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★★★★★

“Bloody Fantastic!”

written by RandomRuby on 20/11/2012

IN GENERAL:
Now, I've read a whole load of reviews stating that fright night is 'over-rated' and the queues are 'too long'and the 'scenery isn't good enough' ect ect. I disagree wholeheartedly. When visiting a theme park, you cant expect to not have to queue, it is merely a fact of life. However, when my my three friends and I went on the 2nd of November this year, this problem did not even arise for us. In fact- we managed to get on thirteen rides (only two of which were fasttracks)and two mazes and we didn't get there until after lunch! The park was not 'themed' in a halloween style as such, but that didn't take away from the atmosphere- live actors roaming around, different ride music (most noticably on Detonator on which they played a sound track stating that the guests were about to be hung)... that was enough for me xD The rides in the dark were fabulous, most notably Nemesis which was even more disorientating after nightfall!
As for the mazes, we only went in two: Saw Alive and The Curse which we chose at random (we were on our way back from the swarm and my friend was complaining about how we hadn't gone in a maze yet. I was just like 'FINE HERES A MAZE- LETS GO xD )

THE CURSE:
Although many people say that this is the worst maze and that the actors are boring and the atmosphere bad I highly disagree. I much preferred it to saw alive. It cannot be denied that the smoke, the strobes and the complete dark sections were effective as well as how narrow the corridors were and the overall theming. People say that it needs themeing on the outside but I disagree- the fact that me and my friends had NO IDEA what we were walking into just made it even scarier! As for the actors, they were fantastic and they were EVERYWHERE. From the second we walked in, we saw a girl being dragged away screaming and then the second we rounded the corner we were bombarded! They appeared from doors we didn't know were there, from gaps in the wall. They came out of places you thought were roped off, they crawled along the ground and grabbed your legs and ankles. There were so many of them it was hard to keep track of where they were! Not only that, but they made so much contact with us. They would whisper things in our ears and come up and grab hold our our faces, forcing us to look at them. One of them blocked our way for a while and scared my friend half to death! It was amazing- if everyone says the asylum is way better I can't wait to try it next year!
10/10

SAW ALIVE:
I found this maze a bit short and less scary than the curse but still amazing. There were less actors and less smoke and effects so it was easier to see them so there was less surprise and suspense. It was fantastic how the actors broke free from their chains and ran over to us. The hilight of the maze for me had to be when the guy in the first room came over to me (I was at the back haha) and held onto my shoulders saying 'you- stay here! please!'. It made me feel genuinely sorry for his character and afriad at the same time! My only criticism of the maze is that even though they did a fantastic job of recreating scenes from saw, the maze was mostly full of victims and thepeople in pig masks barely did anything. In fact, I told one of them not to touch my hair in a jokey way and they totally left me alone haha! Still though- a very fun experience. 7/10

I think the main reason I found The Curse scarier is because it was more claustrophobic and I HATE small spaces, especially when you can't see well xD That place is every claustrophobics nightmare!

THE STAFF:
This sounds like a strange thing to write about, but the staff were particularly nice and engaged with us particularly well. The man running Detonator kept telling us our seats were broken and then approached us later that night with a massive fake cut on his face. He said "do you know where I got this?" and we replied "let me guess- your seat was broken?" to which he replied "yes!" haha. It was amazing. We also had many other conversations with staff memebers, all of which were very friendly and helped to make our day great.

Overall, I would reccommend Fright Nights to anybody who enjoys a good scare and a fabulous day out.

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