Nothing is what it streams to be.
In darkest corners of the darknet, there are places where victims are held captive, psychologically tortured, live-streamed, then given a chance to escape if they confess their worst sins, preserving them online for eternity in Red Rooms.
DirectorJoshua Butler
CreatorJoshua Butler
Red Rooms: Episode 1- Live Or Die
Feb 1, 2023
A darknet, live-streamed reality show begins, introducing five victims- all abducted from the state of California- who are given the chance to escape if they agree to confess their worst sins to the world. Paid subscribers watch, listen and vote on who have committed the evilest crimes against humanity. The winner will live. The losers will die. These are the infamous "red rooms", where nothing is what it streams to be.
Red Rooms: Episode 2- Tell The Audience
Feb 1, 2023
As the darknet, live-streamed reality show continues, the contestants realize that their off-camera Grand Master narrator and interrogator knows a lot about their lives even before anyone has confessed. The questions become more specific to the terrible offenses these abductees have committed. A female Hollywood producer rapist, Leilah Black (Brooke Lewis Bellas), an Armenian hit man, Alex Terzian (David Alpay), a sleazy senator, Senator Sheila Larkin (Susan Lanier), a predatory priest, Father Stephen Bishop (Ricky Dean Logan), and a British billionaire murderer, Ethan Campbell (Noah Blake), are outed and prodded into a state of psychological torture.
Red Rooms: Episode 3- Be Honest
Feb 1, 2023
The British billionaire murderer talks about how he met his future victim. The female Hollywood producer rapist discusses how she used her power to help get a beautiful-but-terrible actor his career. The sleazy senator denies that she poisoned the water in her district. The predatory priest tries to justify his actions by blaming the church for perverting him. The Armenian hit man describes what it is like to crucify a victim.
Red Rooms: Episode 4- Or You Will Die
Feb 1, 2023
Verbally and emotionally beaten into submission, the contestants are expounding on the details of their crimes. The audience begins to realize that there is one victim that might have connections to all five of the abductees. Despite differing opinions on how that innocent victim was potentially abused and permanently damaged, the abductees all seem to be playing the game and fighting for their lives.
Red Rooms: Episode 5- Who Is Most Evil?
Feb 1, 2023
It's wrap-up time as the darknet, live-streamed reality show is soon to end. Viewers are already starting to vote. The one who is the most evil will live. The other four will die. Meanwhile, the contestants are all psychologically pushed and prodded into all-out confessions. It seems that all of them do have a common victim, although it's unclear if they have any ounce of remorse among them.
Red Rooms: Episode 6- Vote Now
Feb 1, 2023
Both combative and strangely remorseful, the contestants react, emote, justify, until they are truly threatened. The off-camera Grand Master narrator and interrogator decides to enter the "red rooms" to physically confront each of the five. Each is shocked by the vision of their Grand Master. With voting completed and tallied, four lives end and one is spared.
Red Rooms: Episode 7- A Word From Our Sponsor
Feb 8, 2023
The Grand Master decides to take the audience on a tour of the dark web, as most stay away from this portal into the degradation of the soul. There is also a tour of the actual "red rooms" that exist throughout the world, which use torture as entertainment. Once the sponsor has been identified, the darknet, live-streamed reality show returns to reveal the winner- as in, reveal the one person who was allowed to live- voted most evil by the audience.
Red Rooms: Episode 8- The Grand Master
Feb 1, 2023
The winner of "Live or Die" is relocated out of the country for their safety. Once they are set up in Auckland, New Zealand, they are contacted by the Grand Master for a final message. The connection to the victim that all contestants had is just one small part of the story. The winner is unprepared for the diabolical truth of what the dark web has just witnessed.
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Red Rooms is an 8-part web-tv series that may be joined together as a movie in the future -- but right now, it is on YouTube in short, 10-minute episodes. It works very well this way as you can easily take a break and come back to it later. The premise is chilling: Five people who don't seem to be connected at first, are taken prisoner and forced to take part in a snuff film that's being filmed live for wealthy viewers on the dark webs. They each plead for their lives but are forced to admit bad thing things they have done, which of course, weakens their arguments. Viewers vote in to give their say on whether or not these evil people should live. There is a pedo priest, a sexually abusive Hollywood agent, a shady senator, a hitman for hire, and a wealthy power broker. Not many redeemable qualities to be found! The cast is really good. I was most impressed with Brooke Lewis Bellas (who is also a producer of the show) and David Alpay. They both showed an escalation as their character's lives were increasingly threatened. The power broker was good, too. The other actors were good but they started off hysterical and stayed that way till the end. I liked the way the rooms really were red which made the chambers where the victims were held look more menacing. The computer imagery was simple but did the job. The writing and directing from Joshua Butler, who's done a lot of TV (including The Vampire Diaries) keeps things moving along nicely. Recommended.
