Once the mall's head escalator maintenance technician, this individual witnessed the first wave of infected pour from the basement and watched helplessly as panicked crowds trampled each other on his perfectly maintained moving stairs. The psychological break came when he realized he could control who lived or died simply by toggling the emergency stops, and soon began actively hunting survivors who dared use his domain.

The Escalator Executioner wears a welding mask modified with glowing red eye slits and carries an oversized pipe wrench that sparks against the escalator railings. They possess an uncanny ability to predict escalator movements and can somehow override safety systems to reverse directions or increase speeds at will. Their heavy work boots create distinctive metallic clanging sounds that echo through the mall's vertical spaces, announcing their presence before striking.

This slasher creates multi-level terror by controlling vertical movement throughout the mall, forcing survivors into deadly choices between floors. They represent the horror of familiar infrastructure becoming weaponized by human evil during the apocalypse.