Hide and Shriek
Hide and Shriek
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Hide and Shriek is one of the UK's Scariest Attractions and Essex's No. 1 Scare Attraction - featuring a variety of Live Action Scare Experiences throughout the year! Brand New for 2017 - The Séance, discover Southend's Dark Paranormal History in an experience that combines 18th Century Techniques with Theme Park Technology. This is an encounter, that will seem all too real, testing your senses and bravery...
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david a
Southend-on-Sea, UK3 contributions
Jun 2019 • Family
An enjoyable event. You will not know when it's coming. You won't know what it is. At every turn you'll be on your guard, and then aaaarrrhhhh!
Fiendish entertainment.
Fiendish entertainment.
Written August 7, 2019
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Macy S
1 contribution
Oct 2018 • Friends
really wasn't happy with my 'experience' last night, got told our original exorcism experience was cancelled due to 'failed special effects' and got put to so called 'VIP' where (clearly improvisation) there was only 2 actors throughout, the guy took 20 mins just to pour 6 drinks (we wasn't told about.. and they were alcoholic), we then was made to run and stand in this room where the guy from reception soon came with a torch and asked us if we had 'fun'. they clearly had sick staff members, overran or something like that. i was left genuinely saying to the guy "oh is that it?!".. still expecting something more to happen as nothing did. was given complimentary tickets to come back for what we was supposed to be at anyway, after traveling quite a way to get there i'm not happy with my experience. as a group costing us £60 I WOULD NOT recommend to anyone if this service is given to everyone. hoping when we come back we will have the full experience we was supposed to receive initially.
Written October 26, 2018
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nataliefurnish
2 contributions
Oct 2017 • Friends
Very entertaining evening! Excellent venue! Staff and actors were very profession! Over way too soon could have lasted a bit longer. (Story of my life really lol) only in the venue for a short time. Highly recommend a visit.
Written September 19, 2018
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secretstar87
Basildon, UK48 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
Booked a night here with my boyfriend as the hopeful highlight of our weekend away in Southend.
It was ok. Having done a lot of escape rooms and scare fest events, this was ok. The experience is over very quickly and basically requires that you sit in a room with a tape recorder playing for the duration. It is very atmospheric and the story is really good - we were both suitably scared!
Reasons I've only given it a 3 are:
The host, who remains in role from the moment you arrive to when you leave, states that you are to remain in your chair.
When he leaves you, the recording states that you will later be exploring the house you've walked through to get to the room of the seance.
At 1 point, it wasn't clear if we were expected to stay sitting down or to get up. We stood up at 1 point, only to be 'told off' afterwards for not staying seated.
At the end of the short experience, the host hid behind a curtain near to the entrance and jumped out at us with a fake chainsaw - noise blaring! I was so freaked out, as I thought the experience was over, that I ran head long into the glass window of the small waiting room in my panic... I gave myself a nasty bump which bled and had a sore head for a week afterwards.
The host seemed more concerned that I might attempt to sue (which I wouldn't try anyway) than seeing if I was ok and both my boyfriend and I felt the experience wasn't clear or particularly safe, given the confusing and conflicting instructions and the glass not having any paintwork/stickers on etc.
Having been sat in a pitch black room with just strobe lighting for 30 minutes prior to being chased with the chainsaw in a small room wasn't something I'd ever expected or experienced before.
I'd recommend the experience to others - just be aware that it's not quite like any other escape room / scare experience you may have had before!
It was ok. Having done a lot of escape rooms and scare fest events, this was ok. The experience is over very quickly and basically requires that you sit in a room with a tape recorder playing for the duration. It is very atmospheric and the story is really good - we were both suitably scared!
Reasons I've only given it a 3 are:
The host, who remains in role from the moment you arrive to when you leave, states that you are to remain in your chair.
When he leaves you, the recording states that you will later be exploring the house you've walked through to get to the room of the seance.
At 1 point, it wasn't clear if we were expected to stay sitting down or to get up. We stood up at 1 point, only to be 'told off' afterwards for not staying seated.
At the end of the short experience, the host hid behind a curtain near to the entrance and jumped out at us with a fake chainsaw - noise blaring! I was so freaked out, as I thought the experience was over, that I ran head long into the glass window of the small waiting room in my panic... I gave myself a nasty bump which bled and had a sore head for a week afterwards.
The host seemed more concerned that I might attempt to sue (which I wouldn't try anyway) than seeing if I was ok and both my boyfriend and I felt the experience wasn't clear or particularly safe, given the confusing and conflicting instructions and the glass not having any paintwork/stickers on etc.
Having been sat in a pitch black room with just strobe lighting for 30 minutes prior to being chased with the chainsaw in a small room wasn't something I'd ever expected or experienced before.
I'd recommend the experience to others - just be aware that it's not quite like any other escape room / scare experience you may have had before!
Written September 12, 2018
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Gemma P
1 contribution
Mar 2018 • Friends
Experiencing dead centre with my 2 friends was the best night ever!! All the actors were so dedicated and gave it their all! Thoroughly thrilling, hilarious and totally epic experience!!
Written September 1, 2018
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Binks1991
Basildon, UK6 contributions
Apr 2018 • Friends
Went to this with 2 friends, I like to think of myself as brave with these kinds of things but I definitely screamed the whole way through and clung onto my friends for dear life. Definitely worth the £12 we had a great time and came out very out of breath from screaming
Written April 12, 2018
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Louisa B
2 contributions
Apr 2018 • Friends
Absolutely brilliant! Was told I had one of the funniest reactions they’ve seen! So much fun, wish it was longer
Written April 12, 2018
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PhilipMay
Aldeburgh, UK55 contributions
Apr 2018 • Family
I went in a group of 4 with my adult boys for my youngest's 19th birthday; if there had been a sofa there he would have spent the whole time hiding behind it and I would have been there with him! Great concept, we really enjoyed it.
Written April 6, 2018
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Priten P
London, UK4 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
Me and the Mrs found this place searching for things to do in Southend... as the weather was horrible. Managed to book a slot last minute and was well worth the trip. Had food fun and it’s a creepy experience to remember !
Written April 5, 2018
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kparker25
Berkshire, UK2 contributions
Mar 2018 • Family
Absolutely brilliant and well worth the money! Definitely kept my 13 and 14 year old entertained.
Well recommended 👍
Well recommended 👍
Written March 31, 2018
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Julie G
Waltham Abbey, UK5 contributions
hi louisa
how did you book this - every time I look on the website it says event unavailable (or something like that) - I want to go 23rd July - I can give them a call - but by the time I remember I'd imagine the office is close.
thanks
Julie
Pat5y
Benfleet, UK2 contributions
When will the next dates for the zombie experience be announced?
HideAndShriek
Southend-on-Sea, UK
Hi Pat5y,
We hope that we will announce more dates very soon, for early 2018.
Alternatively, we get a cancellation every now and then for the next run in September. If you email us (contact form on our website) we can put you onto the reserve list in the event any tickets become available.
Ella T
London, UK27 contributions
With the dead center zombie experience, what happens if the zombie gets you?
HideAndShriek
Southend-on-Sea, UK
If you're 'caught' by a Zombie - your entire group will face the consequences together, so you won't be singled out or miss out on anything. You'll start together, and finish together - but some hungry zombies will no doubt result in your group experiencing some challenges, thrills and scares along the way!
Pat T
essex161 contributions
Do you do all three attractions when you visit or just one?
Scott R
8 contributions
We've done every event so far from the I scream factory last year to the scream Park last month. It has been fantastic every time and each subsequent event has been better as they have become more experienced
HideAndShriek
Southend-on-Sea, UK
Hi Dennie53,
We are located within the Victoria Shopping Centre in Southend-on-Sea. Duration varies depending on which attraction/event you visit, on average our experiences last 60 minutes but some are longer and others are shorter (duration will be reflected in the price).
Full details on our current event is available via our website.
