Right, if your Cardiff Uni accommodation was a horror movie here’s which one it would be

Halloween is coming, and so is the Cardiff student mayhem.

It’s safe to say that those first year accommodation blocks can sometimes be scarier than what you see in the cinema. I’m not just talking about the moving-in part, either – it’s the people you meet and the things you encounter along the way. Whether it’s mysterious noises, dodgy lighting, or the chaos of pres before YOLO, you’re guaranteed to have so many weird and wonderful experiences.

So, on the topic of horror and surprise, we’ve watched them all and decided exactly which horror movie your Cardiff Uni halls would be.

Taly South – 28 days later

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Taly South is the best of the best in terms of horror, but it’s safe to say it’s probably the deadliest halls to live in. Everything in Taly South spreads at rapid speed, whether it’s Freshers’ Flu, scabies or any other mysterious viruses.

On the bottom floor there’s always someone outside your window, and people roaming around the different courtyards at all hours of the night. Someone’s always setting off the fire alarm with a burnt piece of toast, and nobody sleeps.

In the morning people are like walking zombies; seeing students before 12pm is a rare sight. Lectures don’t exist for these people. Taly South is essentially a breakdown of civilisation; everyone must fend for themselves here. As soon as you move in you essentially transform into a zombie – and nothing can save you. Gossip, viruses, who you have slept with, it all spreads like a rash. At this point, it’s less student living and more full-blown apocalypse.

Taly Gate –  The Purge

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We can all agree there is a specific demographic of people who pick these halls of residence. The high security on the gate that other Taly intruders have been locked out of many times gives Rapunzel energy: You’re trapped in your tower, watching the chaos unfold below.

Up in the Taly Gate top floors, you’re safe from the chaos going on in Taly North and South. Taly Gate students are trapped like the Sandin family, with their high security and house adaptations that allow them to go into full lockdown when the purge takes place.

And, to be honest, every night near the Talys is like the purge: From someone blasting DnB at 4 am, to someone else setting off a fire alarm for “banter”. I’m begging all Taly Gate students to lock their doors and pray, as you don’t want the other Taly hooligans breaking into your sacred living place.

Uni Halls –  Texas Chainsaw Massacre

To all the poor people who live in Uni Halls, I feel sorry for you, because this accommodation is in the middle of nowhere. You are miles away from any type of civilisation, especially other university students. If you want to venture out for a night out, lectures or even just do a food shop, you have no choice but to get the bus.

However, from time to time, students have taken on the walk back from town and said it feels like a survival horror quest. It is the definition of isolation at its finest; there seriously is no escape and no one to help. Who knows if Leatherface lives in the house next door…

Senghennydd –  IT

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Senghennydd is IT in a dark, foolish disguise. Senghennydd residents are clueless clowns who were hoping for one of the Talys but were disorganised and too spaced-out to check their emails in time.

Clownlike and buffoon behaviour is always on display for students in these halls, from the broken showers to people blasting tunes at 3am. The corridors are so maze-like that you half expect Pennywise to pop out from the laundry room. There is always something dripping somewhere, and you’re never quite sure if it’s a leak or something else…

The accom is very close to the city centre, which makes it very easy for all kinds of killer clowns to walk in, so students living there, beware.

Taly Court – The Shining

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Taly Court, even to its residences, is like a maze with too many entrances and exits. It’s all too easy to get hopelessly lost in this warren. Why none of the buildings are joined up is a mystery to all who tread the corridors and pathways. Don’t even get me started on those lifts; they give off serious dark negative energy. You’re just waiting for the evil twins to step out when the doors open. If maintenance isn’t quick enough, those lifts might just go full shining.

The long, eerie corridors in Overlook Hotel are like the long, never-ending corridors in Taly Court. If you don’t have the constant intrusive thought that someone’s lurking around the corner, then you should probably start thinking about it.

Taly Court gets a lot of attention in Freshers’ Week for pres due to its bigger and better kitchens than Taly South, but after week one they’re usually dormant and there’s an unsettling quietness. After all the initial attention and limelight, the excitement dies down. As some say, it shines bright during freshers, but by week three, it’s giving haunted hotel energy.

Taly North – Paranormal Activity

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Out of all the Talys, this is the most horrifying one to get stuck in. It’s so quiet you start hearing things, creaks, whispers, maybe the ghost of a fresher who never made it to YOLO. Doors open on their own, lights flicker, and your flatmate swears they didn’t move that mug that you left on the counter.

The CCTV footage (if it existed) would just be people sleepwalking to the kitchen at 3am for toasties. You tell yourself it’s just the wind, but deep down you know that Taly North is haunted. At this point, the ghosts have been here longer than the cleaners.

Aberdare Hall – Annabelle Creation

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Aberdare Hall is an all-girls accommodation, so the drama levels are probably through the roof in this residency. It’s eerily quiet, and there are mysterious whispers in the corridor, correlating to the farmhouse in Annabelle, where the girl orphans are trapped. Walking through the hallways, you half expect to find some female’s lost possessed doll sitting at the end of the corridor staring at you.

Aberdare is so big it gives creepy farmhouse energy like in the movie, since you’re isolated from the other accoms. As with any environment where you’ve only got one gender, there can be a dominant stand-out leader. She will control all the other girls. Just make sure you don’t end up under the spell of the resident queen bee.

Hodge Hall – The Visit

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Hodge Hall is a weird accommodation centred in the middle of Cathays, opposite the Woodville. Something about it just feels off, and no one seems to know anyone who has lived there.

It’s been rumoured that when you head in there, it almost feels like you’ve gone to stay with your spooky old grandparents. You’re in the middle of second year territory; never fully welcome, always being watched.

In The Visit, the grandparents forbid the children to leave their rooms, like the tight rules in Hodge, where you must request visitors, meaning only students living there can head in or out. The building has a creepy energy, strange noises, and a sense that something weird always happens after dark. The high security is similar to the grandparents’ filming of the children in The Visit too.

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