20 years in the past, SyFy (which was nonetheless referred to as the SciFi Channel) premiered a hidden digicam prank present referred to as Scare Ways. The premise behind the sequence was putting actual individuals into terrifying, typically paranormal or weird conditions, after which watching them react. I beloved the present after I was youthful. And I’m so completely happy that this Halloween season, Scare Ways is again with a seemingly larger price range and below the steerage of horror grasp Jordan Peele.
This new season of Scare Ways makes some modifications to the format. This time round, the present is hosted by Flip and never a random movie star, like Shanon Doherty or Tracy Morgan. Flip is described as a “spectral pre-teen obsessive about horror motion pictures and fascinated by human concern.” I’m unsure Flip, along with his big TV head and off-brand Crypt Keeper vibes, actually works, nevertheless it additionally doesn’t matter. Scare Ways has seen a number of host modifications and varied visible rebrandings over the past twenty years and it by no means diminished the true pleasure of the present: Watching random individuals get thrown into terrifying and spooky conditions and seeing what occurs. And fortunately, this new model of Scare Ways doesn’t mess with that side of the system in any respect.
The primary episode of Scare Ways, which is offered now (together with the second episode) on YouTube, is an ideal return for the brand new sequence because it demonstrates that this model of the present can nail the wild paranormal pranks in addition to the extra tense, slower paced ones, too.
Within the first prank, a person finally ends up as a witness to a marriage that includes a really pregnant lady and her husband. However slowly, it turns into clear that these individuals are in all probability a part of some devil-worshipping cult and her child ain’t human. The opposite prank within the first episode of Scare Ways contains a man who has been invited to a elaborate dinner that includes unique meals. Ultimately, the meal takes a flip and he’s served what he thinks is human flesh. The stress of whether or not he’ll, just like the actors tricking him, eat it or not is fantastic.
Right here’s the second episode of the present, that includes some WWE superstars and a creepy doll that leads somebody to a lethal clown.
In fact, each prank ends with somebody revealing the reality to the sufferer and letting them loosen up and giggle off what simply occurred. It’s at all times pleasing to observe individuals change immediately the second their brains notice that they aren’t in peril however are literally simply on a prank present. The combination of anger, aid, and pleasure at all times makes me giggle.
Scare Ways is an ideal present to observe throughout Halloween (the outdated pranks are up on YouTube, too) as a result of it’s like a group of horror anthology movies from a number of genres, however starring actual individuals who have genuine and assorted reactions to the horrible occasions round them.
Scare Ways is an ideal present to observe with pals as a palette cleanser between movies in a horror film marathon. It’ll make you giggle and argue about who in your group could be essentially the most terrified by a sure prank. It’s like Candid Digital camera, however with extra satan infants and blood. And I’m so completely happy it’s again simply in time for Halloween.
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