The BEST episodes of Scare Tactics
Every episode of Scare Tactics ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Scare Tactics!
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.
#1 - Twilight My Fire
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2012
Two journalists learn the consequences of offending a satanic cult. A guard tries to fend off possessed treasure thieves. A reporter gets caught as he dresses like a woman to participate in a feminist club. A therapist's assistant must sing a lullaby to soothe a savage prisoner on the hunt.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Alien Road Block
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2010
A delivery guy, a temp worker and a production assistant play roles in pranks. Also: a witness in the witness protection program has a disturbing visitor. Stunts: Alien Road Block, Lend Me a Hand, Black OPTS, Murderer Still at Large
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Hazmat Hell
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/18/2003
Hazmat Hell: A young man finds himself trapped in a warehouse filled with hazardous biochemical waste. Surgery Nightmare: A boyfriend is horrified when a simple surgical procedure turns his girlfriend into a hideous monster. Death Lunch: A tainted appetizer turns a casual lunch into a 911 emergency. Bad Seed: A new babysitter learns that this little girl always gets her way — or else!
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#4 - The Collector
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/21/2008
A demented family covets a woman for a strange collection; the creator of a Web series about unsolved murders makes a shocking find; a wrong turn sends partygoers to an unusual underground rave; a ghost issues a special message to a woman.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Party Till You Nuke
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/2011
A party-planner becomes involved with extreme activists who plan to blow up a nuclear reactor. A cult guru and his assistant formulate a doomsday plan to kill his followers. One man's hospital "prank" kills an innocent patient and a ghost protects a rich woman from thieves!
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Scare Tactics Scare Tac-ular!
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/31/2003
A one-hour Halloween special filmed in front of a live audience at Universal Studios features "scares" from the first season as well as new never-before-seen "scares" and scenes from the horror movies that inspired them.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Laboratory Meltdown
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/25/2003
Laboratory Meltdown: A new security system fails, trapping workers in a room filled with deadly gas. Eye Witness: An office-worker finds himself implicated in a violent, government-backed conspiracy. Unborn Clones: A woman is shocked to learn that her husband has promised to rent her reproductive system to a shady medical firm. Silo Scare: A business is evacuated when federal agents tell its employees they are sitting on top of an unstable nuclear weapon.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#9 - Deadly Genie in a Beer Bottle
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2008
A young man, working unknowingly for a fake hidden camera show, dresses as a genie grants three "deadly" wishes. A woman working at a new health spa is shocked to discover that the secret ingredient in their signature treatment is human blood. Then a security guard is trapped when an escaped inmate hijacks a vehicle and decides to play a deadly game of chicken. And while cleaning out a supposedly abandoned garage, a young woman uncovers an entire race of alien pods that are about to hatch.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Organ Harvest
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2003
Organ Harvest: A receptionist hoping for a career in the medical community gets more than she bargained for when the doctor she's working for turns out to be an organ dealer in the black market. Monster in the Closet: A babysitter loses the child she's looking after but it's to what she lost it to that shocks her. Disappearing Stripper: A man at a bachelor party gets caught red-handed when a stripper disappears and the only evidence left is what appears to be blood on his hands. Limo in Area 51: Partygoers on their way to a desert party near the infamous Area 51 discover how serious the government is about keeping that area a secret.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#12 - Satan's Baby Returns
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/4/2008
A young woman working in a medical clinic suddenly finds herself the unwitting assistant in the delivery of Satan's baby. A young woman attends a screening of some scary short films where the director silences his critics with death. A young man playing a joke at a barbershop becomes the unwilling target of a hidden camera prank gone wrong.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Psycho in a Box
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/2008
First up, a delivery driver picks up a coffin from a mental institution, but the man inside is not dead. A young man working on a reality show that catches cheating boyfriends actually catches a murderer. A worker in an upscale community finds himself trapped in a cult that worships tainted pie. And finish off with a tale involving a young man hired to sift through chunks of prehistoric ice who unexpectedly finds signs of life.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Buzzkill
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/21/2011
A prank with a female robot that runs on blood; a babysitter summons evils spirits with a Ouija board; a beekeeper's ambition plays out; a plumber and his assistant encounter a bunch of snakes. Stunts: Buzz Kill, Electrocutie, Ouija Sitter, Snakes in a Drain
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - UFO Trailer Attack
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/20/2003
UFO Trailer Attack: A college student realizes she is not alone when aliens abduct her best friend right before her eyes. The Cannibal Family: A nanny learns that her new family has a taste for blood. Séance From Hell: A young actor loses his cool when a hidden-camera séance turns deadly. Driving the Dead: A cemetery worker gets the shock of his life when a corpse reanimates in the back of his hearse.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#17 - Home Invasion
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/10/2003
Home Invasion: While on a date, a couple gets a visit from an ex-boyfriend who has a jealous side. Demonic Possession: While pretending to be possessed by the devil, a wanna-be actor realizes he is about to experience a real life exorcism. Fatal Beauty: A kid witnesses an exotic dancer that comes back to life and gets revenge against her driver. The Hunted: A kid who gets a job as a day labor learns that his contractor is the kind of person who not only hunts animals, but humans as well.
#18 - Tanning Salon Terror
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/11/2003
Tanning Salon Terror: An experimental tanning cream leaves a young girl with an unwanted glow. Cable Killers: Agents posing as cable-TV installers ransack a victim's house in search of a secret device. Little Girl Psychic: A young psychic predicts a horrific future for an unsuspecting restaurant patron. Runaway Corpse: The corpse inside an unearthed coffin seemingly awakes from the dead.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#19 - When White Noise Attacks
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/23/2008
First, a woman is hired to clean spirits from an abandoned building, but these ghosts won't go without a fight. Then a young woman working for the power company must confront a crazed scientist stealing power in order to make the ultimate weapon. A worker who tears down a wall discovers a neighbor has been using the space to hide a body. Finally, a lab assistant gives an experimental drug to paralyzed patients who experience side effects including anger and super-strength.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - 3:10 to Hell
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2008
In the second episode of the new season of the popular show, a train yard victim is thrown into a battle with alien cargo, a test subject in a research facility goes nuts, a psychic child causes fire trouble, and a crisis hotline phone attendant becomes the object of affection from a terrifying stalker.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - Valet Violence
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2010
A demonic doll causes trouble for a babysitter; an actor's joke on a mobster does not end well; an old book that can summon spirits is used in a prank; a news crew's report on death cults goes awry. Stunts: Valet Violence, Cursed Book, Possessed Farm, Demon Doll
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Fright at the End of the Tunnel
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/2012
An exterminator's assistant learns that rat traps cannot contain the creatures living under a tunnel. The loser of a comedy awards show tries to kill his way to the top. Target practice turns deadly for a knife-thrower and a young man is forced to marry pair of freakish sisters.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Alien Car Crash
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/2012
An insurance investigation turns into a wild encounter with outer-space visitors. A morgue assistant learns that a corpse has a crush on him. The ghost of a legendary explorer guards his booty from searchers and a coma-ward is terrified when an awakened patient tries to murder her.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Tow Truck Killers
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/21/2008
A sunscreen experiment goes awry in the presence of a bikini-clad woman; an escaped mental patient seeks refuge in an office; the main course at an exclusive dinner party shocks a lady guest; partygoers encounter a crazed cult.
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