escape room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Movies

Adam Robitel’s Escape Room was a hit for Sony back in 2019, making $155 million worldwide on a mere $9 million production budget. It seemed Sony had a new “Saw-lite” horror franchise on their hands with this one, but that was before the pandemic forced the delay of sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions from […]

The Standout Set Pieces in the ‘Saw’-lite ‘Escape Room’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

July 19, 2021 Trace Thurman Adam Robitel, Deborah Ann Woll, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jay Ellis, LGBT Horror, Logan Miller, Nik Dodani, Podcasts, Queer Horror, Taylor Russell, Tyler Labine, Yorick van Wageningen

Justice for Woll. After visiting the lovely, bitchy ladies of Sorority Row and enjoying the French countryside in Julia Ducournau’s cannibalistic debut film Raw, we’re celebrating the release of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions with a release of our exclusive Patreon episode of the original Escape Room! In the film, six adventurous strangers (Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, […]

[Review] ‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Struggles to Break Its Game Rules

July 15, 2021 Meagan Navarro Adam Robitel, escape room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Logan Miller, Movies, Reviews, Taylor Russell

The ending of Escape Room teased another doomed plane ride for heroine Zoey Davis (Taylor Russell) and fellow survivor Ben Miller (Logan Miller). The implication being that they’re once again one step behind in their quest to stop the evil Minos Corporation. Its sequel, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, quickly bypasses that ending and finds […]

‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’: Watch a 3-Minute Scene from the Sequel [Video]

July 13, 2021 John Squires Adam Robitel, escape room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Movies, Videos

Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room franchise will deliver more PG-13 thrills, deadly traps, and cleverly designed rooms in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, which Sony is releasing in theaters July 16. Today, an electrifying new clip from the film has arrived online. Meet the champions below… “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is the sequel to the box office hit psychological […]

‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Clip: Lasers Trap Players in a Bank-Themed Room [Video]

July 7, 2021 Brad Miska Adam Robitel, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Logan Miller, Movies, Taylor Russell, Videos

As John previously noted, Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room has nicely positioned itself as a sort of Saw-lite franchise, delivering PG-13 thrills with deadly traps in cleverly designed rooms. Robitel is back for this year’s Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, which Sony is releasing in theaters July 16. “In the next installment, six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series […]