Room 401 (2007)
- Genre
- reality television
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 8 episodes
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a hidden camera show where strangers are put into pranks that feel like short horror movies. The host guides viewers through four scares per episode, inspired by Harry Houdini's acts.
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What happens
Room 401 is a hidden camera/reality television series on MTV executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. It is named after the room Harry Houdini died in at Detroit's Grace Hospital in 1926. The show also used some of his famous acts. Room 401 took unaware victims into the center of pranks that played like mini horror movies. From the reanimation of the dead, to chain-saw mishaps, each episode contains four "scares" or pranks. The show was hosted by Jared Padalecki from The CW's Supernatural. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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