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Halloween Experience: Dungeon of the Doomed   For 2017, our intrepid visitors had to avoid the sharp blades of the axeman as they set intrepid foot inside the Dungeon of the Doomed!

Another enclosed walkthrough, it featured new sets, motorised props including a full-size guillotine, gallows and torture rack, as well as a brand new cast of animated figures. It was a fantastic dry evening, and a record 400 people came to see us!
 
 
            “The dungeon show had a really nice mix of different tricks and effects. I wanted to build some big moving props that would create shocks and surprises, such as the guillotine and the torture rack. These were all animated with motor systems along with a series of pneumatic figures. There was a lot going on but thankfully it all worked brilliantly on the night!"

James, designer
 
           
           
 
           

 

Date held: Tuesday 31st October 2017
Visitors (approx.): 400
Scare factor: 10/10!
Animated figures/props: 8
Motion-activated effects: 6
Audio soundtracks: 19

 

           
     
         
 

  For 2017, all of the animated figures inside the walkthrough were brought to life by voice artist Darren Altman.

Multiple tracks were recorded for each, and one was selected at random to be played each time a figure was triggered, giving more variation to each journey through the dungeon.
           

   
Take an in-depth look at the 2017 experience in the behind the scares pages, which illustrate the ideas and design of the effects and props, as well as their construction and workings.
  See a complete walkthrough of the dungeon
Take a treacherous trip through the dungeon with this great walkthrough clip
(.mp4, 44.9mb)
 
  James's tour of the dungeon
See how the show works in this special eight-minute feature
(.mp4, 101.0mb)