Doncaster Fear Factory 2024 Review

Doncaster Fear Factory have come out swinging this year, eager to terrify guests with their 2024 offering. With the addition of a scare zone and sideshow thrills on top of 5 mazes, this season’s event feels amped up and raring to scare.

We adored the addition of the Crimson Harvest scare zone in the form of covered walkways en route to the mazes; musty tunnels where our vision was obscured by darkness, and scareactors were primed to deliver the cheekiest of scares in their sinister sackcloth masks. Arguably a little scant for a scare zone, but an unexpected and welcome bonus. It’s great to mix up the vibes with some open-air scares.

The mazes delivered their usual mix of relentless impact-driven scares (The Chasm, you showed no mercy!) and deeply immersive story-based experiences (hello Crackle Hill). Friargate Foundry was a wild ride; the concept is irresistible for a scare fanatic, but the switching-up of different environments made it hard to buy into any given scene. But despite the stylistic differences across the scenes, and indeed across the 5 mazes as a whole, they are all underpinned by one thing: the team’s enduring commitment to immersing guests in detailed theming and stories.