The owners took this as far as they could even after you leave the room, and their actions led me to do something that I have never done in an escape room, which is accept the "you escaped" prop that rooms hand you at the end of the room - done in such a flavorful and tasteful way that youd be a monster to refuse it.
#Houdini escape room movie
It felt like you were in the last 10 minutes of a movie where the main conflict of the story was wrapped up through acting in an emotionally satisfying, multifaceted conclusion. Here the little touches really elevate this part from most standard rooms - changes in ambient noise, the sound effect for when an old timey projector starts, the crackling sound of the radio, changes in ambient sounds as certain sequences triggered in the room were all meticulously and well done.įinally, whereas most rooms end with a whimper, the ending sequence in this room ended in a bang, and was the most satisfying ending I've had in an escape room. There were a ton of small snippets of lore and story relevance attached to each prop and puzzle, and even the combination locks that I normally loathe were integrated neatly with the lore behind the room.
However, this room had a bunch of unique custom props that were integrated well into the story. You have your Houdini posters, straightjackets, standard Victorian style props that you've probably seen in other Houdini themed rooms. Once you're in the puzzly part, the room turns more into a standard Houdini escape room (dont worry, only your group will be in the room). The actress was great, and the acting combined with the special effects and set completely immersed you into the story and made you feel like you were actually performing a seance rather than doing a Houdini themed room. Keep in mind that the owners are theatre people - these isnt your standard game master who are only in character for the 2 minute introduction and leave immediately, the actress is fully in character and you'll get to interact with them for an extended period of time during portions of your experience (no puzzles are involved in these interactions so socially awkward people dont have to worry). This paysoff spectacularly, and these actress sequences are really what make the room.
Even the waiver signing is integrated into the immersion of the room, which gives you an idea for how far the company goes to make you feel immersed.
All of these rooms are 10/10s for different reasons, and for strange bird, that reason is having the best integrated story in an escape room that I've ever seenįrom the minute you enter the building, you feel like you arent in an escape room lobby, but rather looking for the madame for the seance. The Man From Beyond - 10/10 (One of the top 5 rooms in the United states).Įscape room ratings tend to be inflated so a 10/10 doesnt mean much, but out of all the rooms I've done, the only other rooms to get this rating from me are storykeeper in Seattle, lab rat in Los Angeles, and (mayne) cutthroat cavern/tomb of anubis in new Orleans. Luckily for us, it worked out, as I can easily say that this is one of the best rooms I've ever done. After those other rooms proved to be fairly underwhelming, the entire trip hinged on this one room being good. And so we decided to plan a weekend trip to Houston from the west coast just for this one room - and we booked a few other well regarded ones in the area. Strange bird caught our eye as one of the best rooms in the United states according to TERPECA, and was the only room in the US weve yet to do in the top 20. I've done over 100 escape rooms across the United states (New Orleans, Los angeles, the bay area), and travel to cities specifically to do highly rated escape rooms.
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