Prank Encounters

Synopsis

Monstrous frights meet hilarious reveals on this hidden-camera prank show as real people become the stars of their own full-blown horror movie.

First Air Date: 2019-10-25

Last Air Date: 2021-04-01

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 15

Networks: Netflix

He fights monsters on "Stranger Things," but here Gaten Matarazzo brings the scares as the host of his own prank show.

Ep. 1: Teddy Scare (2019-10-25)

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.
Ep. 2: End of the Road (2019-10-25)

Temps hired to investigate frequent accidents on an isolated stretch of road find themselves in an angry mama monster’s unhappy hunting ground.
Ep. 3: Face Fears (2019-10-25)

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.
Ep. 4: Urgent Scare (2019-10-25)

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.
Ep. 5: Camp Scarecrow (2019-10-25)

Two unsuspecting strangers try to rebrand a shuttered summer camp. But a crazed custodian and a homicidal scarecrow crash their brainstorming session.
Ep. 6: Storage War of the Worlds (2019-10-25)

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!
Ep. 7: Fright at the Museum (2019-10-25)

An Egyptian sarcophagus arrives at the Gaten Museum. When an assistant decodes its hieroglyphics, an ancient curse activates -- and yikes, snakes!
Ep. 8: Split Party (2019-10-25)

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.