Fear Factory Live - Review
Fear Factor Live is a brand new scare attraction experience set in the historic Ena Mill in Atherton, nr Manchester.
Upon first arrival in the site, the impressive mill building loomed ominously over the dark car park and apart from a few bright lights in a fourth floor window, the building sat dark and desolate. Once up the stairs, a communal waiting area hosts a pizza kitchen and a well stocked bar which has a large choice of horror themed cocktails. Ominously in two opposing corners of the bar, 2 large entry and exit doors lead through to the attraction.
Once it was our turn to enter we were led into a theatrical intro scene, that started off pleasant enough but soon took a turn for the worse. We don't want to spoil anything, but there is a clever trick in this room that caught all of us by surprise!
The maze itself after then, was far more theatrical than we were expecting, with full on set pieces and scenes played out before us. As we descended deeper into the factory, it was clear that something freaky was afoot, and the mix of characters and effects along the way were both off-putting and fascinating. The route involved quite a few scenes where we were instructed to stop and watch the action, and it is here where the attention to detail and acting came to a fore.
Often in scare mazes - it is be easy to just bloody up some actors and get them to yell meaningless phrases such as "help me" or "get out", but not at Fear Factory Live. Each actor and character had a reason for being there, as well as a story to add to the overall experience. This is where it helped that the team had employed more mature actors, as their roles were definitely more performance led than a standard scare actor.
Not to say that there weren't scares as well! Fear Factory Live perfectly blended the two to give a very unique and fun experience that had us laughing, screaming and (even sometimes) running for our lives!
Another key thing to mention is that this show has a stunt director and several scenes were far more physical than anything we are used to seeing in a standard scare attraction. Again - we don't want to spoil these scenes but they looked very realistic indeed.
Being opening night, there were a couple of simple effects missing which the team have said they will add for the main run. But for a first attempt from this new production company - we cant praise them enough for doing something so different and unique that fits in so closely with the history of the building. It is clear that a lot of work went into the design and build of this show, and we cant wait to see what the team come up with in future years.
Upon first arrival in the site, the impressive mill building loomed ominously over the dark car park and apart from a few bright lights in a fourth floor window, the building sat dark and desolate. Once up the stairs, a communal waiting area hosts a pizza kitchen and a well stocked bar which has a large choice of horror themed cocktails. Ominously in two opposing corners of the bar, 2 large entry and exit doors lead through to the attraction.
Once it was our turn to enter we were led into a theatrical intro scene, that started off pleasant enough but soon took a turn for the worse. We don't want to spoil anything, but there is a clever trick in this room that caught all of us by surprise!
The maze itself after then, was far more theatrical than we were expecting, with full on set pieces and scenes played out before us. As we descended deeper into the factory, it was clear that something freaky was afoot, and the mix of characters and effects along the way were both off-putting and fascinating. The route involved quite a few scenes where we were instructed to stop and watch the action, and it is here where the attention to detail and acting came to a fore.
Often in scare mazes - it is be easy to just bloody up some actors and get them to yell meaningless phrases such as "help me" or "get out", but not at Fear Factory Live. Each actor and character had a reason for being there, as well as a story to add to the overall experience. This is where it helped that the team had employed more mature actors, as their roles were definitely more performance led than a standard scare actor.
Not to say that there weren't scares as well! Fear Factory Live perfectly blended the two to give a very unique and fun experience that had us laughing, screaming and (even sometimes) running for our lives!
Another key thing to mention is that this show has a stunt director and several scenes were far more physical than anything we are used to seeing in a standard scare attraction. Again - we don't want to spoil these scenes but they looked very realistic indeed.
Being opening night, there were a couple of simple effects missing which the team have said they will add for the main run. But for a first attempt from this new production company - we cant praise them enough for doing something so different and unique that fits in so closely with the history of the building. It is clear that a lot of work went into the design and build of this show, and we cant wait to see what the team come up with in future years.
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Very scary - We visited fear factory live tonight we had a brilliant time the staff are really lovely and are brilliant hosts the pizzas were very nice indeed and so were the cocktails too. The maze was fab scary and also funny the actors were all extremely good and nice that we got a picture at the end too that was a nice gesture as well as a complementary shot, we will definitely visit again it's 5 ***** from us girls 😁😁😁
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