Prank Encounters puts real people in those scenarios time to see if a real person can handle it! We viewers can’t help but root for them. How many times have you imagined you could survive a situation in one of those movies? While many of the scenarios on Prank Encounters are based on horror movies we’ve seen a billion times, it doesn’t make them any less fun. That would make a killing! You heard it here first. There should really be an actual service that lets horror fans live out such scenarios in real time. There are multiple moving parts and different locales that need to be kept in line for the marks to fully believe it’s really happening. Still, making the scenario as immersive as Prank Encounters ’s is impressive. Its tropes are pretty obvious even for people who don’t like scary movies. Sometimes our minds just need a break from the really challenging stuff.įor the part of the population that enjoys haunted houses and scary movies, Prank Encounters has scenarios you’ll love. Watching a show like Prank Encounters is more about kicking back or folding that laundry with your brain firmly turned off. Anyone with a passing familiarity with the horror genre knows where these stories go. Prank Encounters is the perfect sort of show if you’re folding laundry or trolling snowflakes on Twitter from the couch.Īn astronaut returning from space feeling ill, a serial killer running around a campground, and killer Bigfoot in the woods are some of the plots featured on Prank Encounters. The funniest moment was when he broke the prank and one of the victims stared for a beat before yelling “Is that the kid from Stranger Things ?!” Classic.įor those that need noise when you work, it’s usually the time you throw on something in the background you don’t need to pay serious attention to. Over the first season, he played several guys on the phone, a random kid in a car, and himself in the season finale. He’s actually involved with the pranks in a way reminiscent of Ashton Kutcher on Punk’d. He’s just as charming as on Stranger Things and ends pranks before the marks get too scared. What we do believe, however, is that the kid is a pretty good host. We don’t entirely believe that Matarazzo is orchestrating the prank from a command center nearby. In fact, Scare Tactics has two seasons available for viewing on Netflix if you want to check out both shows and judge for yourself.
As of 2017, Blumhouse planned to revive the series in some capacity. Scare Tactics proved pretty successful for the Syfy channel. Prank Encounters has two victims, no nominations are mentioned, and just one scenario per episode.Įither way, both Scare Tactics and Prank Encounters lure victims with a fake job and intend to scare them. The differences: just one victim family and friends nominate the victim and each 30-minute episode usually has multiple scenarios. The basic concept is identical to Prank Encounters. The show, hosted in its last three seasons by Tracy Morgan, sends friends and family (“the accomplice”) of the mark (“the victim”) on a one-off job which devolves into real-life horror movies. Scare Tactics (2003 – 2013) aired on Syfy for five seasons and over 100 episodes. If you liked Scare Tactics, you will love Prank Encounters If so, bravo, Netflix: mission accomplished! Anyways, the whole uproar could very well be an underhanded marketing tactic for all we know. Let’s forget about the controversy and talk about why you should check out Prank Encounters now. Matarazzo appears at the top of the episodes to tell you that the people are compensated for their time and aren’t promised full-time employment at their “temp” jobs. It’s not high art or anything it’s just a prank show in the vein of Candid Camera, Punk’d, or (especially) Scare Tactics. Prank Encounters was released this weekend, and we watched every episode of it to tell you that it ain’t bad. (Feel free to bash his manager and/or parents, but a kid? Come on, dude.) Matarazzo was harassed online for his part in the series, despite being underaged and not in a position to make employment decisions based on a sophisticated ethical standpoint. Viewers were up in arms over unsuspecting people looking for work getting pranked. Hosted by Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo, Netflix’s Prank Encounters follows two strangers at separate one-night jobs and during the course of the night their paths collide in a real-life horror movie. In its first foray into the hidden-camera reality show, Prank Encounters, the streaming giant definitely has its fair share of detractors. From 13 Reasons Why to Insatiable, the streaming giant had gotten people up in arms in recent years.
In fact, they actively seem to welcome it at times with a clear embrace of the old adage “all publicity is good publicity”.
Netflix is no stranger to courting controversy.
By: Bec Heim Forget the controversy: 5 reasons to watch ‘Prank Encounters’
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