Local escape game pivots into interactive Halloween haunt

With Halloween right around the corner, it’s not too late to get a few more scares in before the big night.

Trey Smith’s XscapeWorks attraction is a collection of four escape games connected via time machine. But once daylight runs out, it undergoes a ghastly transformation. About 6 p.m. daily during the Halloween season, the puzzle-filled escape game turns into an interactive haunted house that challenges — and terrifies — all who enter.

“A lot of people have been through haunted houses,” Smith said. “A lot of people have played escape games. But here, you get a haunted escape game.”

Guests at 2430 Air Park Road in North Charleston enter through an automated time machine that sends one group at a time through a series of themed haunts, starting with a traditional haunted house, followe