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What worked: Bone-chilling movie-themed reality show where influencers enter a contest at an abandoned asylum and find that not all is what it claims to be with deadly consequences.

This was one horror-filled ride! There's a reason I never went to the asylum's Halloween-themed haunted house while in college. Too creepy and realistic for even me!

Mara is one of the contestants in this reality show. She grew up with a father who loved horror, especially Jack Stanley movies. When the chance to win $100,000 comes up, she's all in. What is intriguing about this story is how Mara is excited to be part of the group chosen to go to the abandoned asylum, thinking the money will help her family. But even she's not prepared what is in store for them. It's the combo of her father's stories and Stanley's movies that ends up helping her.

Once the five contestants are inside the asylum, that's when this becomes one horrific race against time. Some of the challenges, like telling the truth, are kind of mild, but others? Wowza on the fast-paced trials that pit each of the contestants against each other. Some are more gruesome than others. Think 1990s FEAR FACTOR meets influencers in an asylum.

Each twist and turn inside the asylum is shown in vivid colors. A few times, I had to stop reading to catch my breath!

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory meets influencers and the deranged horror author with deadly results.

Warning: There are intense scenes of death.