![]() ![]() ![]() What crept up on me in each episode was boredom, and once I even heard unconsciousness scratching at my door, which was probably my brain trying to rescue me. I sure didn’t, and I only watched half of the eight episodes. Prank Encounters producer Kevin Healey told EW’s Lynette Rice suggests that something similar might have happened here, saying that “we go through a process for them to do a one-day gig.” He’s not more specific than that, and his vagary isn’t challenged (#journalism), nor is his claim that everyone “left super happy.” They still didn’t know they were on a show, of course, but they also weren’t just random people seeking a part-time job who then got tricked into becoming entertainment. That’s why I was surprised to learn, from Scare Tactics creator Scott Hallock, that on his show, all of the marks had previously applied to be on reality shows before they were filmed, and thus they were actually cast as a result of their application. Maybe the actual prank is on us?įirst, a disclaimer: I’m not the biggest fan of scary or cruel prank shows, in part because their stars have not consented, in advance, to being subjected to emotional distress. The marks may have been momentarily freaked out during the climax of the scares, but the only frightening thing about Prank Encounters is that it exists. I will admit that, when a teddy bear came to life and ran across a balcony in the first episode of Prank Encounters, I laughed: it was quite the image.īut Netflix’s attempt to create its own Scare Tactics is mostly embarrassing, for Netflix and everyone involved in creating such a dull, unconvincing mess. ![]()
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