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Within moments of entering Madame Black's notorious freak show, bags are thrown over your head as you are dragged away... Dazed and disorientated, you wake up in a cage, desinated to be the latest of Madame Black's victims. Don't waste a second, you need to escape before Madame Black begins the horrrific process of turning you into freaks for her show...
All ratings (215)
Very Positive
22 escape rooms
Actually shat my pants. Ts was so scary and so hard. Piece of advice….dont be the last person in the crawl space and don’t let the slowest person in ur group first unless u want ass in ur face while trying to push them out.
Hard
💩👖
Yes
Somewhat
Not acssessible
s
7 escape rooms
Absolutely amazing!!! Me and my group of 3 others had a terrific time!! Got the daylights scared out of us! Would definitely recommend if you like a good scare!
50 escape rooms
I am not usually one for screaming but this room had me squealing and hiding in a corner. Very unique theme. Zac was top tier with the scares!
Yes
Medium
High tech
Scary
15
No
Yes
Very
283 escape rooms
After playing the family-friendly ‘The Abandoned Carnival’, it felt like we had stepped onto the flip side of the coin in Padlock’d’s horror game ‘The Freakshow’. The ensuing experience was a fun escape room with a few unique bells and whistles that capture the theme of a freakshow circus experience. The live actor was tasteful in how they delivered jump scares, it would be cool to see a puzzle that requires the players to interact with the clown, given they were in and out of the rooms a few times. Only one prop malfunctioned and the GM was quick to spot and fix the issue. Thanks Annika!
Limited
Park at Chevron Renaissance for 2hrs free parking!
53 escape rooms
Out of all of Padlock'd's horror-themed escape rooms, this room and "Nightmare" are my two favorite horror-themed rooms of theirs. The scare actor is option and fun, and we had a great game master. Some of the puzzles an answers were extremely creative, and I would consider this room to be among Padlock'd's best offerings. If you can only do one "horror-themed" escape room at Padlock'd, this is the one I would recommend.
Yes
Hard
Scary
15
this room contains intense themes and a moment in which you are blindfolded and cuffed.
No
Yes
Our game master was brilliant; I was in a wheelchair when we did this room, and I was sad that I was going to miss the scare. He arranged for special transportation for me in the wheelchair, and during this time, he added in the live jump scare so I could experience it.
Somewhat
crawling is involved, but there is an optional bypass if you ask in advance.
I was wheelchair bound when I did this room, and there is a portion that involves crawling. The game master helped me transition rooms using a separate corridor. The room is dark, so if you are hard of sight, let the game master know. If you are hard of hearing, there fun audio elements in the room, but nothing that would ruin it for you.
Yes
Yes
N
9 escape rooms
This was my fifth escape room I ever did, but my friends first. She had an amazing experience and doesn’t stop talking about it. She always mentions how well the room was decorated and how much she loved having the live actor. So definitely a 10/10 experience for us both.
Staff are always so friendly and welcoming, very understanding as well
No
Medium
Mechanical
4
I did 2 players but I think 3-4 would be fun
Spooky
12
No
Yes
Our actor was so good, he played the role perfectly.
Somewhat
Just the running back and fourth trying to remember sequences of the codes but otherwise no
Only the crawl space that I believe would be hard for wheelchair users. Otherwise I would say pretty accessible
Yes
Medium
295 escape rooms
It’s been a while since I played a room that really leaned into the “live actor included” side of things (outside of a GM just banging on a wall or two), but The Freakshow used this element in such a exciting and horrifying way. The room itself isn’t anything spectacular in terms of puzzles but the anticipation of someone popping out at any given moment made everything infinitely more fun. From certain solves to the actual clue system itself, that godforsaken clown was used really well here. Not a difficult room by any stretch but we went for the scares and weren’t disappointed. 🤡 6.9/10 🔏🧩
Yes
Medium
Mechanical
3
Scary
16
No
Yes
Live actor very prevalent, makes multiple appearances.
Somewhat
Crawling, sitting and crouching required for traversal.
Yes
Limited
In the heart of Surfers Paradise, very limited parking on a busy Cavil Ave.
c
23 escape rooms
Really cool room! We had a live actor who did such a good job and gave us a couple jump scares!! Definitely scary especially cause the team is split up at points and the anticipation of the live actor jumping out at you!
5
Just because of how you start off it might be a bit cramped if there were more than this
35 escape rooms
It was a nice room, but very easy. I think there were a lot of opportunities for live actors to jump out at you, but likely as we did it in the middle of the day on a Tuesday we didn't get much actor action. I was also looking out warily for jump-scares, so that might have contributed to a lack of scariness (despite that, I do wish it had been slightly more frightening). Our single encounter with the actor occurred when we got stuck on a specific puzzle, so they came into the room to try their best to show us what we needed to do next wordlessly - but as we were confused it took him a couple minutes of motioning for us to figure out what was going on, so it wasn't very scary in the end... I felt bad...
No
Easy
High tech
Spooky
No
Yes
Somewhat
There is a small space that you must crawl through at one point in the room, so be aware. There is also a puzzle based on colour present.
Yes
