By Abby Johnson
Once Upon A Nightmare is a scare fest that has had its first year at Lotherton Hall.
The whole aim of this event was to appeal to the children who in Sarah Lyon’s words were “too old for tick or treating but too old to watch horror movies or attend scare fests”.
The scare fest was held at Lotherton Hall from the 25th to the 31st of October 2024 and was 30 minutes per slot which consisted of groups of 10 people and the sessions ran from 5pm till 9pm. The twisted nightmare event had a large success, and the screams of children were heard through the forest.
There are many characters that were used in the twisted nightmares such as Snow white who had killed the seven dwarfs, Cinderella who was cursed into dancing forever and cut her feet on her glass slippers. There was also the Mad Hatter in a white straight jacket and a cell and the wolf that chased the children to the end of the course.
This was the first time Lotherton Hall had made a twisted tale’s event, but they have been doing other scare events for the past 3 years.