Thread: Room 401 - MTV turns on the horror

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Caught this Tuesday night - very disturbing, horrorific "Candid Camera"-style setups on unsuspecting victims. They are using some pretty good illusions and FX. It does seem to have a mean streak - at least the one segment (out of 4) did.

May be your cup o' tea.

Is it like that show, Scare Tactics, that used to be on the SciFi Channel?

Yea, except a little more extreme - for example, they had moving men encounter a head in a jar - that moved it's eyes and mouth. There was one where a man "literally" lost his head - and replaced it - while riding a bus late at night. Cool FX...

I caught it as well! Felt bad for the moving guy that had the moving head in the jar...that would have freaked me out as well...just opening the eyes alone!

Thought some responses looked a bit acted...but still amusing.

Its a good show but I LOVED scare tactics. Scare tactics was alot better than this show.

That head in the jar was crazy!!! God that would be a great prop!!!

Not a bad show, but personally "Fear" trumps it by a mile in my book. I often wonder if they'll ever a similiar type of show in the future.

Dead End - what was "Fear"?

Originally Posted by ChrisW

Dead End - what was "Fear"?

Chris,
It was a great show! Basically MTV took five or six people and dumped them off at a location that was potentially haunted. They had audio visual equipment and throughout the night they were given tasks to complete either on their own or with a partner to try and verify if the location was haunted or not. There was a "safe house" everyone gathered in when they weren't out researching. It's a shame MTV didn't bring it back.

Here is a link to MTV's site, they still have information up on it.
http://www.mtv.com/onair/fear/

And if you head over to YouTube, you'll find pretty much every single episode for your viewing pleasure!

i wish i had cable or dish i miss the good stuff