Project Fear: Review
I feel I have to start this review with a simple statement – I hated Project Fear. I hated the interrogation, I hated being marched round with a hood on my head, and I hated the violent and threatening nature of many of the scenes.
There was NOTHING inside this attraction that could be considered enjoyable or fun and we would be surprised if anyone actually said they enjoyed it. From the start, GNG set out to shock and take people out of their comfort zones, and for this they have to be commended, as Project Fear is easily the most frighteningly uncomfortable thing we have ever experienced.
But it was a different fear to what we are used to. Lacking in impact scares, Project Fear is all about real situations, with real people. Most of the time I had a real fear that I was going to be hurt or injured (especially when being man-handled around a room, with my arms tied together with cable ties).
Clearly the opening scene was the worst one, and the place where most people ended up saying the safety word that would stop the show. This was deliberately designed to test people, and anyone brave enough to survive that was then treated to the rest of the show. Although we knew this was an actor, the abuse and physical nature of this scene meant it was very difficult not to say the safety word a number of times.
After this, the show continued to tackle extreme subjects such as child abuse and incest, extra marital sex, drug taking etc. Hooded between scenes and led by a leather-clad gimp, we were thrust into each scenario face first and didn’t get chance to breathe before the next level of abuse kicked in.
The actors throughout were some of the strongest we have seen in recent experiences, especially as the situations were so believable and frightening. The promised full frontal nudity was pretty full on by Saturday evening, and respect should be paid to the actor brave enough to be on full public display for so long.
The final scene, and our final redemption from this sick and twisted world, played out differently depending on the size of the guest. Smaller guests were “treated” to a near burial experience, while the taller (or larger) guests had to endure more abuse and humiliation with a gun.
The show ended in a bar, and quite frankly most people needed a drink on their exit. Those who had experienced it sharing knowing glances with each other, without wanting to give anything away to those about to go in.
I started this review by saying that I hated Project Fear, but surely this has to be music to the ears of the creative team behind the show? It was designed to push people further than any other scare attraction and they have managed this completely. The scenarios and situations they have created are exceptionally strong and compelling, especially as this has effectively been created in an empty couple of rooms populated with enthusiastic and talented actors.
There was NOTHING inside this attraction that could be considered enjoyable or fun and we would be surprised if anyone actually said they enjoyed it. From the start, GNG set out to shock and take people out of their comfort zones, and for this they have to be commended, as Project Fear is easily the most frighteningly uncomfortable thing we have ever experienced.
But it was a different fear to what we are used to. Lacking in impact scares, Project Fear is all about real situations, with real people. Most of the time I had a real fear that I was going to be hurt or injured (especially when being man-handled around a room, with my arms tied together with cable ties).
Clearly the opening scene was the worst one, and the place where most people ended up saying the safety word that would stop the show. This was deliberately designed to test people, and anyone brave enough to survive that was then treated to the rest of the show. Although we knew this was an actor, the abuse and physical nature of this scene meant it was very difficult not to say the safety word a number of times.
After this, the show continued to tackle extreme subjects such as child abuse and incest, extra marital sex, drug taking etc. Hooded between scenes and led by a leather-clad gimp, we were thrust into each scenario face first and didn’t get chance to breathe before the next level of abuse kicked in.
The actors throughout were some of the strongest we have seen in recent experiences, especially as the situations were so believable and frightening. The promised full frontal nudity was pretty full on by Saturday evening, and respect should be paid to the actor brave enough to be on full public display for so long.
The final scene, and our final redemption from this sick and twisted world, played out differently depending on the size of the guest. Smaller guests were “treated” to a near burial experience, while the taller (or larger) guests had to endure more abuse and humiliation with a gun.
The show ended in a bar, and quite frankly most people needed a drink on their exit. Those who had experienced it sharing knowing glances with each other, without wanting to give anything away to those about to go in.
I started this review by saying that I hated Project Fear, but surely this has to be music to the ears of the creative team behind the show? It was designed to push people further than any other scare attraction and they have managed this completely. The scenarios and situations they have created are exceptionally strong and compelling, especially as this has effectively been created in an empty couple of rooms populated with enthusiastic and talented actors.
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Whether we will ever see anything of the likes of Project Fear again, we can’t say. The guys have created a legacy that would be nigh on impossible to top without breaking the law and to be quite frank, would there even be a commercial opportunity for scares of this scale? Most scares and scare attractions, although inherently scary, leave people on a high and laughing about what they had just experienced. After Project Fear, we just all felt grubby and used and the mood in the bar was downbeat and subdued .
It was a brave move and one that GNG productions should be commended for. The show pushed many buttons that most scare attractions wouldn’t dare to even think about, and manipulated people in quite a cruel and sadistic way. The fact that we were so scared and hated the show so much, shows what an amazing job they did in creating an unconventional and challenging production.
Michael Bolton
ScareTOUR
25/06/69
It was a brave move and one that GNG productions should be commended for. The show pushed many buttons that most scare attractions wouldn’t dare to even think about, and manipulated people in quite a cruel and sadistic way. The fact that we were so scared and hated the show so much, shows what an amazing job they did in creating an unconventional and challenging production.
Michael Bolton
ScareTOUR
25/06/69
You Review
I loved this from start to finish!! A big round of applause to the GNG team once again!! But I didn't see any nudity :-( gutted at that!! But is that because I'm a girl or because I went before nine o'clock?! X
You Review 2
What can I say about this attraction, it was very unpleasant, I was saying the safety word over and over in my head, but not out loud.
So I thought the first room was amazing being drag backwards by my feet down a long corridor with my head bagged is not my normal idea of a Sunday night out! Then the loud Irish man half drown me while also making me do a extreme abdominal work out. ( which I am suffering for still ).
Then the next room with the apparent “ child “ was very disturbing indeed this could bring back some bad memories for some people.
After been ejected by the dirty uncle and forced to lick his bare bum, which is not my cup of tea! I get bagged again and then am put in the room with a very angry big hard looking black drug dealer who proceeded to try and rob me while smashing me into a wall.
After this scene came one of my favourite scenes I get the bag taken off again and to my delight is a very attractive young girl seducing me on a double bed, after she climb on top of me and asked me to undo her bra to which I obliged. Within seconds of this a very tall and very naked man is dragging me off and catching me in the face with his thing to which I will be telling my therapist we can forget about mum for a while because we have new bag of tricks to talk about.
Then I’m bagged again ruffed up and thrown into a coffin (the most horrible feeling ever) with a mobile phone on my chest, the phone rang I answered and was told I was gonna be saved and not to worry. After that I heard a lot of gun fire the lid flew open and I was pushed out into a bar full of laughing people. All in all this was a amazing attraction and very well done to the company for trying this. It wasn’t a scare attraction it was more of a real life thriller.
I have been looking at the other forums and reviews on this show and I was quite surprised to read the comparisons with black out in New York. Yeah, I guess comparisons can be made if you put the 2 side by side but if you drill down there nothing like each other. I was privileged enough to go through blackout when I was in New York for a family gathering and seeing as no one on here seems to know what it is I will explain a bit. It IS extreme, it IS an amazing experience and, thinking about it, I actually preferred Black Out due to it being more perverse (not than I’m a sicko!!) BUT is nothing like Project Fear was. Yes, they both give you a safety word, yes, you go through both alone and yes, you get bagged in both BUT I went to a home haunt in Winter haven, Florida, way back in 2002 where you went through alone and were bagged and tie wrapped. With that in mind, did both attractions “borrow” their ideas from this home haunt that opened up years before either of the other 2 attractions did? I guess its like comparing roller coasters, comparing the 2 is like saying B&M ripped off the now defunct Arrow Dynamics when they designed their wing coaster, thinking of course about X at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Yes, on the outside some similarities are obvious BUT they are 2 completely different styles and experiences which ride completely different.
So I thought the first room was amazing being drag backwards by my feet down a long corridor with my head bagged is not my normal idea of a Sunday night out! Then the loud Irish man half drown me while also making me do a extreme abdominal work out. ( which I am suffering for still ).
Then the next room with the apparent “ child “ was very disturbing indeed this could bring back some bad memories for some people.
After been ejected by the dirty uncle and forced to lick his bare bum, which is not my cup of tea! I get bagged again and then am put in the room with a very angry big hard looking black drug dealer who proceeded to try and rob me while smashing me into a wall.
After this scene came one of my favourite scenes I get the bag taken off again and to my delight is a very attractive young girl seducing me on a double bed, after she climb on top of me and asked me to undo her bra to which I obliged. Within seconds of this a very tall and very naked man is dragging me off and catching me in the face with his thing to which I will be telling my therapist we can forget about mum for a while because we have new bag of tricks to talk about.
Then I’m bagged again ruffed up and thrown into a coffin (the most horrible feeling ever) with a mobile phone on my chest, the phone rang I answered and was told I was gonna be saved and not to worry. After that I heard a lot of gun fire the lid flew open and I was pushed out into a bar full of laughing people. All in all this was a amazing attraction and very well done to the company for trying this. It wasn’t a scare attraction it was more of a real life thriller.
I have been looking at the other forums and reviews on this show and I was quite surprised to read the comparisons with black out in New York. Yeah, I guess comparisons can be made if you put the 2 side by side but if you drill down there nothing like each other. I was privileged enough to go through blackout when I was in New York for a family gathering and seeing as no one on here seems to know what it is I will explain a bit. It IS extreme, it IS an amazing experience and, thinking about it, I actually preferred Black Out due to it being more perverse (not than I’m a sicko!!) BUT is nothing like Project Fear was. Yes, they both give you a safety word, yes, you go through both alone and yes, you get bagged in both BUT I went to a home haunt in Winter haven, Florida, way back in 2002 where you went through alone and were bagged and tie wrapped. With that in mind, did both attractions “borrow” their ideas from this home haunt that opened up years before either of the other 2 attractions did? I guess its like comparing roller coasters, comparing the 2 is like saying B&M ripped off the now defunct Arrow Dynamics when they designed their wing coaster, thinking of course about X at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Yes, on the outside some similarities are obvious BUT they are 2 completely different styles and experiences which ride completely different.
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