20 years in the past, SyFy (which was nonetheless referred to as the SciFi Channel) premiered a hidden digital camera prank present referred to as Scare Techniques. The premise behind the collection was putting actual folks into terrifying, typically paranormal or weird conditions, after which watching them react. I cherished the present once I was youthful. And I’m so blissful that this Halloween season, Scare Techniques is again with a seemingly larger funds and underneath the steering of horror grasp Jordan Peele.
This new season of Scare Techniques makes some adjustments to the format. This time round, the present is hosted by Flip and never a random celeb, like Shanon Doherty or Tracy Morgan. Flip is described as a “spectral pre-teen obsessive about horror motion pictures and fascinated by human worry.” I’m unsure Flip, together with his large TV head and off-brand Crypt Keeper vibes, actually works, but it surely additionally doesn’t matter. Scare Techniques has seen a number of host adjustments and varied visible rebrandings during the last 20 years and it by no means diminished the true pleasure of the present: Watching random folks get thrown into terrifying and spooky conditions and seeing what occurs. And fortunately, this new model of Scare Techniques doesn’t mess with that side of the components in any respect.
The primary episode of Scare Techniques, which is out there now (together with the second episode) on YouTube, is an ideal return for the brand new collection because it demonstrates that this model of the present can nail the wild paranormal pranks in addition to the extra tense, slower paced ones, too.
Within the first prank, a person finally ends up as a witness to a marriage that includes a really pregnant lady and her husband. However slowly, it turns into clear that these persons are most likely a part of some devil-worshipping cult and her child ain’t human. The opposite prank within the first episode of Scare Techniques includes a man who has been invited to a elaborate dinner that includes unique meals. Ultimately, the meal takes a flip and he’s served what he thinks is human flesh. The stress of whether or not he’ll, just like the actors tricking him, eat it or not is fantastic.
Right here’s the second episode of the present, that includes some WWE superstars and a creepy doll that leads somebody to a lethal clown.
After all, each prank ends with somebody revealing the reality to the sufferer and letting them chill out and snort off what simply occurred. It’s at all times pleasant to observe folks change immediately the second their brains notice that they aren’t in peril however are literally simply on a prank present. The combo of anger, aid, and pleasure at all times makes me giggle.
Scare Techniques is an ideal present to observe throughout Halloween (the outdated pranks are up on YouTube, too) as a result of it’s like a group of horror anthology movies from a number of genres, however starring actual individuals who have genuine and different reactions to the horrible occasions round them.
Scare Techniques is an ideal present to observe with mates as a palette cleanser between movies in a horror film marathon. It’ll make you snort and argue about who in your group can be essentially the most terrified by a sure prank. It’s like Candid Digicam, however with extra satan infants and blood. And I’m so blissful it’s again simply in time for Halloween.
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