VIDEO: Netflix brings a real-life squid game to downtown Los Angeles

In a humorous and frightening new video, Netflix brought Squid Game to life in downtown Los Angeles. When it premiered on September 17, the hit Korean series took the world by storm. The show has proven to be a popular source of inspiration for those celebrating Halloween in 2021, thanks to its deadly twist on typical children’s games.

As a result of the event, shops have already reported a significant rise in sales. Vans reported a 7800 percent increase in white slip-on sales, while boohooMAN recorded a 170 percent increase in red jumpsuit searches.

Real-life squid game

As Squid Game continues to feed into worldwide pop culture, some fans have attempted to reproduce the dramatized children’s games seen in the show. Hwang Dong-series hyuk’s presents a variety of entertaining childhood classics, many of which are recognizable to Korean audiences. The show features a variety of games, including Tug of War and Red, Light, Green Light, as well as some less well-known ones like the titular Squid Game and Dalgona Candy, in which participants must carve designs out of honeycomb.

The competitors competed for their lives and the promise of a large cash prize in each of these otherwise innocent games, which were turned evil in the series. Fearing that fans may take their recreations too far, a New York school district has already banned Squid Game-inspired costumes.

Now, it appears that Netflix has helped with the production of Squid Game with a “Halloween surprise” in Los Angeles. Fans and Koreatown residents were asked to play a variety of the games shown in the show, including Ddakji and Red Light, Green Light, in a video posted to the streamer’s Twitter page. Participants, who are being managed by multiple people in red jumpsuits, look to be overjoyed at the idea of participating without risking their lives.

Take a look at the video below:

Squid Game’s popularity quickly spread across the site, with the show fast becoming the platform’s most popular show and breaking the 2021 viewership record with over 3 billion minutes streamed in its first week. The series has struck a chord with fans all across the world, just as Hwang had hoped. The director’s effort on creating relatable people, some of whom were based on his own experiences, and setting them in a flawed capitalist system ensured that the show’s audience would connect with it.