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 - 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
#2 - Hazmat Hell, Surgery Nightmare, Death Lunch, Bad Seed
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!
#3 - Laboratory Meltdown, Eye Witness, Unborn Clones, Silo Scare
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.
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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.
#5 - Satan's Baby, Wood Chipper, Psychic, Black Project
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2008
A young woman working at a medical clinic finds herself assisting in a demonic baby delivery; a farm worker finds human remains in a wood chipper and faces a similar fate unless he can talk his way out of a confrontation; a psychic experiment.
#6 - Genie in a Beer Bottle, Vampire Spa, Escaped Mental Patient, Alien Eggs
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/16/2008
A young man dresses as a genie to grant deadly wishes; health spa's secret ingredient is human blood; a security guard is forced to play chicken by an escaped inmate; alien pods are discovered by a young woman as she cleans an abandoned garage.
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Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/16/2008
A delivery driver is faced with a not-so dead corpse from a mental institution; the host of a reality show that catches cheaters nabs a murderer instead; a worker is trapped by a cult that worship tainted pie; life found in prehistoric ice.
#8 - Life's a Witch
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2010
An organ-harvesting prank is featured, along with segments involving a witch, aliens and a creature that caused an accident. Stunts: Life's a Witch, Revenge of the Werewolf, Alien Babysitter, Organ Harvesting Facility
#9 - 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
#10 - Organ Harvest, Monster in the Closet, Disappearing Stripper, Limo in Area 51
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.
#11 - UFO Trailer Attack, The Cannibal Family, Séance from Hell, Driving the Dead
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.
#12 - Home Invasion, Demonic Possession, Fatal Beauty, The Hunted
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.
#13 - Tanning Salon Terror, Cable Killers, Little Girl Psychic, Runaway Corpse
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.
#14 - Blown to Green Pieces
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2011
A warehouse worker is implicated when radical eco-activists rig the building with explosives.
#15 - Pregnant With A Mutant
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/2011
An accident at an old chemical plant causes a woman to give birth to a freaky mutant.
#16 - Driver's Dead
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/2011
Singer/Actress Brooke Hogan is all smiles in her Scare Tactics debut until a leak at a nearby chemical plant turns her into a ravenous zombie.
#17 - Uh Oh! It's Maggots
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/17/2011
A plant grown in space becomes a student's problem; a sister's prank on her brother goes awry; a television crew visits a house where an old butler still serves his dead master; a doorman considers drinking a magic elixir. Stunts: Uh Oh! It's Maggots, Ultimate Alien Fighter, Fountain of Youth, He Shoots He Spores
#18 - 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
#19 - Taxi Cab Carnage, Alien Consortium, Double Trouble Clone, Junkyard Showdown
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/30/2008
A taxi driver hits a pedestrian and leaves him for dead; a scientist pursues human cloning; a young man finds himself trapped in an alien cult meeting; a young woman working at a junkyard finds herself part of a deadly bargain.
#20 - When White Noise Attacks, Phantom Power, Walled Off, Paralyzed with Fear
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.
#21 - 3:10 to Hell, Patient's Rage, Fire Starter, Affection
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2008
A mysterious creature attacks inside a dirty old train car; a drug test drives a volunteer berserk; a nurse must reason with a young boy that shows pyrokinetic abilities; a crisis hotline worker gets an unwelcome visit from a caller.
#22 - Chupacabra Attack, Deadly Secret, Lights Out, Black Magic
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/27/2003
Chupacabra Attack: A mysterious deadly creature comes to life on Shannen Doherty's farm. Deadly Secret: A car deal turns treacherous. Lights Out: A prank goes bad leaving blood on someones hands. Black Magic: A magician's assistant witnesses a dangerous illusion turn bloody.
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Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/9/2003
Harsh Reality: A young man is hired to work on what he thinks is a new reality series about Shannen Doherty. Soon things get scarier than the Anna Nicole Show when a psycho invades Shannen's new home. Dr. Werewolf: In another instalment of "Fear Antics" a prankster in need of a lesson has the tables turned on him when his prank involving a werewolf sends a woman, who happens to be armed with a gun, off the deep end. Bubble Boy: A young woman is hired to look after a teenager who is forced to live in a plastic room because of a serious illness. But due to faulty equipment the "bubble" room begins to fail on him as his babysitter scrambles to help. Burn Baby Burn: A man invites his friend to what turns out to be a ritualistic sacrifice in the desert but things don't go as planned as a man's clothes catch fire and he burns to death.
#24 - Clone Attack, Orgy from Hell, Repo Man, Monkey Trouble
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/11/2003
Clone Attack: A clean-up crew discovers that a genetics lab has left behind one of their experiments-gone-wrong. Orgy from Hell: A man invites his friend to an exclusive party hosted by a creepy cult. White Trash Killer: A repo man is sent to a house where repo men go in but they never come out and soon enough finds out why. Monkey Trouble: Hired to perform at a zoo party a man finds himself face-to-face with the zoo's resident 300-pound ape.
#25 - Bigfoot Attacks, Where's Shannen?, Flatline, Psycho Hitchhiker
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/4/2003
Bigfoot Attacks: Teens on a camping trip get a visit from a local legend. Where's Shannen?: Shannen Doherty's new assistant is setup as the prime suspect in a kidnapping plot. Flatliners: A medical testing subject witnesses a heart experiment gone wrong. Psycho Hitchhiker: A partygoer learns that it is never a good idea to pick up strangers.