‘I filmed spooky music video at UK scare park – and that is what I found’
BROCARDE’S TERRIFYING TRAVELS: Brocarde is known for her spooky adventures, but she’s tried her hand at something a little different this time – filming her own music video in a ‘haunted’ scare maze
Scare mazes are typically a fantasy world of horror and make-believe, the screams are commanded by actors in elaborate costumes, your heart may skip a beat with each jump scare.
But, you’ll usually leave with a grin plastered across your face that even Chucky would be proud of. So what happens if the scream park is actually haunted? This Halloween I went behind the scenes at The Scare City Experience to film my new music video, “Pandora’s Box.”
With all the scare actors gone and the mazes eerily empty, I experienced something otherworldly. Something that left me deeply unsettled and wondering if there’s anywhere in the world that truly isn’t haunted.
I arrived on set during a severe storm, the kind of weather ripped straight from a horror movie. I’ve learned that weather phenomena can often be linked to paranormal activity – some suggest that energetic weather can disturb the veil between worlds.
The wind howled and rain lashed against the tarpaulin roof of the abandoned building that had been transformed into a theatrical nightmare.
What makes The Scare City Experience so fascinating is its setting, an abandoned theme park. With the rollercoasters long dismantled, this desolate wasteland carries its own eerie history before Halloween even begins.
You can almost still hear the blood-curdling screams of past thrill-seekers, but it wasn’t those echoes that haunted me on set.
The theme for the “Pandora’s Box” video shoot was a twisted toy factory and my role was that of a deranged puppet. Inside the maze where we filmed were hundreds of black-eyed dolls and vintage toys.
However, what I encountered that night belonged anywhere but in a toy workshop.
Although paranormal activity has always fascinated me, and I’m particularly sensitive to spirits, my mind was focused on creating a music video.
I hadn’t really considered that any lingering energies might still roam the abandoned park.
As filming went on, I began to sense that I was being watched – or rathe – shadowed. At first, it was subtle, the kind of fleeting movement you second-guess.
I’d catch sight of a shadowy figure but, when I turned, it vanished. This continued for hours until, suddenly, I turned and saw it clearly – a dark, hooded figure following me through the maze.
The air grew thick. The atmosphere heavy. And a musty scent, like old mothballs, clung to the space around me. Then I came face-to-face with it.
The figure loomed over me, the hood slipped back just enough for me to see hollow, black eyes staring straight through me.
It was a monk, but there was nothing holy about him. His presence radiated torment and darkness. A wave of nausea hit me as I realised this was no mere shadow, but a tortured soul.
The hooded monk lingered, haunting me throughout the entire shoot. Later that evening, I discovered what appeared to be mysterious scratches across my back, and to this day, I still don’t know if they were the work of the ghostly monk.
The encounter left me shaken, but curious. So I began researching the Camelot site and uncovered historic reports of spiritual disturbances in the area.
The abandoned park, along with the nearby Park Hall Hotel, stands on the grounds of a Benedictine monastery dating back to 669 AD, raising the chilling possibility that a disgraced monk still roams the land, condemned and corrupted.
So, next time you step inside a scare maze, consider this chilling thought; it might not just be the scare actors waiting in the dark, but something far older, and far more disturbed.
