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Scare Tactics Is Back with Hidden Camera Hijinks in Jordan Peele Reboot: Details
Scare Tactics is back with a new reboot from executive producer Jordan Peele.
Viewer, beware ... you're in for a scare! After a decade away from our television screens, the hidden camera horror series Scare Tactics has returned by way of executive producer Jordan Peele. The classic show pranks ordinary people by dropping them into spine-tingling situations meant to evoke classic scenes of cinematic terror.
The USA Network reboot's aim is to scare the ever-loving crap out of unsuspecting victims — and get some terror-fueled laughs along the way.
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What is Scare Tactics about?
"Each episode will feature devious pranksters setting up friends and family, known as targets, in hilariously twisted scenarios that blur the lines of reality, horror, and comedy," reads the official synopsis. "From a casual dinner party that takes an unexpectedly cannibalistic turn to a pair of newlyweds that are the proud new parents of something ... less than human, the targets will navigate one unreal decision after another as audiences laugh, jump, and are left breathless for more."
No target is off the table, including WWE Superstars The New Day, who find themselves at the heart of a paranormal occurrence during a run-of-the-mill promo event with fellow Superstar Cody Rhodes.
Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld serve as executive producers via their Monkeypaw banner known for such projects as Get Out, Us, Hunters, and Lovecraft Country. Other EPs include Scott Hallock (co-creator of the original series with Kevin Healey) and showrunner Elan Gale.
Who is the new host of Scare Tactics?
In a major break from tradition, this fresh iteration will be hosted not by a celebrity figure, but by a spectral pre-teen named Flip. He's got an unnatural — one might even call it supernatural — obsession with horror movies and human fear and engineers fabricated — yet no less terrifying — horror scenarios and then drops real people into the lead roles of their own horror movies.
When does Scare Tactics premiere?
The Jordan Peele-produced revamp of Scare Tactics premiered on USA Network on Friday, October 4 at 10 p.m. ET. The debut episode was also aired simultaneously across Bravo, SYFY and E! New episodes will make their debut streaming debut on Peacock one week following their USA airing.
New episodes of Scare Tactics premiere every Friday night at 10 p.m. ET on USA Network and are available to stream on Peacock.
Originally published Aug 29, 2024.
