Scare Tactics is a hidden camera/comedy television show, produced by Kevin Healey and Scott Hallock. Its first two seasons aired from April 2003 to December 2004. After a hiatus, the show returned for a third season, beginning July 9, 2008. The first season of the show was hosted by Shannen Doherty. Stephen Baldwin took her place in the middle of the second season. Since the beginning of the third season, the show has been hosted by Tracy Morgan. The fourth season began on October 6, 2009.
In Europe the first season of the program aired on MTV Central from 2003 to 2004. The show is also broadcast in Australia on FOX8, in Canada on MTV, in India on AXN, in Russia on MTV Russia, in Turkey on Dream TV, in Poland on TV Puls, in Finland on Jim, in South Korea on Q TV, in Sweden initially on TV6 and currently on TV11.
Buried Alive: A man is buried alive, terrifying his friend. Firing Range: A weapons tester gets deceived into thinking he has blown someone up on a firing range. UFO Abduction: Party-goers witness a UFO sighting...
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...
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...
METEOR MAN: After witnessing a meteor crash and its horrible side effects a man realizes that he's seen too much when two FBI agents arrive to make matters worse. DATE WITH THE DEVIL: A young...
Ghost Train: A worker is trapped in a truck as a giant freight train hurtles toward him on supposedly abandoned tracks. Body in Trunk: A man is pulled out of a restaurant by police officers...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
Lab Spill: A toxic spill leads to deadly consequences in a chemistry lab. Serial Killer: A job applicant is fingered as a fugitive serial killer. Haunted Babysitter: A babysitter discovers she is trapped in a...
Maniac Cop: A group of partygoers is left at the mercy of an escaped maniac, who has commandeered their vehicle. Fear in the Box: A new species of predator is on the loose and hunting...
Killer Clown: An employee at a magic shop is terrified when a homicidal clown stalks her. Lethal Conversation: A news crew interviews a serial killer who has supernatural powers. Caught on Camera: A worker at...
Ferocious: A couple taking a tour of their friend's new remote property gets attacked by chainsaw killers. Beastly Breakout: A housesitter discovers that there is a killer beast in the living room. Deadly Hicks: A...
Web of Evil: Exterminators discover that a house has a ferocious spider. Dangerous Obsession: A caretaker discovers that the woman she is watching has been kidnapped. Laboratory of Blood: An actor plays a prank on...
Security Breach: A security guard discovers that a disfigured homicidal maniac is on the loose. Taste for Blood: A woman being interviewed for an assistant position finds out she is in the presence of a...
Bad Medicine: A valedictorian volunteering for medical tests discovers that the pills he has taken are deadly. Killer Queen: An obsessed psychopath returns to take her ex-boyfriend to the prom. Dead Alive: A janitor discovers...
Massacre Under the House: A cable guy discovers a body underneath the house of a murderer and soon learns he's about to be next. Unholy Ground: A guy taking part of dig of an ancient...
Lethal Touch: A woman being interviewed for an assistant position learns that an ex employee has released a toxic flesh eating disease in the office. Showgirl's Revenge: A woman being interviewed gets a visit from...
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...
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.