Scare Tactics
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| Scare Tactics | |
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| Genre | Reality Television |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Starring | Shannen Doherty Stephen Baldwin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original channel | Sci Fi Channel |
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For the political strategy, see Tactical politics
Scare Tactics is a reality show on the Sci-Fi Channel which began airing April 2003. It is produced by Hallock & Healey Entertainment.
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[edit] Format
First hosted by Shannen Doherty, and then by Stephen Baldwin, it was a hidden camera show putting unsuspecting victims into terrifying situations usually involving movie-style special effects and makeup. The victims, generally four per episode, are set up by friends/family in tandem with producers.
The unsuspecting victims on the show were usually lured to some location, either invited there by people they know (who were in on the act), or reporting for what they think is 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, which were all staged while the victim was being secretly video recorded. The skits would end when the victim was completely terrified and someone would ask them, "Are you scared?" where they usually replied "Yes!". They would get the reply, "You shouldn't be! You're on Scare Tactics!"
Some parts of the show were modified for the benefit of the viewing audience. For instance, a victim seeing the landing of a UFO would just see a bunch of strange lights beaming around them, but the viewer may see the alien ship appear as a special effect added later, something the victim never really sees from their point of view.
[edit] Criticism
Various viewers of the show have speculated as to whether or not the show is a real hidden camera show, or the whole thing is done by actors. Judging from message board comments it seems the opinion of the public is mixed. However, judging from the Kara Blanc lawsuit, (see below) one would have to assume that the show is real. Some critics have called the program "Candid Camera meets Jackass" and "more Jackass than Candid Camera". [citation needed]
[edit] Lawsuit
In May 2003, the creators of the show Scott Hallock and Kevin Healey were supposedly sued by a Los Angeles woman named Kara Blanc, (see Kara Blanc Lawsuit File which is on record at a lawfirm), who claimed that she suffered severe psychological distress as the result of a prank performed on her. In her case, Kara and her friend were terrified by an alien. The lawsuit supposedly was a hoax staged as a publicity stunt. [citation needed]
[edit] List of Scare Tactics episodes
[edit] Season One
- 101 - UFO Abduction, Firing Range, Buried Alive, Camp Kill
- 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
[edit] 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 - n/a
- 222 - Alien House Call, Hackman Attacks, Final Entry, Hannah's Abduction
[edit] See also
Infarto: A similar scare/prank show airing on TV Azteca and Azteca América.
