insideKENT Magazine Issue 79 - October 2018 | Page 100

HALLOWEEN
ARE YOU READY FOR
Broadwitch Hauntfest
AT BROADDITCH FARM?
THE BROADWITCH HAUNTFEST AT BROADDITCH FARM IN SOUTHFLEET HAS BEEN A
STAPLE OF THE HALLOWEEN SCENE IN RECENT YEARS, AND IT’S LITTLE WONDER WHEN
YOU DELVE DEEPER INTO THE DARKNESS AND REVEAL THE FUN, SPOOKY SCARES AND
MEMORIES THAT ARE MADE HERE EACH YEAR. insideKENT SPOKE TO THE ORGANISERS OF THE
BROADWITCH HAUNTFEST TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE WHO WANT TO FEEL THE FEAR CAN
EXPECT THIS YEAR.
What can we expect from Broadwitch
this year?
It’s bigger and better! We always improve
things every year and we never stand still
when it comes to Halloween. Of the five
nighttime haunts that we do, one has been
totally revamped this year and all the others
have been changed – and improved – in some
way. It has to be fresh every year!
So even if people have been before they can
come along and still get a good scare?
Everyone gets a good scare! We want to keep
things interesting for those who have been
before and to be on the radar for those who’ve
never visited us. All the haunts have changed
and people notice different things every year
anyway. When you’re going through one of
the scare mazes for example, and you’re
jumping at all the sounds and movements
you might miss something. Come again the
next year and you’ll spot something different.
It’s never the same and it’s always terrifying!
Have any of the haunts been changed
completely?
The Spooky Castle has been totally changed
this year… In the 1920s, Rose Masters hanged
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herself within the castle. It’s now wartime in
the early 1940s and two teenagers enter the
castle, they find and play a Ouija board, and
things that had supposedly been laid to rest
years before now start to unravel! Biometrix
Sub Zero is another that has changed – the
roof has been raised and it is the first ever two-
storey haunt at Broadwitch.
What have people’s reactions been like in
past years?
People love being scared; really love it, so we
aim to please! It’s always fun to watch them
when they emerge from one of the scares at
the hauntfest – you can gauge how they’ve
taken it and how scary it was from their faces!
One of the best bits for some people is as they
queue up to enter the haunts they can see the
exits and enjoy the looks of terror on peoples’
faces, as well as how fast people are running
to get away from the frightening things inside.
The Boo Bungalow is now all completely UV,
so it will have you glowing from start to finish,
and the trailer ride now has actors in the woods
giving a more fun almost panto style of
entertainment rather than being too scary.
We’re sold! How can people book?
You can book online at
www.spookycastle.co.uk, or you can come
into the farm shop to buy tickets.
Broadditch Farm
Manor Farm
New Barn Rd
Southfleet
Gravesend
DA13 9PU
01474 834161
www.spookycastle.co.uk
broadwitch
Are there going to be any children’s events
this year?
Yes, of course! The daytime is always very
popular with our younger guests. We’ve got
Monster Madness again, which has almost
doubled in size with an underwater theme –
watch out for the shark it’s got a bit of a bite!
www.broadwitchhauntfest.co.uk