Three escape-room dancers have a monster problem

GJShortz's horror-comedy clip drew nearly seven million views before its first day was over, with the rolling retreat dominating the comments.

Channel: GJShortz Story of October 30, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 6,883,935 views a day, 44 times a normal first day on this channel (155,064).

these guys weren't ready for this escape room 😭❤️ #usa

The synchronized squatting lasts only until the costumed actor steps into the hallway. Then the dance becomes a scramble for a locked door.

In the Short posted by clips channel GJShortz, three young men in matching tracksuits bring their routine into a horror-themed escape room. They start in the lobby, then repeat the dance in a narrow corridor, captured on a security camera. Children's music accompanies the choreography. The masked figure arriving behind them has a rather different role to play.

This is an escape-room performer providing the scare, not a real monster. The costume draws on the jiangshi, the hopping vampire of Chinese folklore, complete with a hat and traditional-style clothing.

The clip's start was more than forty times the channel's usual first day for Shorts. That makes it a standout individual upload even while GJShortz's overall daily views are below their usual pace.

The comments focus on the abrupt change in movement: dancing gives way to rolling and scrambling. Several viewers pick out the rolling retreat, while another asks where the escape room is. The attraction may supply the monster, but the trio supplies the choreography.

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The numbers

The escape-room Short is drawing views far faster than a typical GJShortz upload of the same format.

the video's first day

usual first day here

155,064

this video

6,883,935

subscribers

3,710,000

▲ 60,000 in the last 7 days

total views

2,412,700,289

views per day

16,195,482

typical day: 20,477,097

the video

views

6,789,162

likes

83,134

comments

714

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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4,160,000

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3,920,000

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3,820,000

GJShortz

3,710,000

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3,710,000

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3,060,000

As of October 30, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.