Ripper

A phenomenal blend of classic "serial killer" haunted house and escape room. Truly one of the best horror escape rooms I've done, and one of the most cleanly executed experiences I've ever seen. Set, sound, and actor interactions were all fantastic. There's nothing groundbreaking here in any individual puzzle, but they were all solid and you will be hard pressed to find better flow through a whole game. The actors paced the scares and puzzling perfectly! I cannot overstate how much I loved escaping at Nocturne!

Some standouts for both of Nocturne's games: * Immaculate set dressing * Incredibly smooth puzzle flow * The clearest, most professional audio in the industry OMFG unexpected 😻 * How much the staff cares Of the two games they offered when we did them both, if I had to choose one, I would go for this one if I wanted something that was a mix of the most fun, interactive "haunted attraction" ever (not literally haunted, but expect jump scares), and classic escape room gameplay.

For Ripper … If a haunted house and an escape room where fully blended you’d have this experience The attention to detail, flow logic, live acting, immersion and puzzles all account for the building fear the experience creates What it balances so well is nothing is gratuitous and everything ties together. I’ll stop there to avoid spoilers. Is this scary? Yes It is an amazing experience: hell yes Will I have fun? Undoubtedly Nocturne is truly a remarkable location and I cannot recommend this room and nevermore highly enough Tidbits: Residential area and you park towards the house on the driveway Gas and food are available on the way home through town The owners are amazing One one game will be running at a time

Awesome experience. Very fun and scary. Highly recommend

We went for the full scare option and had a great time running away from the Ripper. Staff were fantastic and we loved talking to them about the game after. I would recommend this game for anyone who wants an escape room / scary adventure experience.

Heart pounding game. Perfect for adrenaline junkies. I loved the puzzles.

Did I just willingly go into someone’s actual real-life basement, where I was pursued and chased by a chainsaw-wielding serial killer for an hour? Yes, and I had the effing best time doing it! I should preface by saying our team of 2 cowards don’t do horror. We are afraid of jump scares, and we avoid scary rooms. Yet this week, we went straight from avoiding horror to playing what might possibly be one of the scariest rooms in the entire US! And I’m glad we did, because Ripper was an exhilarating ride with some of the most immersive fun we’ve ever had in an escape room! The owners Tom and Nicole are honestly masters of their craft. Looking back on the experience, I can tell that every single cinematic moment was meticulously planned out to periodically escalate in tension. Each scare changed the rules of what we could do, with masterful show-don’t-tell storytelling and very helpful guidance from a second in-game live actor, who was also trying to escape the Ripper’s clutches like us. The gory setting is the haunted house of my nightmares. Everything looked so realistic and freaky. Even when the Ripper isn’t physically with us, the rooms are designed to make us anxious, until the Ripper makes his grand adrenaline-pumping appearance, sending chills down our spines. This is a grade-A thriller movie, and I’m not even a big fan of the genre! The owners are extremely nice, and their other room Nevermore was one of my favorite rooms in the entire Carolinas, which is already a hit destination for high quality escapes, so that’s saying something! It was worth taking 2 separate long detours to do both rooms, and again, it says a lot that we would willingly drive an hour out of the way to do a horror room that is well beyond our comfort zone. Nocturne is worth it! There is a non-scare version, without the Ripper or the jump scares. And you can just focus on the puzzles. There’s also a PG-13 version that removes the swearing and nudity. We are crazy, and despite being cowards, we went for the whole rated-R scare version. (Rated R for Ripper) I can’t imagine this room without the titular Ripper. The puzzles, while still high quality (I thought Nevermore’s puzzles were literally perfect), are only made difficult because we can’t think straight when we’re scared. So really, the best reason to do this room is to immerse yourself in a serial killer’s basement. We faced our fears, but we escaped and lived to tell the tale for years to come! Maybe we secretly are horror fans? Who knows? But either way, we love the Ripper! Be brave and let it Rip!

Absolutely loved the experience!!! Even though it scared me TONS, the puzzles were so much fun to work through and I enjoyed it so much!!!

OMG and WOW! My wife and I have done over 100 escape rooms all around the country and Nocturne is now one of the tops we have done. We drove about 3 hours to get there and it was more than worth the trip. Tom and Nicole have figured out the Secret formula to escape room success: great people + great themes/decor + great stories + great puzzles = GREAT TIME! No stress of a clock. No super high-tech stuff going on in either room. Just amazing decor, awesome sounds/music and atmosphere plus the interactive live actors (Tom the Ripper and Natalie) in Ripper creates an hour of super intense but super fun time. Like nothing we have ever done. We chose the R-rated scary version. We aren't fans of horror films or haunted houses but we had a blast. If you get the chance you must visit Nocturne.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

  +1