Northbridge runs 8 horror rooms on one street corner. Here is how they compare, which one beats the most teams, and where The Dunny fits in.
In short: Perth’s horror escape rooms are all at Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street: Asylum, Buried Alive, Cannibal, Dracula, Frankenstein Resurrection, The Haunting, The Possession and Zombie Apocalypse. The lowest escape rate belongs to Cannibal (33%).
Perth was where Escape This began building horror, and it still has the deepest bench. As of 25 October 2026, Northbridge’s horror rooms have logged 15,387 games between them, and 41% of those teams made it out.
The rooms range from a two-person coffin to a haunted house that takes a dozen. Age limits run from 13 to 18 depending on the room, so check the table before you bring a younger cousin.
Ranked by escape rate; rooms with fewer than 100 games are left out until the numbers settle.
Lake Street is where Perth’s horror rooms live: 8 of them under one roof, more than at any other Escape This venue. Escape This describes the building as a heritage-listed one more than a century old, and the stairs lead up to what its own room pages call the Hall of Horrors.
The pubs, late kitchens and small bars of the Northbridge strip are a short walk either side, which is handy for the post-mortem on who screamed first.
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| Room | Type | Players | Age | From | Escape rate | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asylum | Horror | 2–4 | 18+ | $65 | 47% | 2,753 | 30:25 |
| Buried Alive | Horror | 2 | 18+ | $65 | 38% | 1,403 | 30:00 |
| Cannibal | Horror | 2–6 | 18+ | $59 | 33% | 2,186 | 29:50 |
| Dracula | Horror | 4–10 | 15+ | $59 | 43% | 1,285 | 31:00 |
| Frankenstein Resurrection | Horror | 3–6 | 13+ | $49 | 48% | 1,321 | 28:00 |
| The Haunting | Horror | 4–12 | 15+ | $59 | 51% | 1,875 | 24:23 |
| The Possession | Horror | 2–8 | 15+ | $59 | 35% | 2,210 | 33:08 |
| Zombie Apocalypse | Horror | 2–4 | 15+ | $59 | 36% | 2,354 | 24:25 |
Showing the horror rooms at Escape This Northbridge. Trouble booking? Call (08) 6118 0286.
None of the rooms in the basement under Hay Street Mall is tagged horror. Horrorscape lists the venue for one reason: The Dunny, an outback thriller with a creepy streak that sits between the adventure rooms and the Northbridge nightmares.
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The Institute · spooky thriller opens here in December 2026.
| Room | Type | Players | Age | From | Escape rate | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dunny | Spooky thriller | 2–8 | 13+ | $49 | 71% | 2,228 | 25:00 |
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Two Northbridge rooms borrow real streets. Cannibal’s story starts with remains on a William Street building site and missing tourists, pointing to a copycat killer called the Northbridge Butcher, and The Haunting is set in Atkins House, a decaying heritage home on Lake Street that locals avoid. The house and the killer are fiction; the streets are a short walk from the venue.
Not entirely. Escape This has described Northbridge as a dedicated horror venue for over-18s, but its booking system sets a limit per room: 18+ for Cannibal, Buried Alive and Asylum, 15+ for The Haunting, Dracula, The Possession and Zombie Apocalypse, and 13+ for Frankenstein Resurrection. Check the room you are booking.
Cannibal at Escape This Northbridge. As of 25 October 2026, 33% of 2,186 teams have escaped it, ahead of The Possession at 35%. Horrorscape only ranks horror rooms with 100 or more recorded games, so brand-new rooms wait their turn.
The Haunting at Escape This Northbridge has the best success rate of the ranked Perth horror rooms: 51% of 1,875 teams, as of 25 October 2026. A high escape rate is a hint, not a promise; it also reflects who tends to book the room.
Yes. Escape This lets you book several rooms to start together and split your group between them, which is the usual answer for parties bigger than one room allows. Northbridge has the most horror rooms of any venue, so it has the most combinations.
All of them are at Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003: 8 horror rooms in one building. Escape This Perth CBD, under Hay Street Mall, has no horror rooms; Horrorscape lists it for two spooky thrillers, The Dunny now and The Institute from December 2026.
The Institute is a new Escape This room set in a secretive institute on a remote island, where an experiment is under way and your team’s choices steer the ending. It opens at Perth CBD in December 2026, and Horrorscape files it as a spooky thriller, not a horror room.
Not yet. Escape This is running The Institute as waitlist-only until launch, through escapethis.com.au. Everyone on the waitlist hears first when bookings open and goes into a draw to be among the first teams to play The Institute for free.
8, as of 25 October 2026: Asylum, Buried Alive, Cannibal, Dracula, Frankenstein Resurrection, The Haunting, The Possession and Zombie Apocalypse. That is the largest horror line-up at any Escape This venue.