A Strange Thing

Room had a little cool decor and a couple of neat puzzles but overall the set design and production felt cheap and worn down. Lots of wear and tear showing. The room was linear and pretty straightforward which meant our group was a little too large to stay involved fully. Not a knock on the game obviously but I’d stick to 4-5 people at most. We had a trainee and trainer combo of GMs for our game and the trainee was awesome!! She really did a great job with the intro and getting us in. The trainer on the other hand couldn’t care less about us and felt like he wanted to go home. We tried interacting with him before hand and joking around a little to break the nerves of the trainee but he wouldn’t even acknowledge anything said. He just wanted to get us in the game so he could leave for the night. We also had a malfunction in the game room where something opened up before it was supposed to as we just barely touched it. The trainer came over the speakers with a very exasperated tone and said “go ahead and put that back and then close it by doing xyz and let’s just go ahead and stop forcing things open ok?”. Our group is very experienced and there’s no way we put more force on it than normal. I’m sure it wasn’t sealed right and that’s fine, things happen, wouldn’t be the first time, but to be treated as though we broke something he owned was a bummer on the mood.

If you love Stranger Things, you’ll love this room. So much nostalgia for millennials. Great puzzles!

A delightfully “strange” room that pays homage to an incredible tv show. You’ll love the nods to the 80’s and the attention to detail. Definitely lower budget, and a little easier. Good for a crowd.

This was a fun game not only themed for the Stranger Things show but also a nod to 80s! I had teenagers in the room with me who didn’t recognize the old technology. It was nice to see some old items for my childhood. It’s a linear room easy-medium difficulty. We had a blast. The GM was very nice also!

I really liked everything about this room, the puzzles flowed well and while you dont have to know anything about stranger things it was themed really well for it. I brought a first timer along and while he was a bit lost we were able to include him because some things were easier with good communication.

This was a great room with very collaborative puzzles. Even if you do not like or watch Stranger Things it has a lot of fun Easter eggs of 80s nostalgia. All of the puzzles were clever and interesting. We had two intermediate players and two novice players but everyone had such a great time! And the staff was amazing! They were just as excited as we were when we escaped.

I'm biased because I love Stranger Things and this did such a great job of making the room immersive and very 80s. Linear flow of puzzles really made it easier for our two-person team. Family friendly!

We LOVE Cinema Escapes! This was the first escape room experience we had that set us on our path to do them ALL! The game masters are all AMAZING! Lorie is our favorite. The room was immersive, decor was on point. Puzzles were just difficult enough, and flowed really well. We had kids in our group, and it wasn’t too scary for them!

Our group had fun and we made it out with 12mins left. However the production value was lacking….the room smelled musty and it seemed like the owners put the room together with as little money as possible to open it.

Absolutely loved the room and how they incorporated Stranger things elements. Though the room and puzzles weren’t the most high tech, it still was a great experience. We had 5 in our group and I felt that was the sweet spot for this room. If you love anything Stranger Things I would highly recommend the room.