Villain's Lair

Mostly positive (76 ratings)

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escondido [prev. Clue Avenue]

Escape room
IRL

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Can you stop an evil villain’s plans for world domination? We need your help! An evil super villain with a vendetta against the world has created a poisonous substance that he’s planning on releasing, first to all of San Diego, then the world! We sent our spies in months ago to infiltrate his lab and get more intel, but we haven’t heard from them! With the safety of the entire world at stake, we need your help!

2-8
60 mins
Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (76)

Mostly positive

Reviews

ReallyBadDancer

10 escape rooms

It was just ok. Had a couple of fun puzzles for sure, but suffers from clutter issues and it is unnecessarily hard to find information to solve puzzles. Also had some technical glitches. Overall I'd rate this as below average.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Difficulty

Medium

Puzzles are relatively easy if you can find the relevant elements.

Game tech

Mechanical

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Oct 18, 2025

Eungus

3 escape rooms

Pretty straightforward, if not easy and slightly messy. Not really anything notable tbh.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Was anything broken?

Mar 25, 2025

chrissycroft

149 escape rooms

This game is below average in my opinion. Lots of the classic escape room tropes but not used creatively. Also there was an aspect of the game half our team couldn’t access due to body size which is always a bummer.

Dec 21, 2022

Artisio

42 escape rooms

This was our first room! It had a good variety of puzzles and required a bit of teamwork that really got us hooked on the concept. The room also had lots of personality and the host was very pleased when we made it out. Apparently nobody had done that in awhile.

Dec 4, 2022

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