Hellevator: The Bottled Fools

Hellevator: The Bottled Fools

Directed by Hiroki Yamaguchi

Produced by WEVCO Produce Company, Aries [jp]

200496 min5.4 / 10

A claustrophobic, dystopian survival thriller where a confined elevator becomes a pressure cooker for violence, psychological torment, and the eruption of past trauma.

Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as psychological manipulation soon turns wholly physical as both the cruel convicts and Luchino's own dysfunctional past are unleashed. And then every passenger must fight for his or her survival.

Questions people ask

  • Is Hellevator: The Bottled Fools scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is Hellevator: The Bottled Fools violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Hellevator: The Bottled Fools easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Hellevator: The Bottled Fools end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Hellevator: The Bottled Fools sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity22

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Same Mood as Hellevator: The Bottled Fools

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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