The Serial Killer

Very Positive (196 ratings)

Padlock'd

Escape room
IRL

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As your consciousness regains, confusion sets in, looking around your worst fears are confirmed. The Serial Killer has trapped you in his cage. Suddenly you realise that your friend is missing! He must have already taken them to the kitchen. Find them fast before they become his next meal...

2-7
60 mins
Hard
Scary

Ratings

All ratings (196)

Very Positive

Gameplay: Very Positive

Atmosphere: Very Positive

Customer service: Very Positive

Reviews

EscapeRoomExplorer

260 escape rooms

A classic escape room with fun sets, ‘The Serial Killer’ reminded me of some of my earliest escape room experiences, which were also at Padlock’d. Actor interactions in ‘The Serial Killer’ take the form of jump scares. While the puzzles are a mix of straightforward electronic and padlock-based solves, the symbols on some of the locks felt worn and in need of refreshing. Still, the collection of puzzles in Padlock’d’s blood-soaked killer experience was fun, approachable, and well balanced against the handful of jump scares. The room’s design allows most teams to escape with relative ease, particularly experienced players.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Difficulty

Easy

Scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

Yes

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Safety

Yes

Apr 15, 2026 | Experienced Apr 15, 2026

rinskin

250 escape rooms

Killer on the loose? Cutting footloose? I don’t really know what to say for this one other than I really didn’t enjoy it. The puzzles felt more frustrating than engaging, the storyline was barely present and tech required the patience of a saint. My lowest ranked room of the 30+ we played between GC and Brisbane. Padlockd have plenty of rooms, maybe choose something else.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Yes

Fiddly tech.

Live actors

Yes

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Safety

Yes

Feb 17, 2026 | Experienced Feb 14, 2026

quackhunt

29 escape rooms

Not too bad of a room, there’s better ones on the coast but it does great for a scare. Music was a little overwhelming eventually but plenty of dark corners for the live actors to hide. Not overly impressed with the puzzles in the end but the atmosphere was pretty good

Gameplay

Majority of our time was spent on a logic puzzle, because of the noise it was sometimes a ‘what do we do now’ moment because we didn’t hear the click of solving the puzzle. Otherwise it flowed ok

Atmosphere

Design was fantastic, music a bit over the top, made it hard to realise where the next puzzle step was

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Difficulty

Hard

Hard because some of the puzzles were very well hidden, only got them due to asking for a clue, I would say they are poorly placed

Game tech

Mechanical

Some tech, standard use of magnets, last puzzle glitched out, we had the code but required 5 mins of jiggling and confirmation with the GM that we had the right code before it popped

Ideal number of players

Scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Yes

Little bit of prop damage but that’s expected after a few years of the room operating

Live actors

Yes

Definitely worth doing with a live actor! Made the experience way better, very little interaction with them so don’t be scared

Physically active

Not at all

Some crawling but there’s a button to open the door on the other side as well as a reach and pass puzzle

Easy to find location

Yes

Aug 9, 2025 | Experienced Aug 9, 2025

Numbpickle

9 escape rooms

One of my favourite rooms, I remember just escaping with a minute or five left.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Cannibalistic themes, many other rooms don’t reference that because of how dark it is but I personally loved it because it was different and gave me chills

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

I did 3 players, so I would say 3-4 is ideal. Even 2 would still be fun

Scary

Minimum age

12-15, I think if they’re mature enough to handle the themes then go for it !

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Yes

This was the first escape room I did with a live actor, I remember screaming in fear cause it was so unexpected and mind you we were hand cuffed but it was fun and the actor did a fantastic job

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

I remember a crawl space, which I believe would be difficult for wheelchair users.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Jul 13, 2025

bekka201

1 escape room

Such an amazing escape room! Filled with different puzzles and lots of scares! Nicole and Jake were absolutely amazing!! Such a great experience, definitely coming back again!!

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Easy to find location

Yes

Jun 17, 2025 | Experienced Jun 17, 2025

bellzyboo

15 escape rooms

very immersive and scary i loved it. exactly what i signed up for. the live actor was great i did infact 💩👖

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Hard

Scary

💩👖

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Yes

Physically active

Very

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Apr 19, 2024

Shan1720

19 escape rooms

Brought our whole team for this one! It was good to step back and watch everyone work out the different puzzles, and to see who cracked under the fear of it all 😆

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Minimum age

Apr 12, 2024

RichardK

74 escape rooms

A nice room, with a scary theme and some nice puzzles. 1 or 2 things harder to come by and find, which they are aware of. So I‘m guessing they have to give these hints and clues every single time. Still though, a nice room with some great, tricky puzzles. The music and sounds in this room are awfully loud, to be honest🙈🙈

Sep 19, 2023