It was a fairly mild December evening deep in Somerset at the Shepton Mallet Prison. I always feel prisons are excellent locations for scare attractions as they are naturally a little eerie and this was no exception.
On arrival we were batched into groups and led into a corridor with 80s music and the usual attraction warnings. This was a good way to start the attraction getting the groups into the spirit of things.
This attraction takes you through numerous movies from the 80’s. The theming throughout was brilliant with clearly a large amount of effort put into each scene. You really can’t argue with the quality of The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 or the telephone booth from Bill and Ted.
The attraction used Dungeon like scripted scenes moving the story forward well. There was great audience interaction and participation with eerie and funny moments in equal measure. The actors all worked hard and made us feel part of the experience.
I feel that the attraction would have benefitted from being a little longer with a few more actors and an additional scene or two. I would have also liked a bit more of a finale as the ending fell a little flat leaving the group a little confused as to whether it was over or not.
Saying this though it was a very enjoyable attraction. The actors were fun and engaging and I just can’t put into words how good the theming was.
If you’re in the Somerset area over the weekend Back to Terror definitely worth a visit and for only a fiver you really can’t go wrong.
