Well, it's been a while since anyone has posted in here! Thankfully there are a few year-round scare attractions to keep the conversations going until October :lol:
Last week, I did Hell In A Cell. It's a horror-themed escape room in Bristol. I got sent to write a feature on it for a magazine I now work for. I experienced the attraction in full, then interviewed the creators of it. It was so impressive I figured I should post about it in here too.
It's been described as 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets The Crystal Maze' before, and this really intrigued me. I brought along some friends as you have to have a minimum of 4 people taking part. The escape game lasts an hour and takes place in a real abandoned prison in the center of town. Talk about a naturally grim and chilling environment; I was creeped out just being led down to the cells, and the game hadn't even started!
The start is quite intense. You get handcuffed and hooded and separated from your friends. Each person gets locked in their own cell. First things first, I shook off my hood only to realise I couldn't see anything anyway as it is pitch black down there! There are clues in each cell that lead to combinations of how to find keys to unlock your handcuffs. You have to communicate with each other, shouting out different numbers etched into walls and such. I was mid way through deciphering a code on the cell bars when a perfectly timed scare actor jumped through the bars at me. Excellent stuff.
Once we had all broke free of our cells, you go through a series of themed rooms with traps and codes that help you (eventually) get out. Some of them were so imaginative and clever, it was really absorbing stuff! An ominous sub-bass soundtrack pounds out to increase the tension. There is an actor inside with you who is very good at sneaking up on people, and comes out with some hilarious one liners.
The themeing is super gory inside each room. Severed limbs dangle from the ceiling, eyeballs, blood, urine, and some truly horrendous smells take residency. It's really hands on as well. You'e not just walking through the attraction, you actually have to pick up the props and use them - dragging "bloodstained" barrels, pouring bottles of "wee" into jars to get keys to float to the top etc. There's one bit where a key triggers a really loud explosion. I nearly jumped out of my skin!
The finale features lots of crawling, tight spaces, strobe lighting, a clever little radio trick and the standard man avec chainsaw. It was a great experience, equally as scary as it was fun. Would highly recommend it to horror-goons if they are ever near Bristol.
Here's the article I wrote on it too, if you want to read what the creators of it had to say:
http://www.bristol247.com/channel/n...his-bristols-scariest-attraction-ever-bristol
Last week, I did Hell In A Cell. It's a horror-themed escape room in Bristol. I got sent to write a feature on it for a magazine I now work for. I experienced the attraction in full, then interviewed the creators of it. It was so impressive I figured I should post about it in here too.
It's been described as 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets The Crystal Maze' before, and this really intrigued me. I brought along some friends as you have to have a minimum of 4 people taking part. The escape game lasts an hour and takes place in a real abandoned prison in the center of town. Talk about a naturally grim and chilling environment; I was creeped out just being led down to the cells, and the game hadn't even started!
The start is quite intense. You get handcuffed and hooded and separated from your friends. Each person gets locked in their own cell. First things first, I shook off my hood only to realise I couldn't see anything anyway as it is pitch black down there! There are clues in each cell that lead to combinations of how to find keys to unlock your handcuffs. You have to communicate with each other, shouting out different numbers etched into walls and such. I was mid way through deciphering a code on the cell bars when a perfectly timed scare actor jumped through the bars at me. Excellent stuff.
Once we had all broke free of our cells, you go through a series of themed rooms with traps and codes that help you (eventually) get out. Some of them were so imaginative and clever, it was really absorbing stuff! An ominous sub-bass soundtrack pounds out to increase the tension. There is an actor inside with you who is very good at sneaking up on people, and comes out with some hilarious one liners.
The themeing is super gory inside each room. Severed limbs dangle from the ceiling, eyeballs, blood, urine, and some truly horrendous smells take residency. It's really hands on as well. You'e not just walking through the attraction, you actually have to pick up the props and use them - dragging "bloodstained" barrels, pouring bottles of "wee" into jars to get keys to float to the top etc. There's one bit where a key triggers a really loud explosion. I nearly jumped out of my skin!
The finale features lots of crawling, tight spaces, strobe lighting, a clever little radio trick and the standard man avec chainsaw. It was a great experience, equally as scary as it was fun. Would highly recommend it to horror-goons if they are ever near Bristol.
Here's the article I wrote on it too, if you want to read what the creators of it had to say:
http://www.bristol247.com/channel/n...his-bristols-scariest-attraction-ever-bristol