Zombie experience pays homage to Walking Dead

AN “immersive zombie experience” is being held at Dundee’s Mains Castle next month.

Organised by events company Castle Horror, the 450-year-old ruin will be turned into a “Walking Dead-style” apocalypse where those taking part will be challenged to make their way out — or be eaten by “walkers”.

Carrol Douglas-Welsh and Scott Sigsworth set up the company after seeing the rise of the hit TV show The Walking Dead.

Castle Horror is now a fully-fledged business but Carrol still takes time to organise community events, with the proceeds only enough to cover the cost of running them.

She said the night would be “an immersive live experience that will thrust you into your very own zombie horror movie”.

“It’s done in homage to the Walking Dead TV series and, of course, it’s a tongue-in-cheek event but one that people will love being involved in,” said Carrol.

“We’re getting a lookalike of the character Negan from Walking Dead and another character, based on Winslow, will be there so fans of the series should be excited.

“There are two different types of scare actors — the Zombie Outreach Response Team, who wear military-type outfits, and also Scare Zombies, who get full makeup.”

Around 240 tickets will be available for the event, which takes place on July 8.

Carrol added: “People are put into a maze which they need to navigate their way through, all the time being chased by zombies.”