Auditions are terrifying at the best of times — but these ones are set to be the stuff of nightmares, as Ireland’s top scare-house attraction spreads its terror to the capital.

From crypt zombies to crazed butchers and from chainsaw-wielding maniacs to deranged little girls, this year’s Nightmare Realm is, as ever, a sight to behold.

There’s a flicker of light under the door of Cork’s most notorious scare house this week as those inside prepare a cascade of horror for this year’s punters.

HORROR fetishists, people who like a good scare and the merely curious are in for a chilling experience at Cork’s first scare house, The Nightmare Realm, at Navigation House on Albert Quay.