Dracula
The Count’s crypt in Northbridge; at least four players.
- Northbridge4–10 players · 15+ · from $5943% escape
Official site: escapedracula.com.au
Sub-genre VI
Classic monster escape rooms
The old guide called these traditional horror. They are the rooms built on books everybody half-remembers.
In short: Escape This’s classic monster rooms are Dracula (Northbridge), Van Helsing (Melbourne CBD) and Frankenstein Resurrection (Northbridge and Sydney CBD, Melbourne from March 2027).
Gothic rooms are the gateway drug of horror. The monsters are famous, the scares are theatrical, and two of the three take players from 13, which makes this the shelf for mixed-age groups.
Dracula and Van Helsing are two halves of one story in two cities. Frankenstein Resurrection stands alone in the doctor’s lab, waiting on the lightning.
The monsters
Van Helsing
The hunter’s war, handed to you on Collins Street.
- Melbourne CBD2–8 players · 13+ · from $5557% escape
Official site: escapedracula.com.au
Frankenstein Resurrection
Help the doctor wake his creature, or join it on the table.
- Northbridge3–6 players · 13+ · from $4948% escape
- Sydney CBD3–8 players · 13+ · from $5580% escape
Official site: escapefrankenstein.com.au
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Questions, answered
Classic monster rooms: questions
Can you play an escape room based on Dracula or Frankenstein in Australia?
Yes. Escape This runs Dracula at Northbridge, Van Helsing at Melbourne CBD and Frankenstein Resurrection at Northbridge and Sydney CBD, with Frankenstein reaching Melbourne in March 2027. Horrorscape files all three under classic monsters.
Do you have to play Dracula before Van Helsing?
No. Escape This built them as separate rooms in separate cities, Dracula in Northbridge and Van Helsing on Collins Street in Melbourne, sharing one gothic story. Either works on its own; playing both simply gives you the Count’s side and then the hunter’s.
Is there a horror escape room a 13-year-old can do?
Yes: Frankenstein Resurrection at Northbridge and Sydney CBD, and Van Helsing at Melbourne CBD, both 13+ in Escape This’s booking system. Every other horror room starts at 15 or 18. The Dunny is open to 13-year-olds too, though it is a spooky thriller rather than horror.