/Get ready for the fright of your lives!

ALTON Towers Resort will transform into the ultimate scaremosphere this October as its award-winning Scarefest returns for 2018, with even more attractions and new live entertainment revealed for all ages.

This year will see the introduction of Project 42, a brand new action-packed scare maze in the Forbidden Valley, where valiant volunteers will enter the underground Phalanx compound in a bid to outwit what awaits them inside.

The spine-tingling Project 42 will join the award-winning maze line-up that this year sees the return of Sub Species: The End Games, Altonville Mine Tours: Uncover the Legend of the Skin Snatchers and The Welcoming – Be Chosen.

In addition, House of Monsters returns for 2018 with a new extended scene. Families can join a vlogger-turned-monster-hunter on a spooky walkthrough experience, set in a maze of seven live shows with laughs, frights, theatre and special effects, as they go on a modern day quest.

Thrillseekers looking for even more blood-pumping action will also get to experience latest attraction Wicker Man in the dark for the very first time.

Scarefest 2018 will also see the launch of the CBeebies Land Monster Ball offering a fun-filled Halloween party for families as they join their favourite CBeebies Land friends Ubercorn, Bing and Hey Duggee, for spooktacular games, dancing and much more. They’ll also get to enjoy CBeebies Land’s many rides and attractions at dusk.

The arrival of ‘Gretyl the Witch’ will also have kids in a spellbinding spin. She joins fellow characters Skelvin, Phil, Patch and Franklin as the Freaky Five in their Halloween playland, for ghoulish games, trick or treat activities, and spooky story-time.

Pop-up shows and flashmobs will also be taking place across the theme park, including the arrival of the eerie Galatica Airways Crew.

The washed-up motley Ghost Pirates will also be roaming Mutiny Bay and the re-awakening of boo-gying Alton Ancestors can also be seen in action.

Scarefest 2018 will take place on 6, 7, 13 and 14 October, then each day from October 19 to November 2.

Visit altontowers.com/scarefest for more information, prices, and to book tickets.