Prank Encounters
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- Doug Perkins
- David Storrs
| Prank Encounters | |
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| Genre | Candid camera |
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| Directed by | Anthony Gonzales |
| Presented by | Gaten Matarazzo |
| Voices of | Peter Giles |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Editors | Akın Özçelik
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| Running time | 19–27 minutes |
| Production company | Propagate |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | October 25, 2019 – April 1, 2021 |
Prank Encounters is an American horror-themed comedy candid camera television series. It is a prank show recorded with hidden cameras. Each episode pairs two members of the public, strangers to one another, who are unwittingly introduced to each other by show actors, under the ruse of a tryout for a new job. Subsequently, a sequence of scares orchestrated by Gaten Matarazzo occur in order to scare the participants for comedic value, with Matarazzo adapting the prank via headsets fed to the actors on the fly.[1][2]
The first 8-episode season debuted on October 25, 2019, on the streaming service Netflix.[3] A second season was released on April 1, 2021, and consisted of 7 episodes.[4]
- Jack Crawford
- David Storrs
- Mary Gallagher
- Sven Holmberg
- Julian Gant
- Peter Giles
- Olivia DeLaurentis
- Gaten Matarazzo
Episodes
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Teddy Scareee!" | October 25, 2019 | |
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One worker has a babysitting gig, while another stops by to collect toys for charity. But a certain evil teddy bear doesn't want to be collected. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "End of the Road" | October 25, 2019 | |
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Temps hired to investigate frequent accidents on an isolated stretch of road find themselves in an angry mama monster’s unhappy hunting ground. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Face Fears" | October 25, 2019 | |
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One temp assists a patient in post-op recovery as another helps a sleuth find a missing woman. Cue a shocking reveal and an emergency call to nowhere. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Urgent Scare" | October 25, 2019 | |
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When an ailing ex-astronaut checks into a night clinic, two women find themselves locked in a cosmic battle with a gruesome souvenir from space. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Camp Scarecrow" | October 25, 2019 | |
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Two unsuspecting strangers try to rebrand a shuttered summer camp. But a crazed custodian and a homicidal scarecrow crash their brainstorming session. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Storage War of the Worlds" | October 25, 2019 | |
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An electrical outage in a top-secret government warehouse triggers a shutdown and releases a hostile alien on the terrified staff. Don't zap him! | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Fright at the Museum" | October 25, 2019 | |
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An Egyptian sarcophagus arrives at the Gaten Museum. When an assistant decodes its hieroglyphics, an ancient curse activates -- and yikes, snakes! | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Split Party" | October 25, 2019 | |
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Gaten and his hired hands attend a young fan’s birthday party. But the good times go south when the host serves up his killer cake. | ||||
Season 2 (2021)
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, this series was recorded with limited social distancing and was filmed during late 2020 and early 2021. The participants and actors were tested for COVID-19 before recording. The series was released on April Fool's Day, in respect of the show's theme of pranking.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | |
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| 9 | 1 | "These Walls Can Talk" | April 1, 2021 | |
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Two unsuspecting women contend with creepy residents — both "passed" and present — while preparing a massive mansion to be sold. | ||||
| 10 | 2 | "Missing Missing Link" | April 1, 2021 | |
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Good thing this dangerous prehistoric entity is kept securely frozen in cold storage. If it were to thaw, well, that would be bad. And cue the heat! | ||||
| 11 | 3 | "Spider Mansion" | April 1, 2021 | |
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While working at a seemingly infested home, an exterminator's helper and a personal assistant develop a completely understandable fear of spiders. | ||||
| 12 | 4 | "Mind Field" | April 1, 2021 | |
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Did this inventor really create a device that can read people's minds? Of course not, but don't tell these wide-eyed believers. | ||||
| 13 | 5 | "Mist Demeanor" | April 1, 2021 | |
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A produce sorter and a PR assistant try to stay calm and survive what they think is a deadly fog from another dimension. | ||||
| 14 | 6 | "Re-Face Fears" | April 1, 2021 | |
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In this continuation of a Season 1 episode, an insane surgeon is on the loose as two weary temps watch with dread. | ||||
| 15 | 7 | "Graveyard Shift" | April 1, 2021 | |
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A dark and ominous night. An ancient burial ground. Rumors of mysterious beings. Yep, sounds like the perfect setup for a ghoulish prank. | ||||
Release
Prank Encounters was released on October 25, 2019, on Netflix streaming.[1]
