Scream Factory 2025 Review

We were kindly invited along to Scream Factory. Whilst we were given 2 free tickets, we have full editorial control of what our review of the event says.

Our Slasher Review

Scream Factory returns with major updates, offering its biggest changes in years. Entry is smooth, leading guests to a lively hub area with food, drinks, a DJ, and roaming scare actors. The event runs on a time-slot system, where visitors are called in by wristband colour.

The attraction is a single continuous trail made up of multiple themed zones, each with its own style of scares and humour. It begins with a colourful clown section, followed by a redesigned Dystopia featuring lasers and pig-like creatures. The Butchers and Hillbilly areas mix comedy and interaction, before the Mines deliver intense, claustrophobic scares. A major new addition is St. Sinisters, a large medical-themed zone replacing the former nuns section, featuring 13 rooms of gory sets, strong character acting, and a balance of horror and humour. Zombies bring close-up terror, while The Restless Hollow offers a quieter, atmospheric graveyard break.The Strangest Things zone pays homage to Stranger Things with immersive sets and lighter scares. The experience ends with a blackout goggle section where guests are guided blindly, heightening tension and surprise.

Overall, Scream Factory delivers a well-paced, creative, and highly entertaining mix of humour, horror, and immersive storytelling—cementing its place as a standout scare event of the season.

Top Tips - Arrive early and enjoy the hub area and all that it has to offer.

Things that bite - We are going to have to really split hairs at this point and say that the ‘hooded’ zone just needs a few more scares to really add to an already fun zone.

Value for Money - Although we were gifted two tickets, Scream Factory is value for money, 100%.

Scare Rating - 4.5 out of 5

Do we recommend - 100% absolutely, we had a fantastic night and will be back again for next year for sure.

Our Stalker Review

Scream factory returns for another year of scares and this year sees the biggest changes to the event in the past few years.  Entry was fairly quick and easy once you reach the ticket booth. Inside you are greeted with the hub area which has food, drink, a dj and roaming characters ready to get terrorise unsuspecting guests. The event runs on a time slot system. You are given a coloured wristband upon entry and once your colour has been called you head into the queue to enter.

Scream Factory is one long trail where you go through different zones, so there is plenty of variety in the types of characters and scenes you will come across. You are thrust immediately into the first zone which is clowns. This zone is bright, its colourful and sets the standard for the rest of the attraction. The scare come thick and fast with humour. It’s a great warm up for what’s to come.

The first change I noticed was the Dystopian tunnel. Instead of a long smoke filled tunnel, it’s been transformed into a dark, lazer filled area with pig like characters who are hiding in the darkness ready to pounce with some clever scares coming from different areas.

We came out of the tunnel and went to the butchers. This is a fun area that gets you to drop your guard with double entendres and uses humour really well. This is further extended on when you go outside and meet the hillbilly folk. Getting told to line up against the fence and then twerk was a particular highlight.

It was time for the mines. It’s a dark, narrow area that brings the terror with scares coming from different angles and different ways with clever use of distraction, lighting and set pieces. The scares are consistent  throughout and it’s just non stop.

Next was their biggest change to previous events with the nuns leaving the event and being replaced by St Sinisters. This doctors themed area is a huge zone with 13 rooms each full of gory looking sets and some brilliant scares and character interactions. From the nurse you meet in the waiting room to the patients wandering the halls, it all comes together really well. There’s a perfect mix of humour and terror including one scene that had me jump right back in shock. They have managed to create a really atmospheric and brilliant zone.

The zombies were next and they were not afraid to get up close and personal. They stalked and really kept up the intensity. This is followed by another new zone, The Restless Hollow. It’s a small zone and is themed to a graveyard where you meet a couple of characters. There isn’t really any scares but it is very atmospheric and it’s almost like a chance to catch a little breather before the last two zones.

Next up was their The Strangest Things zone which is inspired by Stranger Things quite heavily. It’s a beautiful scare zone to see and walk through, with loads of little references. It’s not the scariest zone but it’s just a fun experience and you can very easily get distracted by the sets.

The last zone is their “hooded” zone. Instead of bags, they use blackout goggles which works really well. The scares were fun and obviously where you can’t see them coming they hit a bit harder. Special mention to the actor at the end who had me duck as if I’m about to crawl and then tell me to grab his hand as he led me away before removing my goggles to find out the attraction had ended a good 10 feet away.

Scream Factory is always a fun and terrifying night. It blends great theming, great scares and a fantastic atmosphere and it’s always one of the events we look forward to each scare season.