Would these have worked?

From another poster and thread:

13- Lay down on the floor. I would add, near the corners, as they were as far from the heat source as possible, also, dismantling the heater first.



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What kind of movie are you?

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1- Kill the fire with a wet towel (no oxigen, no fire) and block the gas with it ASAP.

Wouldn't work.
Theory is fine in principle, but in order to gain access to the fire they would first have to remove a ton burning hot rocks. They haven't got suffient water or equipment to do that, they'd only excert themselves and hasten their demise in trying, and quite possibly injure themselves badly in the process.

2- Wet a towel and remove each rock, throwing them out through the tiny, yet large enough, door opening.

Wouldn't work.
Same reason as above.

3- Dismantle the wire frame of the heater and use a hook made with it to fish the ladder off its position.

Wouldn't work.
Theory is fine in principle, but impossible for practical purposes as they have no way to cool down either the wire or the volcanic rock, and nothing to cut the wire with. Any attempt at dismantling any of it will result in severe burns, in addition to excerting themselves and therefore hastening their demise.

4- If they had any alcohol left, set the ladder on fire with it and a towel ( just the contact area), if it weakened they would push against less lenght, if not set themselves free right away.

Wouldn't work.
Only hard liqour burns, not the beer they had with them. Even if they had hard liquor and poured it on the ladder, they would have no way to set the liqour ablaze. And even if they were able to set it ablaze, fire burns from the ground up, meaning you have to put the fire source below the ladder in order to make it burn. As is, only the liquour itself would burn, once it's gone, fire dies out. Only the ladder's surface would be slightly charred, the ladder itself would be as strong as ever.

5- Try to hammer their way out through the wall opposite to the door, since it was made of planks, not massive logs. Might burn an area there also.

Wouldn't work.
Planks are tough as hell, multiple strong men with a heavy duty battering ram would have a hard time hammering their way through, and that's for a single layer of planks. Walls are typically double leayer with isolation in between. The only thing thirsty teens close to sunstroke could do would be to exort themselves and thereby hasten their own demise. Trying to set the wall on fire would definatly hasten their demise, as the fumes would kill them in minutes.

6- Short-circuit the light by wasting a cup of their water by filling the socket fast(?).

Wouldn't work.
That is, it would work in making the light go out. Heating would still carry on, and they'd have less water for their effort.

7- Having a three-some and literally focking till they pass out, a happy death, at least and at last.

Best suggestion so far, as it is the only one that doesn't end in a painful death.

8- Call 0800-MACGYVER, around-clock-and-world number that is never out. They would not only tell them how to get out but how to turn the sauna into a spaceship, which would be cool.

Second best suggestion so far, as it is the only one that won't hasten anyone's demise.

9- Set the whole thing afire. Faster and more merciful. Besides, someone might spot the fire (Bull lol).

Faster maybe, but a far cry from more merciful! The heat would be painful like you wouldn't believe, and the smoke (which would kill them) would be insufferable. But possibly an option if you really, really hate the others locked in there with you.

10- Reach the temperature controls though the opening! The guy might do it even if he needed the girls support to reach full lenght with his arm.

Wouldn't work.
Even if the girls help him, the length of his arm is fixed. Only Mr. Fantastic or Plastic Man could do that.

11- Go psycho on both girls tying them together with the towels and branding them here and there slowly, drinking some water and or alcohol now and then. Sex might follow, or prelude.

Going psycho would wear you out, as would the girls fighting back. Not recommended, however you choose to look at it.

12- Start telling scary tales around the heater. "Remember the story of the teens stuck in a sauna?"

Sure beats number 11.

From another poster and thread:

13- Lay down on the floor. I would add, near the corners, as they were as far from the heat source as possible, also, dismantling the heater first.

That "other poster" would be me:-) Given the type of sauna, situation and resources available in the movie, this is the ONLY option which de facto guarantees survival.

Heat moves up, not down, so the temperature at ground level isn't much higher than ordinary room temperature. By lying still on the floor (as far away as possible from the oven, as you say) they can easily wait it out. By doing so, they'll walk out of there when help arrives in the morning - they'll be groggy nad have a hard time standing up straight, but they'd walk out none the less.

But dismantling the heater from inside is however not an option. The movie establishes that there is no off switch from inside, it's powered by gas (insane!!!), and everything is hot as hell. The effort of dismantlig it will drain them, quite possibly severly burn them, and ultimately, fail.

As tempting as the idea of trying to kill the heater may be, the actual attempt will do nothing but hasten their demise. Laying down on the floor and wait it out is really the only viable option.

For what it's worth, any sauna oven worth a damn runs on electricity and has a kill swith on the actual oven. If they had imported a proper oven from a country that actually know saunas instead of using that homebrew gas run crap, being locked into a sauna wouldn't be a problem.

Damn, this talk makes me want sauna myself. Think I'll go tonight.

Tesla was robbed!

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They could have used the spoon and bucket to remove the rocks.

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All they needed to do was to put the rock in the bucket and place it up to the thermostat making it think the room had hit its peak temperature, thus the heater would have stopped heating up the room. It would have cooled down eventually and they would have been ok.

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Actually what would have worked was already shown in the film. The guy had the right idea. He had a rock wrapped in the towels he put together. he just needed to swing the rock in circular motion outside the door, when it had enough speed, lower it down. It would dislodge the thing that's blocking the door.

But I don't know what he was doing. He was trying to hook it or something, and he doesn't have a hook but a rock. But then again, there would be no film if it was that easy. lol

1- that thing is huge. it would require lots of big towels and gallons of water to completely cover it. something they do not have.

2. lots of rocks. probably run out of water before emptying half of it, but i'd probably try that if in the situation and there's no other choice of action

3. Since they have no tools, the only way to dismantle it is the way the guy did in the end (by force) and it exploded.

4. Probably burn the house down with them trapped. The house is entirely made of wood.

5. Probably could work. Depending on the thickness of the wood. 1 inch thick planks and above would still be hard to break without tools.

6. They did try to short circuit it, with a wet towel and it didn't work. The heater was probably connected to another circuit.

7-12 lol


probably putting a heat source near the thermostat (like a heated rock) would have worked too as it would trick the thermostat into detecting that the heat was already too high than it is set to be, therefore lowering the actual heat of the room.

Alternating to knock on the wood constantly with a rock is a good idea too. You'd never know when someone can hear and solid transfers sound farther. The stupid guy probably would have heard knocking sounds upon waking up.

I would also go for the ceiling. Few scenes show the ceiling but a glimpse can be seen when the guy was looking at the bulb when he had the idea to short circuit it. Ceiling was made of little planks, by logic, should be less thick too than the walls with big planks.

Anyway I don;t know why this particular sauna was built like it was meant to trap people inside. It had a fiber glass for what? Why are there no temp control inside? Should be a no brainer. a window that can be opened in case of fire would be good too (and probably mandatory in many countries' fire codes)

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