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Scare Tactics
Overview
Unsuspecting people witness science fiction inspired pranks with alien abductions, hauntings, and other paranormal events.
Status
Ended
Created By
Scott Hallock, Kevin Healey
Network
Syfy
Seasons & Episodes
Season 3
Episodes
Satan's Baby
A medical-office receptionist has a hellish night; a farmhand makes a grisly discovery; an experiment involving a psychic goes awry.
3:10 to Hell
An abandoned train car becomes the setting for a terrifying encounter; a man sets up his cousin for a scare in a medical-research facility; a troubled boy heats things up for his would-be caretaker.
Genie in a Beer Bottle
A young man dressed as a genie grants deadly wishes; A woman at a health spa discovers their treatment uses a shocking secret ingredient; A security guard is trapped when an escaped inmate hijacks a vehicle; A young woman uncovers an entire race of alien pods..
Psycho in a Box
A coffin provides chills for a delivery driver.
When White Noise Attacks
Ghosts put up a fight against the woman hired to cast them out of an abandoned building.
The Screaming Room
A director confronts his critics at a screening for scary short films.
Frankenstein's Basement of Terror
An organ-harvesting scheme pits a night worker against a creepy funeral director.
Taxi Cab Carnage
A cab driver scares a passenger with an accident involving a pedestrian.
Home Video Horror
A prank on a babysitter is executed; a father's dying wish puts a young woman between two rival siblings.
When the Larvae Breaks
A human-sized cocoon is discovered by a man asked to clean a mad scientist's lab.
Big Scoop of Scary
A crime scene turns dangerous for a man working on a documentary about unsolved murders.
Blood Bath
A health-spa prank unfolds when an employee learns the secret ingredient of the signature treatment.
Satan's Baby Returns
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.
Basket Case
A receptionist at a doctor's office hears a patient's unusual request; a female serial killer, who keeps men's underwear as trophies, meets a handyman; a giant-spider prank unfolds; partygoers end up on the property of a crazed cult.
Ghoul Bus
ECW wrestler Matt Hardy guest stars as a violent criminal in a prank targeting a doctor's assistant; security guards happen upon a school bus with just one little girl inside; a prison guard monitors an unusual inmate.
Channeling the Dead
A vampire is interviewed; a babysitter is targeted for a prank; night watchmen encounter a scientist who's disposing of the results of his experiments; an undercover team breaches a government facility.
28 Minutes Later
A sleep study goes awry; a little girl's imaginary friend becomes a babysitter's problem; partygoers stray into a quarantined area; a radio show about unexplained phenomena gets an unlikely visitor.
Ranger Danger
A prank on a young park ranger unfolds; a mad scientist's violent hallucinations spook the lab assistant; a police sketch results in an arrest after a woman spots the suspect.
The Collector
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.
Toxic Shock
A deadly radioactive ooze imperils the employee of a shady businessman; a caterer is hired for a mad scientist's party; a construction worker has a strange encounter; a handyman meets a female serial killer.
Tow Truck Killers
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.
Ghoul Bus 2
WWE star Matt Hardy plays a criminal who terrorizes a doctor's assistant; a maid encounters a maniac with a chainsaw; an office employee meets two men who both meet the description of a wanted man. Also: an abandoned school-bus prank.
Dying to Kill!
Alien pods are discovered in an abandoned garage; a retirement-home resident has a deadly gift; a patient wishes to be reattached to his formerly conjoined twin; a power-company employee confronts a scientist who is stealing power to create the ultimate weapon.
Desert Cult Trailer Attack
An employee of a housing community finds himself the target of an angry mob of cultists demanding that he vacate their sacred land.
Trapped in a Minefield
A surveyor takes a wrong turn into a minefield.
