Scare Tactics

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Do you know what scares you? You will get to see what scares the living daylights out of average citizens just like you on Scare Tactics, the hit series from the Sci-Fi Channel and the producers of the hidden camera show Spy TV. The series puts a new spin on the hidden camera idea by featuring pranks inspired by science-fiction and horror films. Such pranks feature "victims" in situations involving haunted houses, alien abductions and more. As an added twist, throughout the seasons the different hosts of Scare Tactics take part in many of the show's pranks. For those who think the pranks may be too mean-spirited, the producers assure that the show's staff creates detailed bios on each person to ensure that they can handle the kind of situations in which they might be placed. "That's very important to note," producer Kevin Healey says of the selection process. "We're not just playing these wacky, crazy jokes on people who are unsuspecting. We work very hard with friends and family members to make sure that the jokes are appropriate for them, that they'll get a kick out of it, all that kind of stuff. That they don't have any health problems." That's one thing that the critics of the show fail to notice. Friends and family members actually have a big hand in setting up the pranks and the "victims" are not just random innocent people suckered in by the show's supposedly "cruel" producers. Originally ordered as an addition to the Sci Fi Channel's October 2002 line-up, the show was instead moved to April 2003. Scare Tactics began with a one-hour premiere, showing two original episodes back-to-back on April 4, 2003. Season one episodes aired Fridays at 10:00 p.m. followed by a repeat of the prior week's episode at 10:30 p.m. In its second season, the first few episodes of the series aired Thursdays at 10:00pm. After a long hiatus, new episodes began airing on Wednesdays at 10:00p.m. ET. The show ended in December 2004. Three and a half years later, Sci Fi Channel revived the series with episodes of Season 3 starting up on July 9, 2008. Remember, "Laugh it up. You could be next." & "Don't freak out. It's only Scare Tactics." Actress Shannen Doherty kept us on the edge of our seats as the host for Scare Tactics in Season 1 and part of Season 2. Actor Stephen Baldwin took over as host for the remainder of Season 2. Saturday Night Live veteran Tracy Morgan joins the revival of the show for Season 3.moreless
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  • South Africa

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    By guri, May 08, 2012
    Hi.

    When will you come to south Africa to prank some of my friends here, i work with a bunch of "big boys" (they think they are the funniest, strongest fearless people in the world) and i would love to prank them! please let me know if that is something you do, or are going to do!
    Please come here pleeeease.

  • Help scare my brother

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    By AlexisMercer, Apr 11, 2012
    Hey Tracy, I'm writing to ask you to help me with one thing and that is to scare my close friend, which he is like a brother to me, his name is Devaughn. I am trying to scare him because we were talking one day and I was telling him what scared me and he told me that he wasn't scared of anything. Now you and me both now that everyone is scared of something. This is where I ask for your help to help me scare him. I want to prove him wrong. This would be another great show for you so pleaseeee. If you can contact me at mkrex8@comcast.net. Thank you and pleaseeee!!!!!!!! :)moreless

  • I Need To Scare My Close Friends

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    By AsiaZellars, Feb 27, 2012
    I need to scare a close friend of mine and he is like a brother to me . I want to scare him because he always saying something mean to me and plays around a lot . So i want to scare him to very bad. Also he hasn't always been there for me and i to teach him a lesson. Reach Me At zellarsasia92@yahoo.com Please Help Me

  • Getting revenge on a friend

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    By moonstone123, Feb 21, 2012
    Hi I wanna get revenge on my friend who did the meanest prank on me ever! She put a cat on the sofa where I was going to sit, I didn;t aee it, I sat on it, and screamed my head of. Of course she thought it was funny, but now I wanna pull a prank on her that she will never forget. Do you think you could help me? Email me at kaylin.andrews16@yahoo.com. THANK YOU :)moreless

  • helllo i need help scaring my husband

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    By darkriSilvaki, Feb 08, 2012
    ive know my husband way before we got married and even then as he does now he scares me all the time and for once i would like to see him scared he tells me all the time that nothing scares him ever well i for one would like to see if the famous scare tactics can scare him goodness knows i cabt scare him at all and belive me i have tried if you can help me please do my email is jessicaanthony45@yahoo.commoreless
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