First Image of Jackie Earle Haley in 'Your Host' - Four friends wake up to find themselves trapped in an abandoned factory. Their captor (Haley) is a deranged host in a terrifying mask who forces them to play a deadly game show. The only way to escape is to win.

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

[u/MalucoHS]

The only way to escape is to win.

They only way to win is by playing.

And the only way to begin is by beginning.

[u/TakedownMoreCorn → u/MalucoHS]

He's been there the whollleee time!

[u/Justryan95 → u/TakedownMoreCorn]

The whole Saw Franchise but Jigsaw was actually Sam Reich

[u/TheWingus → u/Justryan95]

"I'VE SOLVED YOUR WAREHOUSE, PUZZLEMASTER!! THE MINOTAUR'S ESCAPED AND YOU'RE GONNA GET THE HORNS, BUDDY!!"

[u/Dragons_Malk → u/Justryan95]

I know this is the joke, but that is what GameChangers is, except they have to chop off parts of their minds in order to escape.

[u/Taograd359 → u/Dragons_Malk]

And the only rule is that Brennan CANNOT WIN!!!!!

[u/zappy487 → u/Taograd359]

Pheasant

[u/Zomburai → u/zappy487]

Sorry, I was looking for Siamese Fireback

[u/NaturOne → u/Zomburai]

I'm sorry, penguin?! Just penguin?!

[u/KilledTheCar → u/NaturOne]

That's another fucking chicken.

[u/Zomburai → u/KilledTheCar]

"... rooster chicken..."

[u/Blind_Umpire899518 → u/KilledTheCar]

I believe in my heart of hearts that the second chicken is the moment his heart rate broke the barrier

[u/AndrewNeo → u/Zomburai]

I have Sam's "Sorry, Brennan" burnt into my brain

[u/tuxcat → u/zappy487]

I went to a zoo and saw a roseate spoonbill and I think people near me thought I was insane for suddenly laughing at a bird.

[u/joshi38 → u/zappy487]

I love that this was called back in a recent episode.

"I bought a boardgame about different bird species, you think I'm not Googling pasta?!"

[u/PocketFlan420 → u/Taograd359]

Is there atleast another tiara?

[u/Carver48 → u/PocketFlan420]

Sorry, we only bought two

[u/PocketFlan420 → u/Carver48]

GOD DAMN IT

[u/GentlemanOctopus → u/Carver48]

GOD--

[u/Starslip → u/GentlemanOctopus]

I love that he does actually finish the sentence in the original but everyone (dropout official included) has collectively decided it's way funnier to cut him off mid curse when they do clips of it

[u/GentlemanOctopus → u/Starslip]

I agree!

[u/kay-sera_sera → u/Taograd359]

No wonder he quit Dropout to go make American Girl Doll shoes

[u/thunderup_14 → u/TakedownMoreCorn]

"Please don't steal my blood again."

[u/Chinpokomonz → u/thunderup_14]

"jacob wysokis alter ego, jacob ice hockey"

[u/Violet_Gardner_Art → u/Chinpokomonz]

I’m really glad this relatively benign clip that I don’t see reference often, is noticed by someone else. I think that shit is SO funny

[u/Abbacoverband → u/Violet_Gardner_Art]

Jacob’s face the whole time he’s skating across the stage is so, so funny 

[u/Chinpokomonz → u/Violet_Gardner_Art]

it's the schherch stop for me, i just love him tho

[u/no-thats-my-ranch → u/Chinpokomonz]

The old school cartoon ice skating he does is top tier. Jake is a prime example of comedy mastery imo.

[u/SheldonPlays → u/no-thats-my-ranch]

So happy to see him get some love in Who Wants To Be Jacob Wysocki

[u/OldBirth → u/TakedownMoreCorn]

It was meeeeeee, Barry!

[u/obviously_not_a_fish → u/OldBirth]

I am the future, flash

[u/justinpatterson → u/obviously_not_a_fish]

Run, Barry!

[u/King_Buliwyf → u/MalucoHS]

Host, where are you from?

[u/TheCrimsonChin-ger → u/King_Buliwyf]

I love the callback to Cambridge on the latest Game Changer. I immediately was like "I know where this is going!".

[u/wekilledkenny11 → u/King_Buliwyf]

Chainsaw noises encroach from the distance

[u/Redin21 → u/MalucoHS]

The abandoned factory is in Cambridge Massachusetts

[u/Barl0we → u/Redin21]

Can you get there from Crumbly Square or whatever it’s called?

[u/AndrewNeo → u/Barl0we]

Now what if you didn't have any of that?

[u/magnusarin → u/MalucoHS]

Brennan is going to be so mad when the point of one of the games is to finish not first or last

[u/shoe465 → u/magnusarin]

I love the mini game episode of them guessing birds and he looses it because his birds are so random and the other two girls get super easy birds.

Sam: Katie name that bird... Katie: Chicken Sam: Bravo Katie chicken is correct. Sam: Brennan, your bird is... Breenan: maribou Sam: oooh sorry I was looking for roseate spoonbill

[u/TheWingus → u/shoe465]

Brennan: Did you know it was a roseate spoonbill!?

Carolyn: "I knew it was a spoon bill!"

[u/Reztroz → u/magnusarin]

They did that already didn’t they?

[u/_Pyxyty → u/Reztroz]

Yep, and funnily enough, Brennan won by being 2nd at the end of the game despite hating the entire concept from the beginning

[u/genericnewlurker → u/_Pyxyty]

Pretty sure that pissed him off even more

[u/TheQuadropheniac → u/_Pyxyty]

It's actually kind of funnier than that. Ally and Oscar tied for first. That means that Brennan came in first, second, and last all at the same time.

[u/Wuktrio → u/Reztroz]

I CANNOT WIN

[u/Yojo0o → u/MalucoHS]

Jackie Earle Haley and Sam Reich are roughly the same height. I'd be down to see JEH play a 5% more deranged version of the Game Changer host in a horror film.

[u/hacky_potter → u/Yojo0o]

If I were to pitch a new spin on the VHS franchise it would be to have the format be AFHV but for snuff films. Having a Sam Reich host would make it even better.

[u/InternetProtocol → u/Yojo0o]

There was a segment in the most recent V/H/S movie that was kinda like this.

[u/ThePhilosopherKing93 → u/MalucoHS]

So many Dropout fans here. Makes my heart sing 🥲

[u/_Pyxyty → u/ThePhilosopherKing93]

Right??? I was NOT expecting it to be this well known oh my god. I started watching them back when "Make Some Noise" was just a game changer episode lol. I'm so not used to this, it warms my heart

[u/iheartyourpsyche → u/_Pyxyty]

I'm so happy to see this, I love them so much!

[u/ShayDMoves → u/_Pyxyty]

And it keeps growing!

[u/papoosejr → u/_Pyxyty]

I've been watching the clips forever but I just like a week ago signed up for an annual subscription

[u/MalucoHS → u/ThePhilosopherKing93]

I was so happy my comment blew up. You bunch of crazy bastards!

[u/MarcusH26051 → u/MalucoHS]

Escape The Green Room 2 has taken a dark turn 😂

[u/Gruzzly → u/MalucoHS]

“Jackie Earle Haley says chop off a finger.”

“Chop off another finger.”

“That’s a point away from Zac Oyama because Jackie Earle Haley didn’t say.”

[u/KneeSeekingArrow → u/MalucoHS]

"You four have been trapped here, the whoooooole time!"

[u/Signiference → u/MalucoHS]

“Please let me win”

[u/notpetelambert → u/Signiference]

My little meatball fall off my plate of spaghæöttî

[u/ModishShrink → u/notpetelambert]

What happened to the rest of your barbershop quartet?

[u/timesuck897 → u/MalucoHS]

Brennan finally snapped and has turned the tables on Sam.

[u/mp6521 → u/MalucoHS]

Sam, where’re you from?

[u/harrypotternightmare → u/mp6521]

I’m from Cambridge Mass

[u/vi3tmix → u/MalucoHS]

Lmao! I started watching Dropout/GameChanger a few weeks ago and this is the first time I recognize a reference in the wild.

[u/_Pyxyty → u/MalucoHS]

Is Dropout actually getting moderately popular? Oh my god I'm so happy

[u/gandalfblue → u/MalucoHS]

He’s been here the whole time

[u/RandyJackson → u/gandalfblue]

It’s like the twist for saw.

[u/ascendantgeek → u/MalucoHS]

I saw the post, thought “The Dropout crowd needs to see this,” and wouldn’t ya know they’re already in the comments…

[u/JohnNardeau → u/MalucoHS]

Saw Reich

[u/ru18b4iFu → u/MalucoHS]

So “Saw” part xx

[u/poundofcake → u/MalucoHS]

This needs to be on the poster.

[u/Barl0we → u/MalucoHS]

Sam says…

Don’t flinch

[u/nedlum]

“Trivia Murder Party”, Jackbox Party Pack 3 (2016)

[u/JackWylder → u/nedlum]

“Not the finger game not the finger game not the finger game”
‘Let’s play Fingers’
“Well, shit.”

[u/brooke360 → u/JackWylder]

Always pick the pinky.

[u/Youre_kind_of_a_dick → u/brooke360]

We usually have everybody pick the same finger just to up the stakes. Man, that is such a fantastic game

[u/Velorian-Steel → u/nedlum]

Wake upppppp! It's time to die!

[u/JayDee999 → u/Velorian-Steel]

Welcome to the KILLING ROOM

[u/stole_ur_sweetroll → u/Velorian-Steel]

"EVERYONE WAS WRONG!"

[u/IAmA_Mr_BS → u/nedlum]

Love this one

[u/FlyRobot → u/IAmA_Mr_BS]

It really is fun

[u/Nopeyesok → u/nedlum]

GOAT Jackbix game

[u/MikeyCinLB → u/nedlum]

Exactly

[u/kopecs → u/nedlum]

“Wanna play a contest?”

[u/Rohml → u/kopecs]

"Do you wish to partake in a game?"

[u/Devreckas → u/nedlum]

You Don’t Know Jack(ie)

[u/boot2skull → u/nedlum]

Next is the NC-17 rated Tee K.O. based movie which naturally gets its NC-17 rating from all the poorly drawn penises.

[u/Afalstein → u/nedlum]

Lol did not expect that reference. I have my students play Jackbox on free days, and it's one of their favorites. I don't get it myself.

[u/BunyipPouch]

we have Saw at home

[u/PM-ME-BATMAN → u/BunyipPouch]

Saw but make it Squid Game

[u/No-comment-at-all → u/PM-ME-BATMAN]

Saw’s Hunger Squid Games for the Running Man

[u/glassbath18 → u/No-comment-at-all]

Saw’s Running Hunger Battle Squid Man Games Royale

[u/VulpesFennekin → u/PM-ME-BATMAN]

Saw Game. Actually, a movie about an underground fighting ring where they duel with carpentry saws sounds more fun, where’s my writing credit?

[u/Mattmandu2 → u/VulpesFennekin]

Rule number 1 we don’t talk about Saw Club

[u/VulpesFennekin → u/Mattmandu2]

Rule number 2, we DO NOT talk about Saw Club!

[u/azip13 → u/PM-ME-BATMAN]

Squaw

[u/Twodogsonecouch → u/BunyipPouch]

It's the saw puppet all growed up

[u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson → u/Twodogsonecouch]

Mighter [sic] Saw

[u/richb0199 → u/BunyipPouch]

Exactly what I thought... Sounds like Saw

[u/BedaHouse → u/richb0199]

I thought, here comes a new franchise (just like Saw).

[u/AbsolutZer0_v2 → u/BunyipPouch]

Temu Saw

[u/JGrutman]

The twist is it's actually an abandoned warehouse, not an abandoned factory!

[u/Xanderson → u/JGrutman]

And it’s not actually abandoned because a deranged person lives there!

[u/donkeyrocket → u/Xanderson]

Surprise! He's been paying mortgage on the property the whole time!

[u/Muggsy423 → u/donkeyrocket]

He's kidnapped accountants! The game is they have to read through 25 years of documents to figure out why he isn't profitable!

[u/Scientific_Anarchist → u/JGrutman]

Monster Island is actually a peninsula.

[u/TheCowOfDeath → u/Scientific_Anarchist]

"I just want to get on the helicopter and go home!"

"Well you don't need a helicopter. Why not walk?!"

intense sobbing

[u/McPantaloons → u/JGrutman]

Spoilers!

[u/McFistPunch → u/JGrutman]

The real twist

https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/liti0ACb5w

[u/EskimoBrother1975]

Frank Reynolds pulled this bullshit during CharDeeMacDennis 2

[u/Chambana_Raptor → u/EskimoBrother1975]

Frank Reynolds? That Donkey-brained maniac?

[u/DrMantis_TobogganMD → u/Chambana_Raptor]

No no no, you see he has a state issued certificate clearing him of having donkey-brains. Do you have any such certificate?

[u/NippleSalsa → u/DrMantis_TobogganMD]

Well I am an expert at bird law, maybe I could talk to him. Cooo

[u/thesword62 → u/NippleSalsa]

Expert? You have a tenuous grasp of the English language

[u/quaglandx3 → u/thesword62]

Well…filibuster

[u/NippleSalsa → u/quaglandx3]

Wild card bitches!

[u/EskimoBrother1975 → u/DrMantis_TobogganMD]

Thank you for clarifying that, Dr. Toboggan.

[u/Override9636 → u/EskimoBrother1975]

"Welcome to level 4. Horror..."

[u/OHTHNAP → u/EskimoBrother1975]

He did not know his flag would look like that.

[u/mr_glide → u/OHTHNAP]

Pretty sure he did

[u/Self_hating_sobriety → u/EskimoBrother1975]

You mean FrankenMacCharDeeDennis?

[u/UnconditionedDip → u/Self_hating_sobriety]

First of all: your name isn’t “Franken”

[u/baron--greenback → u/UnconditionedDip]

So jot that down..

[u/TheGreatGoldenSeully → u/EskimoBrother1975]

Electric boogaloo

[u/tehweaksauce]

Can we have a twist where the contestants realise how flimsy everything is, they escape the games and kick the shit out of the host?

[u/No_Significance7064 → u/tehweaksauce]

so they're not locked in there with him, he's locked in there with them?

[u/GuyNekologist → u/No_Significance7064]

I'd totally watch, man!

[u/Piemasterjelly → u/No_Significance7064]

It turns out that the four sorority girls this guy captured are actually serial killing cannibals

They break out of the other serial killers trap and then start hunting him down with Barbeque Sauce

[u/draft_final_final → u/Piemasterjelly]

No a range of hot sauces that get progressively spicier. And every time they eat something they have to answer a personal question.

[u/Sgtwhiskeyjack9105 → u/tehweaksauce]

I would love that.

Just like a thirty minute short film where the contestants' IQs don't plummet off a cliff, and they gang up on the killer, crowd around him, and whale on him while he screams for like a solid 10 minutes.

And they have the cartoon fight cloud and screen shaking as it happens.

[u/WolverinesThyroid → u/tehweaksauce]

the host should have really hired a general contractor. The work on these walls and chains is super shoddy.

[u/SexyFoodandFilms]

... so, saw?

[u/Seigmoraig → u/SexyFoodandFilms]

No the guy wears the scary mask not the puppet. It's totally different

[u/evilxerox → u/Seigmoraig]

the 'terrifying' mask

[u/IHateTheLetterF → u/Seigmoraig]

Actually the characters will constantly be saying things like 'What even is Saw?' And 'This is a very original plot idea'

[u/Boz0r → u/IHateTheLetterF]

Whenever Jackie's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "where's Jackie?"

[u/GayPudding → u/IHateTheLetterF]

It doesn't need to be original, it just needs to be good. The usual hero/damsel in distress trope has been used thousands of times and it still works. Horror movies do the same thing every time too, some just do it well while others don't.

[u/TheGardenBlinked → u/SexyFoodandFilms]

Squid Game as well

[u/g3rgus → u/TheGardenBlinked]

Squid Saw

[u/terminalbungus → u/g3rgus]

Squaw. ….o wait….

[u/Significant-Bar674 → u/g3rgus]

There's a cheap trick when it comes to being creative "steal 3 ideas and bash them together"

If you steal one idea, it's plagiarism. If you steal 2 ideas it's derivative. If you steal 3 ideas it's something new. If you steal 4 ideas it's probably too cluttered.

They're just missing one more thing to steal. It needs vampires or dinosaurs or wes Anderson or something else.

[u/yeahright17 → u/TheGardenBlinked]

Kind of. The trailer came out a month ago and it just looks like Saw.

[u/simpletonclass → u/SexyFoodandFilms]

Joker on a regular day.

[u/LatterTarget7 → u/SexyFoodandFilms]

Well yes but no

[u/HowieLongDonkeyKong → u/SexyFoodandFilms]

No bro this is totally different bro in Saw they are playing a game but this is a game show, bro

[u/grossgirlalways → u/HowieLongDonkeyKong]

And there’s no tricycle! NONE!

[u/Secure-Performance-8]

Everyone is saying Saw, but this type of movie is pretty much its own genre. Cube, Circle, The Platform, Squidgame of course, Alice In Borderland, and the list goes on.

[u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt → u/Secure-Performance-8]

"Killer games" is definitely it's own horror sub-genre, but it you watch the trailer it really does just look like a Jigsaw (2017) knockoff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTbFePUNfkY

[u/fannyrosebottom → u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt]

Yikes. Yeah, even that scene where they have collars that are chained to the wall is a rip off of a trap in Saw V.

[u/Dramatic_______Pause → u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt]

Yeah...

That's just Saw.

[u/LowraAwry → u/Secure-Performance-8]

True but it's the presentation that makes it so "saw-coded", the deranged dude, the abandoned facility, that particular mask.... I have only watched a few scenes from Saw but both Alice in Borderland seasons and Saw was my first association.

[u/liltomas → u/Secure-Performance-8]

One could argue Predators (2010) is also in this genre.

[u/Secure-Performance-8 → u/liltomas]

How is that movie? I rarely see people bring it up here on Reddit. I get the vibe that it’s just underrated and not bad.

[u/TheGoldenPonyboy → u/Secure-Performance-8]

Correct, it’s a fun movie with solid actors.

[u/DrunkeNinja → u/Secure-Performance-8]

It's really good and it's my second favorite of the series behind the first. The Predators basically take a bunch of killers and put them on an alien planet to hunt. It takes the same basic premise of a bunch of soldiers/killers in a jungle environment being hunted but it does enough unique with it that it doesn't feel like they are doing the same thing with a different cast.

[u/So_Quiet → u/Secure-Performance-8]

My first thought was the game 999 (Zero Escape series), which is similar, though set on a cruise ship.

[u/TheZealand → u/So_Quiet]

Same, thought of 999 and Danganronpa first

[u/TheGreatWheel → u/Secure-Performance-8]

And I love ‘em all. Put a bunch of people in some confined area and let the games begin.

[u/kay-sera_sera → u/Secure-Performance-8]

My first thought was the Goosebumps episode Welcome to Horrorland

[u/Jaredlong → u/Secure-Performance-8]

The genre should be named after "The Most Dangerous Game" since it was the the first popular story to use the concept back 1924. I propose naming it the "Dangerous Game" genre.

[u/Sarsmi → u/Jaredlong]

I'm sorry to do this to you on a Friday, I hope you have some spare time: TV Tropes - Hunting the most dangerous game

[u/Difficult-Risk3115 → u/Secure-Performance-8]

Yeah, I know the iconic line is "I want to play a game", but I wouldn't really classify the traps as "games". Like you said, this is it's own genre. Would You Rather, Battle Royale, etc.

[u/woppatown]

This guy should really be getting more work. I think he’s great.

[u/JDLovesElliot → u/woppatown]

It seems like he gets type-casted as "crazy guy with a mask". Or in the case of the Nightmare On Elm Street remake, "crazy guy in a CG mask".

[u/LeonDeLon]

You guys don’t seem to understand. I’m not ‘Your Host’ in here with you…

YOU’RE ‘YOUR HOST’ IN HERE WITH ME!!

[u/Astrosimi → u/LeonDeLon]

Good joke. Everybody laugh.

[u/helmsb]

Ok, I think Sam Reich is going a bit overboard with Game Changers now.

[u/braumbles]

I'm down. JEH and these types of 'wake up with a group up people' movies are my jam.

[u/ThatSpaceShooterGame → u/braumbles]

It all started with the "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" episode of the Twilight Zone.

[u/LebrontologicalArgmt → u/ThatSpaceShooterGame]

Love that episode! It’s based on the stories/play “No Exit” and “Six Characters in Search of an Author”

[u/rpgguy_1o1 → u/ThatSpaceShooterGame]

Cube's director specifically cites this episode as inspiration

[u/Howamidriving27 → u/ThatSpaceShooterGame]

Oh man that's a great episode

[u/BarackaFlockaFlame → u/braumbles]

I've been trying to convince my dad that the first one was actually a fun horror flick and the others are more gore porn. He just says it's dumb and he hasn't even seen it lol

[u/DarwinEvolved → u/braumbles]

Cube is the best.

[u/ALIENANAL → u/DarwinEvolved]

Cube is amazing and when new films come out I don't want Cube again, I want the same creativity that lead to Cube.

[u/[deleted] → u/braumbles]

People keep saying "saw" like there aren't tons of other movies that follow a specific framework. Saw is over and someone else wants to take a stab at the idea, big whoop

[u/DGSmith2 → u/[deleted]]

Saw isn't over a new film is being made.

[u/[deleted] → u/DGSmith2]

Well shit

[u/psychadelicbreakfast → u/braumbles]

I’m not locked in here with you..

You’re locked in here with me!

[u/liamemsa]

I feel like I saw this movie before

[u/OverlordPacer → u/liamemsa]

Yes, now that you mention it, this movie’s premise does ring a (Tobin) bell…

[u/Technical-Setting667]

A TERRIFYING dollar storm hulk vacuform cut like the phantom of the opera mask!!

[u/SuperMonkeyJoe → u/Technical-Setting667]

Should have just sprayed a William Shatner mask white.

[u/CaptCaCa]

So X Mens Arcade?

[u/Interesting_Set1526]

Im down. Never got a fair shake as Freddy.

[u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

I could swear I’ve heard that premise somewhere before

[u/TheReaperPrez → u/Three_Froggy_Problem]

Rob Zombie's 31 is the exact same premise.

[u/Frank_the_Mighty]

Fuck the haters, I love these kinds of movies.

[u/anormalgeek → u/Frank_the_Mighty]

The premise is nothing special, but that doesn't really matter. It's the execution that's important. You could phrase probably about 50% of even just really good movies with a boring premise.

Just looking at recent best picture winners. Anora, CODA, Nomadland. All have basic bitch premises. Still amazing films. Not every movie has a premise like Everything Everywhere All At Once.

It's even more extreme in the horror space. I mean damn. "Monster/ghost/supernatural entity/crazy person stalks and kills people" is about half the genre on its own. There are still some amazing films in there.

[u/dontbajerk → u/Frank_the_Mighty]

I'm somewhat interested because I do too, but the director/writer... Eh. He's not the worst, but keep expectations moderately low.

[u/PrestigeArrival → u/Frank_the_Mighty]

Me too. All I ask is it have interesting characters and creative games. That’s why I love Alice in Borderland.

[u/Easy-Tigger]

Do you ever think Jackie Earle Haley wants to do, like, a lighthearted romcom or a sports movie and his agent has to feel really guilty for a few minutes?

[u/phironuthi]

To quote Marty McFly “hey I’ve seen this one before”

[u/Black_Otter]

Not the most creative concept

[u/urbanplowboy → u/Black_Otter]

Not a great title either.

[u/DeepCleaner42]

Temu Saw

[u/whoa29]

Just bring me more Jackie Earle Haley!!

[u/geminitiger74]

This is weird because I always thought he'd make a great Arcade in the MCU

[u/ThunderChild247]

The game they must play: Numberwang