We visited Houdini’s in Thurrock to play a fairly new escape room today: Haunted Hotel. The room had the extra novelty of being situated within an actual hotel! We got out in 36 minutes 43 seconds. That’s not a brag - it just seemed to be missing an extra challenge / puzzle / room and so we felt a little disappointed when we completed it in quite a quick time (unusual for us!) There could have been more in the way of context / storyline.
It was spooky but not particularly terrifying - there was a lack of jump scares which to be fair is not everyone’s cup of tea. However, the theming and decor is brilliant and there was a general sense of unease throughout. Jake our Game Master played his role brilliantly and was suitably creepy.
Overall, this new escape room may need a bit more added to it to really hit Houdini’s high standards, but was still a good adrenaline rush.
