Fear Island opens for Halloween at Fantasy Island in Skegness

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Fear Island is back for Halloween at Fantasy Island in Skegness - with a host of new mazes and attractions. Lincolnshire World went along to find out if we should be afraid...

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00:00 (laughing)

00:02 - Oh, I love your face.

00:04 Oh, should I tear it off?

00:06 Skin by skin?

00:08 And sew it onto mine?

00:11 (laughing)

00:13 - We've got Gary Star here.

00:22 Gary, you've been involved in the Sheets Fear Island.

00:26 Tell me all about it.

00:28 - Well, yeah, it's very exciting.

00:29 We've been asked to come and take over Fear Island

00:32 this year in order to build it with new concepts,

00:35 new scare attractions, something for the family,

00:39 something a bit more adult, you know,

00:41 something for everyone effectively.

00:43 So we've got lots of new attractions.

00:45 We have the nice monorail ride through,

00:48 which is Toucan Tours, Temple of Bloom.

00:52 We've also got Ghostly Tales in the Crypt,

00:54 which is slightly more for the older children and families.

00:57 And then of course we go into the more scary attractions.

01:02 So we've got Psycho Mansion, which is back,

01:04 which is very exciting.

01:06 We've been working on that for the last few months.

01:08 And of course, Ravenous,

01:10 which is a cannibalistic family in the woods.

01:14 And of course, Outpost, which is a zombie apocalypse.

01:17 So there's loads going on.

01:18 There's also Circus of Screams is back,

01:20 which is very exciting.

01:21 And we've also got a pirate show as well,

01:24 Dead Men Tell No Tales.

01:25 So absolutely loads going on here at Fancy Island.

01:28 - Should I be scared?

01:30 - Yes, be afraid, very afraid.

01:32 (laughs)

01:34 - So how many years has Fear Island been running now?

01:37 - Well, this year will be the seventh year.

01:39 And this new year is gonna be completely different,

01:43 really crazy, lots of different scares,

01:45 brand new mazes, we're really excited.

01:47 - And the mansion's back, isn't it?

01:50 I can remember that from the first year.

01:52 - Yeah, 100%.

01:53 - A whole new side of it, a bit of a rebound,

01:56 new actors, again, a new set and everything.

01:59 It's going to be absolutely insane.

02:01 - Now, we are inside the Psycho Mansion.

02:05 (screaming)

02:07 - I've caught up with the Mayor of Skegness

02:13 outside Psycho Mansion.

02:16 Councillor Barry, how are you holding up?

02:19 - I'm holding up quite well, actually,

02:21 but the weather's been not holding up for us

02:24 because of the framing, but it's a fantastic evening tonight,

02:27 especially outside the Psycho Mansion,

02:30 as we've said before.

02:32 And it is a bit scary and different things,

02:34 and there's more things in store for me for tonight.

02:37 So I'm looking forward to that.

02:40 (upbeat music)

02:44 (upbeat music)

02:46 (upbeat music)

02:49 (upbeat music)

02:51 We just kill it, kill it, kill it, kill it

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