Brace yourselves. The annual Halloween horror attraction Psycho Path is back and if you thought it couldn't get any scarier then think again.
The immersive scare park has been taken shape once more on a vast open-air site in County Durham that feels miles from anywhere and this year it has some particularly horrible new additions. Regulars who have previously experienced the likes of a cornfield maze with terrors lurking around every corner, or the locked-in solitary chills of Isolation, are this year told to expect scares 'fit for a slasher film'.
What's described as an 'apocalyptic wasteland' site at Lintz Hall Farm in Burnopfield now awaits first visitors, with a mix of indoor and outdoor experiences in store. It will preview first to invited guests this Thursday night ahead of its official launch date of October 7.
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And after that it will be open every Friday and Saturday night before its full Halloween stint runs from October 28-31. To build up the spine-tingling momentum for its gory comeback, Psycho Path has come up with ratings for six attractions which it has ranked on a Scare-O-Meter as it prepares to lure in visitors, asking: "How brave will you be this Halloween?"
The first picked out on its scare-score rating is The Thunder Dome which is another new addition for 2022. This is billed as one of its most shocking attractions to date - presumably as its theme is thunder and lightening.
Scarier still and on equal billing on the Scare-O-Meter are the tried-and-tested Corn-ered, the maze that covers 2.5-acres, and iScream, a disorientating clown maze and freak show. Then next upping the ante - and also with a joint scare-score - are Psycho City, where horrifying characters have taken over society, and the new Cutthroat Island.
This features a 1786 ghost ship where those who dare to tread on board will encounter a crew of spooky pirates which could well put visitors off cruises for life. And topping the Psycho Path scare-score board is Isolation, the solitary experience which will test even the hardiest of horror fans.
Visitors must enter alone into this sealed-in container of unknowns where they will be lured through a number of different doors to face terrifying encounters.
Psycho Path fans have been following updates and posts about this year's event on its Facebook page. Among the comments from followers are "just keeps getting better and better" and "can't decide whether I'm excited or terrified when I see this". One said of the new Cutthroat Island attraction: "This looks incredible! buzzing for it!".
Another, who had previously signed up to explore the attractions which make up a trail around the site, admitted: "I bottled them all in 2020; just spent all my time watching the entertainment and hiding from every character." There are plenty of areas where ticket-holders can ease the tension of the night, such as a fairground and a food and drink village where people can warm up and enjoy alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and street food options such as burgers, wraps and churros.
Besides Psycho Path, other events coming up on the site include a child-friendly Halloween run of Family Fright Fest on October 22-23 and 29-30 and then a Bonfire Night celebration called The Big Blaze, with fire shows, food and fireworks, on November 5. For tickets to all the events see here.
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