Hell In A Cell: Hell In A Cellar

By | March 20, 2019

by Hell In A Cell (website)

The Old Crown Courts, Silver Street, BS1 2AG

Bristol

4-10 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Kidnapped and taken prisoner by a sadistic serial killer, you’ll need to work together under pressure to figure out how to free yourselves and escape. You and your team will be locked underground in a 19th century prison cell in the dark, eerie depths of Bristol’s Old Crown Courts. Prepare yourself, both mentally and physically, for a truly horrifying escape from reality.
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Rated between 1.5 and 3.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 7 users
combined with 3 pro reviews

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Escape_2023 expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Colin McKay rated this:Rated between 10 and 10 out of 5
Played: 14 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 60mins Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalpoor hostingdangerousvery difficult😨creepy

We loved the original Hell in a Cell but this is likely to be the worst game we'll ever play.

It may be possible with more people but I can't see how. The first puzzle simply cannot be solved without the intervention of the host. After that the puzzles are of a sort that would be effortless in decent light. 

I'm lost for words to describe how vile the environment is (ok, it's a cellar, so each to their own) but you will get very dirty and handle some really gross props.

I've said "Dangerous" because something happens before you enter the room and you're then led down a flight of stairs. Dear hosts - Prevent the risk of a broken bone or two - do it the other way round!

Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
originalintense😨creepy

My first "scary" game, and such a rush of adrenaline in a fantastic setting

abunai expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5

As an escape room - pretty bad. As a fun scare-experience with friends, well worth doing.

Escape Enthusiast expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
β˜•Joe Brown expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 13/01/16 Team size: 7
Easily the scariest escape game I've found, get chained up with a bag over your head in a jail cell and escape through the dark. Not the best puzzles but amazing atmosphere. Visited again on 21/10/17

Reviews by escape room review sites

Hell in a Cell is a room for a large team, and makes heavy use of darkness and atmospherics. The puzzles would be mostly pretty easy in a brightly lit room... but they're mostly pretty easy anyway, because the staff push you hard in the right direction, giving corrections and guidance the instant you seem in danger of confusion.

As a themed experience, it's well executed and the ending is great. But if you're here for the puzzles, you're going to be frustrated. I suppose a horror-themed room sh...

We are blindly led into the abandoned underground prison cells of Bristol's old Crown Courts to play this escape room which is billed as one of the top scare attractions. What will we make of it?

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