Tenement is the big new maze for Fright Nights 2026 and takes place inside Nova Lux Senior Living, an old people’s home where the lights have gone out and everyone appears to have disappeared. You enter as engineers sent in to investigate the power failure, but it quickly becomes clear that something has gone very wrong inside, with the sinister LUXIVORA waiting within.

Unlike the other Fright Nights mazes, your group is guided through the attraction by two people carrying torches. The torches switch on and off throughout the experience, controlling what you can see and helping build tension as you make your way deeper into Nova Lux. Your first stop is the reception of the care home, where you quickly come face-to-face with one of its residents.

There are some fantastic effects inside Tenement, including a moving door corridor which reminded us a lot of Halloween Horror Nights, fake lifts, vibrating floors and even an optional crawl tunnel. The fact that the crawl tunnel is optional appears to mean there are two possible routes at that point, which adds another interesting element to the experience.

One thing we really liked is that photos and videos are strictly prohibited inside, even during the press night. It means the maze remains a genuine surprise for everyone experiencing it for the first time and stops some of its biggest moments being spoiled online.

The ending is another highlight, taking guests into a mirror maze where actors use the reflections to their advantage. It’s genuinely difficult to work out where the exit is while scares are happening around you, and it finishes the attraction on a really strong note.

The effects, actors and costumes throughout Tenement feel like a big step up for Thorpe Park Fright Nights. It has a much more premium feel than many previous mazes and, at points, genuinely feels closer to the style of attraction you would expect at Halloween Horror Nights.

Our biggest criticism is the group size. For a premium maze that isn’t included within the standard maze bundles and requires its own ticket, the groups feel too large. Some of the effects are only really visible to those towards the front, meaning guests further back can miss some of the biggest moments.

Thorpe Park does try to solve this halfway through the experience by turning the group around. The two guides swap positions, meaning guests who were previously at the front end up towards the back and those who started at the back get a chance to experience the maze from the front. It’s a clever idea, but smaller groups would still improve the overall experience considerably.

Even with that criticism, Tenement is a fantastic new maze and one of the most ambitious attractions we’ve seen at Fright Nights. We came out wondering what Thorpe Park could possibly do next.