Talk:Scare Tactics

Kara Blanc
On July 9th, 2003 a lawsuit was filed by a woman named Kara Blanc against the producers of the show. The lawsuit, titled Kara Blanc v. Tri Crown Productions, Inc., was heard in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County. The complaint sought damages for, among other things, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, assault, invasion of privacy and false imprisonment. The following description of the facts is present in the case:

On March 1, 2002, in Los Angeles County, California, Defendants and each of them subjected Plaintiff to a filming of the show “Scare Tactics”, during which Defendants Mertha and Draft feigned that they were being seriously physically injured and/or killed, and that Plaintiff was at immediate risk of being injured or killed, all in an effort to terrorize Plaintiff so that Defendants could capture her reactions on audio and film without her knowledge or consent. Defendants Mertha and Draft made the following representations of material fact to Plaintiff:

(a) That on the evening of March 1, 2002, Plaintiff was invited and was being taken to an exclusive Hollywood industry party at a desert resort located in Los Angeles County, California;

(b) That the automobile in which Defendant Mertha, Defendant Draft and Plaintiff were riding had “stalled” on a remote desert road in Los Angeles County, California;

(c) That a costumed “Alien” was in fact attacking and physically injuring Defendants Mertha and Draft, and that Plaintiff’s life and that of said Defendants were in grave danger; and

(d) That Plaintiff could only escape serious injury or death by running for her life through a dark, desert canyon area, and to then later return to the automobile in hopes of escape.

The trial court found damages in favor of the plaintiff, including noneconomic damages and punitive damages.

Show filmed in Clark County, NV
According to Arnold, the owner of Kool Kollectibles comic book shop in Winchester, NV (right on the Las Vegas-Winchester border), all episodes of this show are filmed on his estate on the far southern outskirts of the metropolitan area in Clark County, NV.

Again, that's according to him. Not me. I didn't press his claim further because he's like seven feet tall and I'm five foot nothing. Also, I don't go onto other people's property and disclaim things they say.

Anyways, since I no longer live in Vegas, can anybody see if Arnold is lying or not? I mean actual proof from his mouth or something, not just speculation that'd read, "Well, I highly doubt it. I mean yadda yadda yadd." No, I mean if something has the production info, film permits, etc. Horse's mouth stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coffee4binky (talk • contribs) 20:48, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

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Fake
The show is clearly fake. Why doesn't the article mention this? M00npirate (talk) 17:57, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Because it isn't, and you have no idea what you are talking about. 70.185.226.203 (talk) 06:10, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Is this actually an issue? The victims are smiling and or "acting" badly because they aren't buying into the scenario. You can tell just by looking at their faces if there acting or not. Someone who is faking emotion wouldn't be able to persuade you(assuming all of us have the ability to understand real vs fake and if you don't then I wonder if you communicate with the outside world) that their being serious.

The "fake" stuff are the actors who are trying to persude the victims into thinking the scenario is real. The scenarios are all BS. If that ever happened to me I would be thinking how retarded this is and would ask one of the actors whats going on, and since they all have that "guilty" look in their eyes, I'd pretty much figure out somethings up. Its the fact that the victims were so naive and that finally this season they seem to be using smart people, that people are qestioning whether "its" real. There is no "it". Whatever the person is feeling will show up on their face. Weather they think the scenario is funny or they just don't care. Besides, I'd start "acting fake" if I found myself in a situation where adults acted like 5 years olds, like all the actors in the skit. Mwarriorjsj7 (talk) 20:48, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It Could matter less whether they are fake or not, without sources to justify these opinions it should not be added to the article. - Marcusmax  ( speak ) 02:34, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

I just watched the episode "Vampire Stakeout." Synopsis: woman goes to a wine tasting and the prank is that the host pretends to be using blood to mix with the wine. During the climax, the 'prankee' turns her back to the camera showing that she is wearing a wireless mike & battery pack. That is clear evidence to me that the woman who is the object of the prank was actually an actor - how else could she end up with a wireless microphone in her belt. That got me thinking about how even the sound is on all the shows - the only way to achieve this is with individual mikes or sound-over. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.233.187.187 (talk) 02:33, 26 October 2010 (UTC)


 * It's annoying people tout they're deductive genius, without being particularly observant... Yes, you can tell the producers of the show often grappled with the problem of sound. But if you're an avid fan of the show, you'll notice the "victims" are typically under the impression they're doing some sort of temp-job; In-fact, most of the time (especially for men) it entails some sort of manual labor. Because of the temp job situation it's easy to assume the victims are often given some sort of outfit retrofitted with a mic. For example, almost every episode includes a prank where the "victim" is wearing the typical grey khaki vest that is outfitted with a mic (once I believe the victim took off the vest and threw it at an actor, ending the prank because it was clear we couldn't hear her anymore.)The large white lab coat is also typical. These outfits all work into the context of the scenarios, and also serve to cover any unfortunate branding the victims may be wearing so they don't have to blur it. (Also, because they try and keep the outfits the same prank after prank any viewer that might be observant enough to wonder about the sound should posses enough common sense to figure that out on their own.) And frankly, every hidden-camera show deals with sound issues. If they can't hide a mic on a victim or in the controlled environment, they'll typically make up an excuse for why the victim needs to wear a mic: e.g., in the example you cite the victim was an assistant to the wine taster and needed to be recorded for her to better write her (obviously fake) article.
 * The show-runner and producer of the show was interviewed for a behind the scenes on VH1 and actually explained a lot of the show's aspects that aren't readily-apparent. It was filmed after the first season, but puts a lot of what you guys are citing as 'proof' that the show's victims are paid actors into context.
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.65.255.232 (talk) 03:45, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

In the first season or two, it was clear that they really pranked people. No one is that good an actor to fake that level of fright. But in later seasons, the "victims" are just as obviously faking. There were obviously legal/ethical concerns that came into play in the interim, as it really is of questionable ethics to terrify people that way, even if it is rather interesting and entertaining.184.155.94.94 (talk) 18:32, 12 November 2014 (UTC)SlackerInc

He Shoots He Spores episode
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Show also aired in Spain
Cuatroº (a private air TV Channel) have aired the original show from the 1st episode on 2012 named "Pánico Indiscreto" from monday to friday at mornings y random order. It is the original show doubbed in Spanish over the original sound track (you can hear the Spanish dubbing on top the original version, as MTV Spain use to do) and offers the chioce to play it in Original Sound Track over TDT (DVB-T) sound menu. Also is aired on Digital+ (DVB-S), ONO (DVB-C) and other Cable and IPTV Providers.

It's obviously real
Dude, it's real. XXscaretacticsXx (talk) 04:00, 8 July 2019 (UTC)