Haunted House Extreme Review (2026)

While the information online for the haunt is limited, we still found the details we required necessary for our trip to the event. There is plenty of information on running times, and suggestions on what time to get there along with an explanation of how often groups are batched within the maze, which is roughly every 2-3 minutes. We were a little confused about where to park and find the attraction upon entry to the sports ground, especially as the entire site was very big, but we eventually discovered the correct area, with the sounds emerging from the haunt marquee confirming we were in the right location. The staff onsite were super organised and professional, not to mention absolutely lovely, and with groups batched with a few minutes in between there was effective ticketing and queue flow on the night we attended. Batching is in relatively small groups, and when we went it was quieter so it was just the two of us, which made for a very intimate experience.

Upon reaching the haunt it was the sound that first hit us – creepy music invaded the entire park and we followed the crazed tones in order to find the maze itself. While the large marquee was basic on the outside, there was still a huge animatronic skeleton at the top that gave an obvious indication of what the spectacle was, in addition to some banners. However, the immersive experience really began when walking into the ‘foyer’ of the marquee to await the maze inside. This lobby area was beautifully lit and designed, fully decked out with Halloween decor which made the tiny space feel welcoming and like a mini-Americana Halloweentown. As we’ll delve into when discussing the scenery and special effects, there was spectacular use of these elements to create a really immersive space within this marquee from start to finish while still within its walls. Despite navigating numerous different vignettes in this temporary structure, the company was able to use light and decor to completely transform the space into a mini scare world we were enthralled to venture through. The only area needing a bit of work in this respect was the finale, which felt a little abrupt when we stepped outside of the marquee, and in which an outside chainsaw finish didn’t hit quite as strongly as the interior experience.

On the outside this attraction looks merely like a small marquee, but once inside it almost feels like one has found themselves in Mary Poppin’s ever-expanding bag – we found ourselves traversing vignette after vignette, and although the timer on our phones said we’d been in the attraction for only six minutes it felt at least twice this long, with the amount of different scenes and areas we explored in such a tiny space. The strongest element of effects was probably the soundscape, with each little room in the space having its own special sound design which somehow perfectly melded together from room to room with no obvious soundbleed to take you out of the experience.

What this production company was able to do in such a small and temporary space and in such a small window of time was mind boggling to us, especially for just their second year running. After chatting to the team we discovered that practically everything was hand-made too, including a detailed wooden electric chair and a beautiful wood coffin that had an animatronic inside. There were quite a few small animatronics throughout the haunt, and while the company prefers to use actors for scares we thought these small features were very effective in the spaces they were in, and contrasted well with the live actors around them. Scenes were generally from pop culture and movies, with vignettes covering scenes from The Blair Witch Project, Nightmare on Elm Street and The Exorcist, just to name a few.

We loved the set design in a zombie room, which incorporated neon toxic barrels, bits of a car, a zombie hidden behind a fence who even squirted a liquid at us. Another memorable vignette was in the Hostel room, which included loads of props and fully realised workroom/kitchen-like area. We traversed a spider corridor with webbing everywhere and a creepy spider-creature projection, a room from Rosemary’s Baby including a doll house split open with light shining out, a clown room full of balloons and a clown projection, and a Scream room with neon graphics. Hay strewn all over the floors had a great effect in the space, and in addition to getting squirted at with water we also had things thrown at us by crazed killers, which heightened the sensory experience. What was perhaps most refreshing in terms of design in this space was that the creative team weren’t afraid of light. Despite the bones of the maze being built out of a temporary structure, the team didn’t try to shroud this all in darkness. The rooms were beautifully lit so that we could see all the designs and the menace of the characters themselves, and nothing of this brightness took away from the level of scares provided.

We were really impressed with just how many actors this haunt packed in for such a compact maze, with actors seemingly coming at us from all sides – they were absolutely relentless! Each and every vignette seemed to have at least one or two actors attached, who often followed us into further vignettes, leaving us sometimes with no escape. The actors were amazing and we felt extremely threatened. Jason and Freddy were particularly frightening, as was a nun who seemed to come at us out of nowhere. While some of the cast were there for shock frights and stalking, others were more interactive, including a girl in the Rosemary’s Baby room and some really disconcerting clowns. The strongest performance of the night was probably the actress who played Regan from The Exorcist, whose controlled movements had us thinking she was an animatronic until it was too late! Costumes, makeup and masks were simple but fully fleshed out, creating realistic characters that all audiences would be familiar with from iconic horror movies.

The scare strengths in this maze were certainly from the actors themselves, who were very believable in their threatening manners. We loved the entrances from some of the killers – there were some dividers within the space that required unzipping, and at various moments actors would start to unzip these themselves with a weapon, such as a knife or in Freddy’s case his razor-sharp bladed glove. Despite the space not being shrouded in darkness it was moments like these when actors had successful ways of hiding and then coming out at us, with another memorable moment being a nun who seemed to come out of nowhere and charge at us. Other times actors weren’t hiding at all, but in fact standing stock still amongst other animatronics and props, only waiting ‘til the perfect moment to release their frozen stance and attack. Scares consistently came at us, creating quite an intense few minutes. We didn’t think the chainsaw finish at the finale of the maze outside matched the strength of the scares inside, but it was a fun complement to the indoor experience.

With a ticket price of £17.50 and a walkthrough time of roughly 6 minutes, this haunt experience is a little pricey for the time it takes to venture through. Granted, this is a London attraction, and actor, build and running costs are high, so we understand the price point in those regards. We do think the experience is of incredible quality for a temporary structure in the middle of a park in South London, and the level of detail with the set designs and the strength of the acting made us want to experience this walkthrough more than once. Despite the high price point we think this attraction is well worth a visit – it’s a fresh perspective on what a scare maze can be, and is incredibly immersive and beautiful to walk through. The late running hours mean it’s an easy addition to other spooky or celebratory plans on a weekend night, and with London scare attractions few and far between this is definitely a must-do in our opinion for horror lovers who can’t easily escape the city. We had the absolute pleasure to meet and chat with the creative team after our experience and their passion for what they do and what they created was obvious to see, and we can’t wait to see how they continue to grow in the years to come.