Sewerby Hall and Gardens is presenting its first ‘Scareoween’ scare attraction for the Halloween season in 2023.

Set inside the historic hall, this brand-new scare entertainment experience for brave families, friends and those who dare to enter will combine live performers and special effects to immerse guests in a walk -through living ghost story…

The production is being designed and produced by AtmosFEAR! Scare Entertainment, Europe’s biggest scare entertainment company, who have produced similar experiences all over the world.

Jason Karl, Creative Director of AtmosFEAR! Scare Entertainment said: “We are excited to bring our unique blend of fun and fear together inside Sewerby Hall this coming ‘scare season’ for Scareoween.

“Guests can expect an immersive story, live scareactors, lighting and sound which will transform the hall into a ghostly adventure”.

Inspired by local history, Scareoween will present a fictitious story set in the Victorian heyday of Spiritualism and the supernatural.

Guests will enter the experience in a small group to explore the darkened interiors of the Hall and encounter a hoard of characters and scares as the story comes to life.

For those who dare to hang around, the spookiness will continue with Eerie Tales in the Courtyard, performed by Spotlight Theatre, where guests will be able to grab refreshments from the Clock Tower Café, to watch, listen and be prepared to be entertained!!!

Councillor Nick Coultish, portfolio holder for culture, leisure and tourism, said : “Scareoween will be a brilliant experience for our brave families in the East Riding, and is further proof that Sewerby Hall and Gardens is truly a year-round attraction. I have no doubt that this will prove very popular, and I very much hope it will become an annual addition to the Sewerby calendar!”

Scareoween will unlock its doors for those brave enough to enter nightly between Thursday, 26 October and Tuesday, 31 October, 2023 from 6pm.

There will be 40 tickets available every 20 minutes, with 12 sessions a night. Sessions will run from 6pm every 20 minutes. The last slot available will be 9.40pm each night (only ten tickets available in this slot).

Tickets must be purchased in advance and will be available for £15 per person online at https://sewerbyhall.co.uk/scareoween

The event is suitable for those aged 10+ and all under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Full terms and conditions are online.

Following the sell-out success of Samlesbury Hall’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ in 2022, the hall presents ‘Lot 13 – A New Ghost Story for Christmas’ in 2023.

Lancashire’s most haunted hall will once again become the backdrop for A Ghost Story for Christmas when a brand new spine-tingling seasonal play titled Lot 13 opens at Samlesbury Hall, near Preston, in December 2023.

Sharon Jones, Director of Samlesbury Hall said “Christmas and ghost stories go hand in hand, and we have established our annual ghost plays over the last two years.  For our third year we are breaking the mould by offering something new that has never been seen before, and we are excited to present this dramatic new ghost story to audiences looking for a family-friendly spine-chilling experience.”

The 40-minute production is designed for families and lovers of ghost stories and is now an annual event at the Hall.  The audience will ‘travel through time’ as the ghostly Christmas tale comes vividly to life in four dimensions, and will be guided through the rooms of the hall as they watch each scene of the story unfold.

Jason Karl, from AtmosFEAR! Scare Entertainment, who are producing the play said “Lot 13 is a brand new ghost story which was inspired by the legendary 18^th century tale ‘The Mistletoe Bough’.  It has been adapted with an additional plotline and is set simultaneously in the present day and in the roaring 1920’s.  The audience are invited to attend the hall’s ‘Christmas Auction’ of antiques, but not everything is as it seems, and someone ends up paying a higher price than they bargained for…  Featuring a tragic game of hide-and-seek and a shocking discovery, Lot 13 offers the perfect seasonal thrill, set against the spectacular backdrop of historic Samlesbury Hall”.

Lot 13 – A New Ghost Story for Christmas combines live actors and theatrical storytelling to present a promenade theatre experience.  Performances last approximately 40 minutes and begin at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm on the 17^th, 18^th, 19^th, 20^th, 21^st and 22nd December 2022.  Tickets are £20 (+ booking fee) per person and must be booked in advance at https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/Samlesbury-Hall/

Newsham Scream Park is coming this Halloween

• The historic and haunted site in Liverpool becomes Newsham Scream Park this Halloween.
• Three terrifying scare attractions will wind through the building’s creepy corridors and decaying dormitories, filled with horrifying thrills at every turn – Insanitorium, The Orphanage and strictly aged 18+ HELLuminati
• Newsham Scream Park will be the UK’s scariest Halloween destination this autumn.
• Asylum Entertainment Limited have teamed up with one of the Europe’s biggest scare attraction companies to create the blood-curdling experience.
• Open on selected dates between Friday 13^th October to Sunday 5^th November.
• Tickets on sale at newshamscreampark.com

Imposingly stood on the fringes of Newsham Park, a derelict building stands tall. With bright afternoon sun falling upon the brickwork, it could easily be mistaken for an old hotel left to ruin – its windows boarded up, perimeters overgrown.

But this is no ordinary place. This is Newsham Park Hospital in Liverpool.

Long ago, the Victorian Grade II listed building was the site of a Seamen’s orphanage, hospital, asylum and nursing home and now, by night, the walls echo with fragmented memories. Dark passages lead to shadowy basements and staircases descend into darkness, where claustrophobic spaces link to the past. Eddies of dust swirl across the courtyard when there’s no wind. A pervasive chill lingers in the main rooms and halls no matter the time of year. The site has wheelchairs and trolleys from decades ago, instruments of control and suppression.

Long since abandoned to the elements, Newsham Park Hospital is a mecca for ghost hunters and spectral thrill seekers, with many claiming to have seen spirits, heard whispers or felt the touch of something cold on their spine. It is regularly cited as one of the UK’s most haunted buildings, stalked by those who used to govern it or be its unfortunate guests. Many believe its history has left an indelible presence lurking in the corners, emerging only at night.

And this Halloween, something truly terrifying will stalk the cursed corridors and decayed dormitories – Newsham Scream Park.

Asylum Entertainment Limited have teamed up with one of Europe’s biggest scare attraction companies take over the derelict building and create a horrifying Halloween vision which will have no comparison. Three scare attractions will terrify guests – Insanitorium, The Orphanage and the strictly aged 18+ HELLuminati. Each experience will wind through the dark bowels of the building, filled with deepening dread and moments of sheer blood-curdling panic, as guests follow each nightmarish path through Newsham Scream Park.

Insanitorium and The Orphanage are included in the base ticket price and HELLuminati is extra with dates running from Friday 13^th October to Sunday 5^th November. The courtyard at Newsham Scream Park will include live music and DJs, a licensed bar, food vendors and an array of tarot card readers, mystics, spirit board guides and other curious characters.

Newsham Scream Park – The Three Scare Attractions

Insanitorium – The Doctor will see you now…

Check in for your appointment at The Goodwell Institute, where the masterminds of unethical medical science are attempting to discover the answer to the eternal question: what happens to the soul after death?

But be warned, The Invasia Procedure is not going to plan, and now delirium rules the wards inside the Insanitorium – you would be MAD to miss it…

The Orphanage – There will be no mercy…

Since 1913 The Blessed Sisters of Mercy have housed orphaned and unwanted waifs and strays at The Orphanage, providing an education and a home, dictated by a stern religious philosophy.

But home is not always where the heart is, and at the rotten core of the sisterhood dwells an ancient evil first invoked by Sister Mary Mercy, and which must be appeased in the most diabolic way…

HELLuminati – Membership is open

Hidden within the bowels of the Asylum lies the headquarters of an ancient secret society known as the Helluminati; a worldwide network of wealthy individuals with omnipotent global control.

The members amuse themselves by doctoring what they call ‘the meat’; obtained by illegal auctions in the deepest parts of the dark web.

Membership is now open. But are you suitable to join the sick and twisted minds of the members, and their enigmatic leader – Omega, inside HELLuminati, or are you simply ‘meat’?

Tickets go on sale on Friday 7^th July for Newsham Scream Park.

Newsham Scream Park
Running from Friday 13^th – Sunday 5^th November on selected dates
11B Orphan Dr, Tuebrook, Liverpool, L6 7UL
First scare maze from 6pm – last entry to mazes is 9.30pm
Insanitorium and The Orphanage – £25 + booking fee
HELLuminati – £15 per pair + booking fee (strictly aged 18+ only)
Tickets go on sale Friday 7^th July from: www.newshamscreampark.com

Lancashire’s most haunted hall will offer a free-to-attend Treasure Haunt experience for families on selected dates throughout October 2023.

The interactive challenge pits visitors to follow the clues through 6 rooms of Samlesbury Hall in order to discover a secret word which, when correctly discovered, unlocks a Halloween treat from the Wafflery Café.

Sharon Jones, Director of Samlesbury Hall said “Halloween is always a time for fun, and Samlesbury Hall is the perfect place for a family treasure hunting game.  Our free admission event will allow visitors to explore the hall during Halloween season, with nothing scary, no special effects or actors, and no Anneka Rice!”

Halloween Treasure Haunt will be available on selected dates throughout October 2023, there is no need to book, just turn up.  Please check the website for exact dates and times at www.samlesburyhall.co.uk

AtmosFEAR! Scare Entertainment has been commissioned to bring the past back to life at Samlesbury Hall in Lancashire, as part of a wider re-interpretation project of the building and its complex history.

Set to open later this year, two new rooms which have not been open to the public before will tell the tales of the buildings haunted past in four dimensions, giving visitors the opportunity to experience a ‘moment in time which might have been‘ as they uncover the secrets of witchcraft and hauntings at the hall.

Keep an eye on the hall’s social media channels for more details as they emerge at www.samlesburyhall.co.uk

Following the sell-out success of Samlesbury Hall’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ promenade theatre production in 2021, the hall presents ‘Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol’ for 2022…

Lancashire’s most haunted hall will once again become the backdrop for A Ghost Story for Christmas when a new spine-tingling seasonal adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol opens at Samlesbury Hall, near Preston, on selected nights in December 2022.

Lauren Machin, Deputy Director of Samlesbury Hall said “after the success of our first A Ghost Story for Christmas production in 2021, we are excited to present this Christmas classic in a brand-new way, inviting the audience to step into the story, as the theatre unfolds around them.  It is particularly apt that we are presenting Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as the famous writer is said to have once stayed at the hall!”

The 40-minute production is designed for families and lovers of ghost stories and is now an annual offering at the Hall. The audience will travel back in time as the ghostly Christmas tale comes vividly to life in four dimensions and will be guided through the rooms of the hall as they watch each scene in the story unfold.

Jason Karl, from AtmosFEAR! Scare Entertainment, who are producing the play said “this classic story lends itself to the historical setting of Samlesbury Hall, and we are looking forward to bringing each of the ghosts to life using Victorian theatrical techniques to create an uplifting and suitably seasonal chill…”.

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol combines live actors and theatrical storytelling to present a promenade theatre play which invites the audience to ‘step into the story’.  Performances last approximately 40 minutes and begin at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm on various nights in December 2022.  Tickets are £20 (+ booking fee) per person and must be booked in advance at https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/Samlesbury-Hall/

We recently designed and wrote a brand-new dinosaur show for Blackgang Chine theme park on the Isle of Wight.  The show includes live performers and actormatronics to bring to life an encounter with dinosaurs!

Jurassica Dinosaur Encounter is a ‘ROARsome’ new interactive dinosaur show for 2022. From Restricted Area 5, palaeontologist Doctor Livingstone, and his overly enthusiastic assistant Phoenix (…his real name is Eugene!) are showcasing their dinosaurs!

You can see the show at Blackganc Chine now, book your tickets at www.blackgangchine.com.

We recently re-designed a retail space for our clients Jokers Attractions at their ‘Athens Hall of Horrors’ attraction in Athens, Greece.

The shop offers instant photographic souvenirs and merchandise from the scare attraction.

You can visit the shop at Athens Hall of Horrors – www.athenshallofhorrors.gr.

We recently designed and wrote a brand-new cowboy stunt show for Blackgang Chine theme park on the Isle of Wight.

There is a buzz around Buffalo Creek! There’s gold in them there hills… Black Gold!  The townsfolk have discovered oil under the town and are gonna break through any day now…

But all is not well, The Boot Hill Gang have got wind of the discovery and plan to seize the town and claim the oil for themselves. But with the Sheriff out of town can the Deputy ‘hold the fort’ and fight off the Boot Hill Gang? Will the Sheriff return in time to save the day? Will the Boot Hill Gang become rich beyond their dreams? Only time will tell. This action-packed show combines thrilling fights, live gun fire, magic, fire and pyrotechnic effects to keep the audience on the edge of their seats!

See ‘Black Gold in Buffalo Creek’ all summer at Blackgang Chine – book your tickets now at www.blackgangchine.com

Athens Hall of Horrors has opened its doors and invites you to a unique and terrifying live scare attraction experience in Athens, Greece…

The brand new big-budget haunted house attraction delivers a realistic house of horror combining live scareactors, animatronics, lighting, sound, and scent effects to create an immersive narrative-driven experience of 20-minutes, over three floors.

The only attraction of its kind in Greece, Athens Hall of Horrors is presented by Jokers Attractions, and was designed and produced by AtmosFEAR! Scare Entertainment in the UK.

The experience takes place in Hellaton Hall Hotel – a fictional hotel where a libertine Venetian Count has set his murder house.  After selling his soul to a demon he is now immortal – but must provide sacrifice to his Master in order to ensure his immortality prevails…

Athens Hall of Horrors is located in the center of Athens at 99 Ermou Street, in Monastiraki.  The attraction is open daily from 5pm and on weekends from 10am.

Tickets are available at the box office or from the website www.athenshallofhorrors.gr

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