Trinity Scares 2024
There are so many routes a Halloween event can take, from the classic clowns and chainsaws to some of the more bizarre and often comical takes on spooky season. This is why we often enjoy the various ‘multi-part’ attractions across the country, as they can cram it all into one attraction. This year's Trinity Scares event did just that.
The event is a multi-part attraction lasting around one hour and is based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As well as the main event there’s also a courtyard where you can enjoy a drink, take on a bucking pumpkin ride, explore a creepy cave (more on that later!) or just grab a drink and take in the Halloween atmosphere. You enter via this courtyard and wait for your time to enter the scare zone.
This years event starts with a mini escape room as you are locked in a cage and challenged to find the code to get out - we must admit we failed miserably at this and failed to find the specific upside down number on the wall of hundreds! Luckily after a few minutes our jailers took pity on us and launched us into the scare zone.
Last year we were impressed by the number of different scenes and set pieces and this years event was no different. Returning was one of our favourites from last year, a fairground that eerily lit up as you entered and we were greeted to a rather unique ride on the tea cups. But we were also pleased to see some new scenes this year including a ‘day of the dead’ inspired town with a clever jump scare that led to a very close encounter for one of our group.
But the standout new scene for us had to be ‘Christmas’. The best Halloween events mix scares with comedy and this was the perfect example of this. We were jumping one moment and laughing the next as we were led into Santa’s grotto to be terrorised by elves and the big man himself. In the main crux of the scene, all kinds of madness was let loose as a member of our group was dragged to a coffin, elves appeared from everywhere and Santa ended up picking a fight with a Christmas tree. It was one of those moments we’ll remember well from this year’s Halloween and although a few attractions have tried to mix Christmas into scare events before, this was easily one of our favourites.
Another thing we really enjoyed about the attraction, was the actors ability to make the scares a little more personal. Several scenes would see one or two members of our group picked out for a specific activity or scare. There was also lots of interaction with our group which we really enjoyed. Doing this helped to mix the group up a lot throughout the maze meaning everyone got a chance to lead and be followed along at the back! We mentioned last year that the energy of the actors at this attraction was to be commended and this was certainly the case again in 2024. Some great examples of this were in a couple of ambush scenes where actors would be hidden within the trees before coming at us with some pace to split the group in all directions as we ran to escape. It was also great that some actors and scenes were used to create suspense and atmosphere - not everything has to be a jump scare and having some actors slow the pace from time-to-time helped to make the next jump a bigger and better surprise.
That said, we did feel that in some areas of the maze there were some dead points with not a lot happening - although this can sometimes be a good thing if you’re in the middle of the woods and anticipating a scare, we did walk around a relatively long area towards the end with plain black walls and nothing happening. A small amount of theming and an actor or two in these areas may have helped the flow and pacing a little to keep a consistent experience. But this is a small criticism for what is on the whole a very enjoyable event.
After a thrilling finale we were back in the courtyard and onto that Cave we mentioned. For an additional £5 you had the option to explore a 100 meter cave in total darkness. There are no actors here, but the cave is genuinely tight and at times had us even more scared than the maze itself. Luckily we managed to crouch, crawl and clamber though (although our knees certainly felt it by then end). This was a great little addition and were pleased to see it - we know the team have plans to add even more additional attractions to the courtyard area in the future and we look forward to seeing how this develops.
We really enjoyed our time at Trinity Scares and left having had some good frights and even better laughs. The team here have created an extremely enjoyable attraction in a short space of time and we look forward to seeing how it continues to grow in future years.
The event is a multi-part attraction lasting around one hour and is based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As well as the main event there’s also a courtyard where you can enjoy a drink, take on a bucking pumpkin ride, explore a creepy cave (more on that later!) or just grab a drink and take in the Halloween atmosphere. You enter via this courtyard and wait for your time to enter the scare zone.
This years event starts with a mini escape room as you are locked in a cage and challenged to find the code to get out - we must admit we failed miserably at this and failed to find the specific upside down number on the wall of hundreds! Luckily after a few minutes our jailers took pity on us and launched us into the scare zone.
Last year we were impressed by the number of different scenes and set pieces and this years event was no different. Returning was one of our favourites from last year, a fairground that eerily lit up as you entered and we were greeted to a rather unique ride on the tea cups. But we were also pleased to see some new scenes this year including a ‘day of the dead’ inspired town with a clever jump scare that led to a very close encounter for one of our group.
But the standout new scene for us had to be ‘Christmas’. The best Halloween events mix scares with comedy and this was the perfect example of this. We were jumping one moment and laughing the next as we were led into Santa’s grotto to be terrorised by elves and the big man himself. In the main crux of the scene, all kinds of madness was let loose as a member of our group was dragged to a coffin, elves appeared from everywhere and Santa ended up picking a fight with a Christmas tree. It was one of those moments we’ll remember well from this year’s Halloween and although a few attractions have tried to mix Christmas into scare events before, this was easily one of our favourites.
Another thing we really enjoyed about the attraction, was the actors ability to make the scares a little more personal. Several scenes would see one or two members of our group picked out for a specific activity or scare. There was also lots of interaction with our group which we really enjoyed. Doing this helped to mix the group up a lot throughout the maze meaning everyone got a chance to lead and be followed along at the back! We mentioned last year that the energy of the actors at this attraction was to be commended and this was certainly the case again in 2024. Some great examples of this were in a couple of ambush scenes where actors would be hidden within the trees before coming at us with some pace to split the group in all directions as we ran to escape. It was also great that some actors and scenes were used to create suspense and atmosphere - not everything has to be a jump scare and having some actors slow the pace from time-to-time helped to make the next jump a bigger and better surprise.
That said, we did feel that in some areas of the maze there were some dead points with not a lot happening - although this can sometimes be a good thing if you’re in the middle of the woods and anticipating a scare, we did walk around a relatively long area towards the end with plain black walls and nothing happening. A small amount of theming and an actor or two in these areas may have helped the flow and pacing a little to keep a consistent experience. But this is a small criticism for what is on the whole a very enjoyable event.
After a thrilling finale we were back in the courtyard and onto that Cave we mentioned. For an additional £5 you had the option to explore a 100 meter cave in total darkness. There are no actors here, but the cave is genuinely tight and at times had us even more scared than the maze itself. Luckily we managed to crouch, crawl and clamber though (although our knees certainly felt it by then end). This was a great little addition and were pleased to see it - we know the team have plans to add even more additional attractions to the courtyard area in the future and we look forward to seeing how this develops.
We really enjoyed our time at Trinity Scares and left having had some good frights and even better laughs. The team here have created an extremely enjoyable attraction in a short space of time and we look forward to seeing how it continues to grow in future years.
Very scary - This year was our 3rd visit. We have been every year since it started up. The sets are amazing, and the actors are very composed and stay in character. It gets scarier each year, and we get excited for it every year ! It is amazing to see the effort put into this event, the sets are incredible. Very worth the money considering it takes over an hour to walk around. Involved walking, crawling, sliding - kept very entertained !
I don't get scared very easily, but my niece was petrified at various points around the maze. All the actors were brilliant, staying in character when I was trying to make them laugh, telling them jokes etc. Definitely recommend and definitely returning next year.
Very scary. The actors were absolutely fantastic! Great value for money as it lasted about an hour. Very good jump scares and costumes. Would highly recommend!!
Mildly scary. First ever visit to this scare event tonight - Wed 23 Oct 2024. Disappointed… starting area okay but then a long walk between various buildings and marquees where at times there is a lack of scarers or anything happening. Some of the scarers were just watching us walk past or just staring at our group… sadly not many jump scares - and definitely not scary enough compared to other events.
Trinity Scares 2023
Located at Trinity Park in Ipswich, Suffolk, Trinity Scares is a relatively new event, having launched shortly after the Covid pandemic. The attraction itself is a multi-part maze lasting around an hour with various themes and scares along the way.
But for us, the scares started even earlier as we were parked up by a killer clown who enjoyed mocking ours and the other drivers inability to park alongside each other in the dark! This instantly got us in the mood for a fright and we were impressed as we walked up to the circus style holding area. This was great and full of roaming characters who kept us entertained while we waited for our time to enter the maze. The arena area also has food, drink, stage shows and even a bucking pumpkin ride - which we weren’t great at! The atmosphere here was excellent and really added to the experience. Although we were quickly ushered into the maze, you come back to this courtyard area at the end, giving you time to get a bite to eat and enjoy the show and characters throughout the area.
We were soon called to enter the maze itself which starts through a small door to a house. There was a nice jump scare in the initial briefing before being guided onto the maze route itself. We started in a mesmerising maze with dead ends and blindingly disorientating lighting, which led us to a classic scare scene of the dummies who may come to life - this opening scene certainly got our group on edge for what was to come.
As we progressed through, we really liked the attractions use of defined scenes, including a graveyard, scarecrow pumpkin patch, clinic and our personal favourite, a huge funfair that suddenly illuminated in front of us as we walked towards it, bursting into life and full of clowns who were very keen to get to know us. This scene culminated in a very unique ride on the tea cups, certainly something we’ve not seen half way around a maze before! Another scene played out and saw one of our party pulled into the stocks for laughing too much. They remained locked in as the rest of us headed off and left them to be torment of the actor in charge of the stocks. These fun scenes helped add variety to the experience breaking up the jump scares with creative ideas.
Lighting was used to great effect throughout the attraction, making us disorientated in some sections (some of the most intense strobes we have seen!), creating great reveals for some of the scenes and managing to spectacularly hide scares in others. One example of this was a chainsaw scare. We were in a huge room, but due to the clever placing of the lighting, could not see (or hear) the chainsaw weilder until they ran straight for us. Chainsaws are of course very commonplace at attractions these days so for one to genuinely surprise and scare us so much was fantastic and a real highlight of the night.
And that brings us onto the actors themselves. We were so impressed with the amount of energy the team had as they ran at us, grabbed us and terrorised us around the route. Special shoutouts go to the cheeky clown and his doors of doom, the angry ‘no laughing’ lady with the stocks, Jason and Michael in the green room and the manically laughing patient at the clinic who stalked us throughout! We also enjoyed that the roaming actors from the entrance area also spent time in the maze - the proximity of this to the scare zone made it easy for them to switch between both. This was fun as we came across a clockwork doll and a nun who clearly wanted to be our friends and found us at various points throughout the evening. A fun touch that made the experience more unique. An event can live and die on the quality of its actors and we felt the enthusiasm of this team really shone through and gave us some great jumps along the way.
We had a really fun evening at Trinity Scares, for an event in its infancy it has certainly got the Halloween atmosphere and scare variety spot on. We would love to see the event expand to possibly remove some of the dead space between scenes and a larger focus on the courtyard area which we loved but felt could have a bigger variety of shows. But this is an event that is showing real promise and has been a highlight of our Halloween trips in 2023.
But for us, the scares started even earlier as we were parked up by a killer clown who enjoyed mocking ours and the other drivers inability to park alongside each other in the dark! This instantly got us in the mood for a fright and we were impressed as we walked up to the circus style holding area. This was great and full of roaming characters who kept us entertained while we waited for our time to enter the maze. The arena area also has food, drink, stage shows and even a bucking pumpkin ride - which we weren’t great at! The atmosphere here was excellent and really added to the experience. Although we were quickly ushered into the maze, you come back to this courtyard area at the end, giving you time to get a bite to eat and enjoy the show and characters throughout the area.
We were soon called to enter the maze itself which starts through a small door to a house. There was a nice jump scare in the initial briefing before being guided onto the maze route itself. We started in a mesmerising maze with dead ends and blindingly disorientating lighting, which led us to a classic scare scene of the dummies who may come to life - this opening scene certainly got our group on edge for what was to come.
As we progressed through, we really liked the attractions use of defined scenes, including a graveyard, scarecrow pumpkin patch, clinic and our personal favourite, a huge funfair that suddenly illuminated in front of us as we walked towards it, bursting into life and full of clowns who were very keen to get to know us. This scene culminated in a very unique ride on the tea cups, certainly something we’ve not seen half way around a maze before! Another scene played out and saw one of our party pulled into the stocks for laughing too much. They remained locked in as the rest of us headed off and left them to be torment of the actor in charge of the stocks. These fun scenes helped add variety to the experience breaking up the jump scares with creative ideas.
Lighting was used to great effect throughout the attraction, making us disorientated in some sections (some of the most intense strobes we have seen!), creating great reveals for some of the scenes and managing to spectacularly hide scares in others. One example of this was a chainsaw scare. We were in a huge room, but due to the clever placing of the lighting, could not see (or hear) the chainsaw weilder until they ran straight for us. Chainsaws are of course very commonplace at attractions these days so for one to genuinely surprise and scare us so much was fantastic and a real highlight of the night.
And that brings us onto the actors themselves. We were so impressed with the amount of energy the team had as they ran at us, grabbed us and terrorised us around the route. Special shoutouts go to the cheeky clown and his doors of doom, the angry ‘no laughing’ lady with the stocks, Jason and Michael in the green room and the manically laughing patient at the clinic who stalked us throughout! We also enjoyed that the roaming actors from the entrance area also spent time in the maze - the proximity of this to the scare zone made it easy for them to switch between both. This was fun as we came across a clockwork doll and a nun who clearly wanted to be our friends and found us at various points throughout the evening. A fun touch that made the experience more unique. An event can live and die on the quality of its actors and we felt the enthusiasm of this team really shone through and gave us some great jumps along the way.
We had a really fun evening at Trinity Scares, for an event in its infancy it has certainly got the Halloween atmosphere and scare variety spot on. We would love to see the event expand to possibly remove some of the dead space between scenes and a larger focus on the courtyard area which we loved but felt could have a bigger variety of shows. But this is an event that is showing real promise and has been a highlight of our Halloween trips in 2023.
Links:
Trinity Scares website
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Very scary - Great value for money for a long and scary walk through. So many jump scares, creepy scenes and actors and everyone staying in character. An amazing experience that freaked us all out! Visited last year and was amazed, this year was even scarier and better! Can't wait to go back and see what changes are in store next year!
Mildly scary - I visited on Halloween with a friend and really wanted this to be super scary but unfortunately for me it fell quite flat. We were grouped together with another couple and a group of 3. Lots of wandering through corridors made of heras fencing or straw bales with not a huge amount going on along the way. The great majority of the scare actors were completely silent and many just stepped from the shadow and silently watched you pass with no attempt to interact/intimidate. The only jumps I got were by the body bags and in the caravan. The patient did a great job of inhabiting her character and played it really well. The chainsaw guy at the end did a good job of chasing our group out and even though I've done chainsaws for another scare attraction I still felt a tingle in my spine urging me to leave. Food options were limited - my veggie friend had a choice of chips or donuts whereas meat eaters also had burgers and hot dogs to choose from.
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