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Scare Tactics

2003 · TV Series · TV-MA · 30 min · ★ 6.2

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Every episode sets up everyday people in a believable situation, then drops them into an over-the-top scare scenario captured by hidden cameras. After the panic peaks, the prank is revealed and the show moves on to the next quick, intense setup, mixing horror-style shocks with comedy and a rotating host.

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Details
Years
2003–2013
Release date
2003-04-04
Network
Syfy
Language
English
Rated
TV-MA
Runtime
30 min
Max quality
HD
TMDB rating
6.2/10 (11 votes)
About

You’ll enjoy this if you like fast, shock-heavy prank TV with a mean streak and big reactions, similar to Jackass; Not for you if you want authentic reality, gentle humor, or family-friendly viewing.

Pros: quick, intense pranks; elaborate setups; easy background watch | Cons: feels staged; uneven hosting; not kid-friendly

Themes

  • hidden camera
  • horror

Cast & crew

Episodes6 seasons · 121 episodes

Season 123 episodes
  • S1E1UFO Abduction
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  • S1E2Bigfoot Attacks
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  • S1E3Organ Harvest
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  • S1E4Clone Attack
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  • S1E5Meteor Man
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  • S1E6Lab Spill
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  • S1E7Tanning Salon Terror
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  • S1E8Ghost Train
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  • S1E9UFO Trailer Attack
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  • S1E10Harsh Reality
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  • S1E11Chupacabra Attack
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  • S1E12Hazmat Hell
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  • S1E13Laboratory Meltdown
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  • S1E14Maniac Cop
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  • S1E15Killer Clown
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  • S1E16Chainsaw Attack
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  • S1E17Web of Evil
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  • S1E18Security Breach
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  • S1E19Bad Medicine
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  • S1E20Massacre Under the House
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  • S1E21Lethal Touch
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  • S1E22Home Invasion
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  • S1E23Scare Tactics Scare Tac-ular!
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Season 222 episodes
  • S2E1Rage From the Cage
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  • S2E2Street Justice
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  • S2E3Gorilla With a Fist
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  • S2E4What's in the Box
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  • S2E5Brother's Keeper
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  • S2E6Toilet Full of Scary
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  • S2E7Slaughterhouse of Horror
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  • S2E8Wired for Revenge
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  • S2E9Motor Psychos
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  • S2E10Piranhas in the Pond
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  • S2E11If I Only Had Your Brains
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  • S2E12Power Outrage
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  • S2E13Backwoods Booby Trap
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  • S2E14For Whom the Bridge Trolls
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  • S2E15Drone Helicopter
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  • S2E16Unsafe
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  • S2E17Bedridden but Deadly
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  • S2E18Pond Creature
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  • S2E19Car Wash
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  • S2E20The Blob
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  • S2E21Freddy's Revenge
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  • S2E22Alien House Call
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Season 325 episodes
  • S3E1Satan's Baby
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  • S3E23:10 to Hell
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  • S3E3Genie in a Beer Bottle
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  • S3E4Psycho in a Box
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  • S3E5When White Noise Attacks
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  • S3E6The Screaming Room
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  • S3E7Frankenstein's Basement of Terror
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  • S3E8Taxi Cab Carnage
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  • S3E9Home Video Horror
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  • S3E10When the Larvae Breaks
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  • S3E11Big Scoop of Scary
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  • S3E12Blood Bath
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  • S3E13Satan's Baby Returns
  • S3E14Basket Case
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  • S3E15Ghoul Bus
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  • S3E16Channeling the Dead
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  • S3E1728 Minutes Later
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  • S3E18Ranger Danger
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  • S3E19The Collector
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  • S3E20Toxic Shock
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  • S3E21Tow Truck Killers
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  • S3E22Ghoul Bus 2
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  • S3E23Dying to Kill!
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  • S3E24Desert Cult Trailer Attack
  • S3E25Trapped in a Minefield
Season 413 episodes
  • S4E1It's My Party22m
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  • S4E2No Pain, No Brain22m
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  • S4E3Killing Rosemary's Baby22m
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  • S4E4Vampire Stakeout22m
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  • S4E5Life's a Witch22m
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  • S4E6Alien Road Block22m
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  • S4E7Valet Violence22m
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  • S4E8Tracy the Tour Guide22m
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  • S4E9Uh Oh! It's Maggots22m
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  • S4E10If These Walls Could Bleed22m
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  • S4E11Chill Out22m
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  • S4E12Hot Under the Collar22m
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  • S4E13Buzz Kill22m
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Season 513 episodes
  • S5E1Driver's Dead22m
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  • S5E2Pregnant With a Mutant22m
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  • S5E3Blown to Green Pieces22m
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  • S5E4Bicentennialien22m
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  • S5E5Barnacle Boy22m
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  • S5E6Touched by an E.T.22m
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  • S5E7The Happening Again22m
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  • S5E8Party 'Til You Nuke22m
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  • S5E9The Corpse Whisperer22m
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  • S5E10Alien Car Crash22m
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  • S5E11Gnome Sweet Gnome22m
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  • S5E12Fright at the End of the Tunnel22m
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  • S5E13Twilight My Fire22m
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Season 625 episodes
  • S6E1Attack of the Rat Monster
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  • S6E2UFO Abduction
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  • S6E3Bigfoot Attacks
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  • S6E4Camp Kill
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  • S6E5Limo in Area 51
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  • S6E6Maniac Cop
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  • S6E7I Me Minefield
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  • S6E8Monkey Trouble
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  • S6E9Harsh Reality
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  • S6E10Rage From The Cage
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  • S6E11Jr. Executive Mafia
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  • S6E12Desert Cult Trailer Attack
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  • S6E13Open the Pod Bay Door
  • S6E14Revenge of the Switch-Hiker
  • S6E15Boy in the Bubble
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  • S6E16Shave And A Headcut
  • S6E17Alien Contact
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  • S6E18Revenge of the Mummy
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  • S6E19Waco Me Up
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  • S6E20Slaughterhouse of Horror
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  • S6E21Chainsaw Attack
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  • S6E22Halloween Mask Horror
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  • S6E23Alien Baby Returns
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  • S6E24Phantom Power
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  • S6E25Psycho in a Box Returns
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