Spooky season is here and we were invited to the press night launch of Tulley’s Shocktober Fest 2025 before it opens to the public, whether you’ve been before or never heard of the event, here is all the goss.
Europe’s largest scream park definitely is bringing the screams right now, as you arrive entering underneath real flames and pumpkins, you are greeted by all of the creepy hosts; zombies, dead nurses, ‘The Shining’-esque ghouls and more, and this is before entering a haunt….
There are 11 haunts, immersing you into the gruesome worlds of the inhabitants. In The Chop shop you are chased by chainsaw wielding butcher maniacs through tiny dark corridors and derelict buildings, in the ‘Electric Circus’ the clowns are after you, and in my favourite haunt, ‘Doom Town’ you wander through post apocalyptic buildings including a Woolworths and a Blockbuster Video, complete with VHS tapes, crawl into a crashed minibus, and even enter a funeral parlour, where the casket is intense…
In between visiting the attractions there are plenty of food and drink offerings, add on carnival rides, chill out areas, bonfires, and even live music stages with genuinely great bands playing halloween hits! Love me a bit of ‘Thriller’ live!
The stand out attraction to most guests is the infamous ‘Haunted Hayride’ where an actual tractor and trailer picks you up and a tour of a ghastly hollywood commences, not only is there a giant T-rex, burning witches stake, and toxic waste, but also the inhabitants of each set board the trailer and come right in your face and taunt you, it’s not for the faint hearted but so enjoyable and genuinely terrifying in parts, I jumped out of my seat!
current TV star of Rupaul’s Drag Race UK, and fellow Brighton icon told me “These actors are incredible, as a fellow entertainer they had me sold and I think I may have wet myself” “Tulleys horror farm are knocking it out of the park, 10 out of 10 would highly recommend”
All in all this scream park really packs a punch and I would say is well worth a visit, if Universal Horror nights are the go to event in the USA, Tulley’s is definitely the UK version, I’ve never been to another halloween park so thrilling.
Tickets available at shocktoberfest.co.uk for most nights from now until November 1st
