Today ScareCON announced the full list of 2017 SCAR award nominees. We’ve previously used these lists (not just the winners!) to plan out our Halloween trips so it’s worth giving it a browse. The winners will be announced at ScareCON, taking place at Alton Towers on the 23rd June – for full details and tickets, visit here: http://www.scarecon.org/
Here’s the full list of nominees – we’ve linked to our review where we have them!
Best Year-Round Scare Attraction
Pasaje del Terror Blackpool
Dread Glasgow
The Ghost Bus Tours
London Dungeon
The London Bridge Experience featuring The London Tombs
Edinburgh Dungeon
Best Halloween Scare Attraction
The Sickness at Scare Kingdom Scream Park
The Tomb: Afterlife at Yorkshire Scare Grounds
The Coven of 13 at Tulleys Shocktoberfest
Mad House Margate
It’s Alive at Dr Frights Halloween Nights
Altonville Mine Tours: Uncover The Legend of the Skinsnatchers at Alton Towers
Best Out of Season Scare Attraction
The Search for Emily
139 Copeland Road
Goosebumps Alive
Dead Centre
Resident Evil
Black Christmas
Best Zombie Experience
End of Days Events
Zombie Encounters
Zed Events
Zombie Boot Camp
Zombie Infection
Lockdown by Immersive Events
Best Original Concept and Design
Boiled by Hide and Shriek
Altonville Mine Tours: Uncover The Legend of the Skinsnatchers at Alton Towers
Platform 15 at Thorpe Park
Dr Fright’s movie decades
The Flesh Pot – York Maze Hallowscream
The Offering at Frightmare at Over Farm
Best Set and Costume
Coven of 13 – Tulleys Shocktoberfest
The Fleshpot – York Maze Hallowscream
The Paradise Foundation – Screamland Margate
The Sickness – Scare Kingdom Scream Park
Altonville Mine Tours: Uncover The Legend of the Skinsnatchers at Alton Towers
The Tomb: Afterlife at Yorkshire Scare Ground
Best Multi Part Event
Horror at Hinchingbrooke House
Halloween at Nevendon Manor
Scaresville: The Haunted Village
Yorkshire Scare Grounds
Scream Factory Teesside
Scare Kingdom Scream Park
Best Scream Park
The Howl
Fear at Avon Valley
Tulleys Shocktoberfest
Screamfest Burton
Xtreme Scream Park
Frightmare
Award for Technical Excellence
Derren Brown’s Ghost Train at Thorpe Park
Haunted Lanterns in Altonville Mine Tours: Uncover The Legend of the Skinsnatchers at Alton Towers
Dr Hades’ Fear Theatre
Quextreme Terror
Outbreak Jersey
Jungle NI
Best Horror Themed Room Escape
Ouija Bournemouth
Outbreak Jersey
Butcher at Escapologic
Hell in a Cell
Alien Escape
Room Escape Southend
Best New event
Southport After Dark
Yorkshire Scare o’Drome
Quextreme Terror Scare Park
Awakening Pure Evil
Margate Mad House
Kentanimated
Best Multi Event Attraction producer
Twisted Attractions (Hellfest and Terror Farm)
Hide and Shriek (Alien Escape, Delectably Dead, Dead Centre, Scream Park)
Events2Scare (Southport After Dark, woodland of Terror, Deadpose)
Doncaster Fear Factory (Black Christmas, The House that Drew Breath, Fear Factory)
Secrets Beneath (Bobo’s Circus of Damned, Outbreak)
Immersive Events (Lockdown, Origins scare maze, Twisted Fairy Tales)
Best European Event
Halloween Fright Nights Walibi Holland
Horror Nights at Europa Park
Halloween Horror Fest at Movie Park Germany
The Nightmare Realm, Republic of Ireland
Horror Nights NL – Holland
Farmaphobia at Causey Farm -Republic of Ireland
Best Street Team and Live Entertainment
PrimEvil
Broadwitch Hauntfest
Frightmare at Over Farm
Alton Towers
Tulleys Shocktoberfest
Screamfest Burton
Best use of SFX/Animatronics as a set piece
The swamp – The Coven of 13 at Tulleys Shocktoberfest
The moors/swamp at Scream Factory Teesside
Circular Buzzsaw at Terror on the Farm – Farmaggedon
Levitatting witch in Witch Hunt at Edinburgh Dungeon
Oversized clown puppet in CarnEVIL of Terror at PrimEVIL
Giant skeletal hands in Festino’s Forgotten Funhouse at Screamland Margate
Best Home/Charity Haunt (in association with Home Haunt UK)
Baron Samedis Halloween Haunt – Calne, Wiltshire
ScareZONE by Stuart Kite, Northallerton
Neil Potter – Caister on Sea
Jamie Knight – Spalding
Howick House of Terror by Chris Walton – Lancashire
Neil Bradley – Crewe
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Julie Rutherford-Smith
April 17, 2017 at 12:08 am
Wow!!! THANKYOU we are delighted to be nominated in your ” Best out of season category ” from Julie And the “Search For Emily” team in Liverpool 👍