Scare Tactics

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Scare Tactics is a hidden camera/comedy television show, produced by Kevin Healey and Scott Hallock. Its first two seasons aired from April 2003 to December 2004. After a hiatus, the show returned for a third season, beginning July 9, 2008. The first season of the show was hosted by Shannen Doherty. Stephen Baldwin took her place in the middle of the second season. Since the beginning of the third season, the show has been hosted by Tracy Morgan. The fourth season began on October 6, 2009.

In Europe the first season of the program aired on MTV Central from 2003 to 2004. The show is also broadcast in Australia on FOX8, in Canada on MuchMusic, in India on AXN, in Russia on MTV Russia (only first two seasons), in Turkey on Dream TV, in Poland on TV Puls, in Finland on Jim, in Sweden on TV6 a short time. And now also on TV11.

Format

Scare Tactics is a hidden camera prank show that puts victims into terrifying situations, usually involving movie-style special effects and makeup that recreates horror movie clichés. The victims, generally four per episode, are set up by friends/family in tandem with producers.

The victims on the show are lured to a location, either invited there by people they know (who were in on the act), or reporting for what they thought was a new job. Soon they would experience some kind of terrifying scene"?like a strange monster, a terrible accident, or a violent crime being committed"?all of which was staged while the victim was secretly being recorded.

Some controversy to the show's authenticity has arouse as in the segment "Cursed Book", you'll notice that the castle-like estate is said to be in Pyramid, GA. The same exact house is said to be in Hameville, CA in "Killing Rosemary's Baby". This house is then shown as being located in Walton, NJ in "It's My Party" and is also presented as being in Brodie, WY in "Wine To Die For".

There are some instances where the victims are lured into the pranks on the promise of being on a fake reality show called "Fear Antics" which plays off like a show similar to MTV's Jackass but end with dire consequences.

The pranks end when the victim is completely terrified and someone would ask them, "Are you scared?" to which they usually reply in the affirmative. They then get the reply, "You shouldn't be! You're on Scare Tactics!" or "I'll have to/I'm gonna put you on Scare Tactics!"

List of Scare Tactics episodes

Season One

101: UFO Abduction, Firing Range, Buried Alive, Camp Killer
102: Bigfoot Attacks, Where's Shannen?, Flatline, Psycho Hitchhiker
103: Limo in Area 51, Monster in the Closet, Organ Harvest, Disappearing Stripper
104: Clone Attack, Repo Man, Orgy from Hell, Monkey Trouble
105: Meteor Man, Barbershop of Blood, Date with the Devil, Taxi Cab Carnage
106: Lab Spill, Haunted Babysitter, Serial Killer, Hellride
107: Tanning Salon Terror, Cable Killers, Little Girl Psychic, Runaway Corpse
108: Ghost Train, Body in Trunk, Dominatrix for a Day, Desert Monster
109: UFO Trailer Attack, The Cannibal Family, Séance from Hell, Driving the Dead
110: Harsh Reality, Dr. Werewolf, Boy in a Bubble, Virgin Sacrifice
111: Chupacabra Attack, Deadly Secret, Lights Out, Black Magic
112: Hazmat Hell, Surgery Nightmare, Death Lunch, Bad Seed
113: Laboratory Meltdown, Eye Witness, Unborn Clones, Silo Scare
114: Deadly Feast, Fear in the Box, Fear Antics: Psycho, Maniac Cop
115: Killer Clown, Lethal Conversation, Caught on Camera, Demonic Duel
116: Chainsaw Attack, Beastly Breakout, Deadly Hicks, Alien Returns
117: Dangerous Obsession, Web of Evil, Laboratory of Blood, Repo from Hell
118: Security Breach, Taste for Blood, Zombie Grandma, Killer Car
119: Bad Medicine, Killer Queen, Dead Alive, Alien Hunters
120: Massacre Under the House, Unholy Ground, Video Victim, Mask of Death
121: Lethal Touch, Showgirl's Revenge, Terror Next Door, Bigfoot Returns
122: Home Invasion, Demonic Possession, Fatal Beauty, The Hunted
123 Special: The Bloody Mirror, The Poltergiest, The Ouija Board, The Amityville Horror

Season Two

201: Rage from the Cage, Killer Bees, Bring Out the Gimp, Grave Robbers
202: Street Justice, That's Not Santa, Freaks Come Out at Night, Possessed Office
203: Gorilla with a Fist, Regression Aggression, Fear Antics: Mandroid's Revenge, Flowers for My Lady
204: What's in the Box?, Stakeout, Shocker, Radio Daze
205: Brother's Keeper, Cult Compound Crackdown, Revenge of the Switchhiker, Drug Ring Sting
206: Toilet Full of Scary, Desert Cult Trailer Attack, Wrath of the Mummy, Juvenile Justice
207: Slaughterhouse of Horror, Porn Dorm Massacre, Desert Ritual, Walk-in Portal
208: Wired for Revenge, Shave and a Headcut, Summon the Demon, Fear Antics: Hotel Hell
209: Motor Psychos, Attack of the Rat Monster, I Me Minefield, There Are Men Coming Here to Kill Me
210: Piranhas in the Pond, Chambermaid of Horror, Shotgun Wedding, Critters
211: If I Only Had Your Brain, Open the Pod Bay Door, Wired, Fear Antics: Room With a View
212: Power Outrage, License to Drive, Wolfman Tells Campfire Stories, The Bagman
213: Backwoods Booby Trap, Demon's List, Newest Mental Patient, Mob Morgue
214: For Whom the Bridge Trolls, Party Forever (Parts 1 & 2), Burned Alive
215: Drone Helicopter, Fed-Execution, Girl in a Blood-Soaked Dress, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
216: Unsafe, Eye of the Beholder, Tastes Like Chicken, Meet My Psycho Girlfriend
217: Bedridden but Deadly, The Set Up (Parts 1 & 2), Lost and Found
218: Pond Creature, Carface, Moonshine Mountain, Rubbed the Wrong Way
219: Car Wash, Fear Antics: Running Man, Gimme a Hand, Spa of Death
220: The Blob, Road Rage, Strip Club, Man of the Haunted House
221: Alien House Call, Hackman Attacks, Final Entry, Hannah's Abduction

Season Three

301: Satan's Baby, Wood; Chipper, Psychic, Black Project
302: 3:10 to Hell, Patient's Rage, Fire Starter, Affection
303: Genie in a Beer Bottle, Vampire Spa, Escaped Mental Patient, Alien Eggs
304: Psycho in a Box, Cheaters of Death, Welcome to the Neighborhood, Ice Man
305: When White Noise Attacks, Phantom Power, Walled Off, Paralyzed With Fear
306: The Screaming Room, Death Bed and Breakfast, Little Person, Big Kill, Welcome to the Dollhouse
307: Frankenstein's Basement of Terror, Who's Your Dead Daddy?, Wired for Fear, Pool of Blood
308: Taxi Cab Carnage, Alien Consortium, Double Trouble Clone, Junkyard Showdown
309: Home Video Horror, Last Will and Testament, Voodoo Vixen, Assassin's Apprentice
310: When the Larvae Breaks, To Catch a Predator, Curse of the Samurai, Pickled to Death
311: Big Scoop of Scary, Home Invasion, Healer/Killer, Coffin Refill
312: Blood Bath, Meteor Virus, Carmageddon, Welcome to the Dollhouse 2
313: Satan's Baby Returns, Screaming Room 2, Barbershop of Blood 2, Junkyard Showdown 2
314: Basket Case, Human Stew, Web of Lies, Breakdown
315: Ghoul Bus, Criminal's Rage, Killer's Hideout, Psycho Kid
316: Channeling the Dead, Black Project 2, Zombie Testing, A Quick Bite
317: 28 Minutes Later, Nightmare Session, Zig the Clown, Paranormal Radio Show
318: Ranger Danger, Mistaken Identity (Parts 1 & 2), The Doctor's Trip
319: The Collector, Cleansing the House, Finding the Truth, Psycho Dance
320: Toxic Shock, The Pimp, Female Serial Killer, Can I Have a Kiss?
321: Tow Truck Killers, Radioactive Tanning, Mental Patient's Drug Overdose, Cannibal Party
322: Ghoul Bus 2, Wrong Identity, Nightmare Motel, Criminal's Second Rage
323: Dying to Kill!, Big Phantom Power, Re-hatched Alien Eggs, Old Man of Death

Season Four

401: It's My Party, The Squatters, Fraud Stick-Up, Crop Circle Showdown
402: No Pain No Brain, Communicating With the Ghosts, The Freak Show, Blood on the Cosmos
403: Killing Rosemary's Baby, Human Auction, Look in the Sky, Show and Hell
404: Vampire Stakeout, Mind Killer, Wine to Die For, Grandpa Has Returned
405: Life's a Witch, Revenge of the Werewolf, Alien Babysitter, Organ Harvesting Facility
406: Alien Road Block, Lend Me a Hand, Black OPTS, Murderer Still at Large
407: Valet Violence, Cursed Book, Possessed Farm, Demon Doll
408: Tracy the Tour Guide, Into the Mist, Horror on the Horror Set, Death from Above
409: Uh Oh! It's Maggots, Ultimate Alien Fighter, Fountain of Youth, He Shoots He Spores
410: If These Walls Could Bleed, Size Splatters, Zombie Town, Truthisodes
411: Chill Out, Reptile Creature Revolt, Gang Green Thumb, Scary Development
412: Hot Under the Collar, Insanity Virus, No Asylum, Voo Doo You Love?
413: Buzz Kill, Electrocutie, Ouija Sitter, Snakes in a Drain

Country

Canada

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