0 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/306/thumb/scary_screamer.jpg?1243982725 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/306/square/scary_screamer.jpg?1243982725 2009-06-02T22:45:26Z http://www.maniacworld.com/maze_game.htm 2002 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active scary, reaction, youtube, bait, prank, flash 0 <h2>About</h2> <p>Circa early 2002, interactive flash videos known as “scare pranks” or “scary mazes” began to emerge across the Interweb and e-mail chains. <a target="blank" href="http://www.everythingscary.com/scary/">Click here</a> to check out the original maze game and other variations. Upon clicking the link (disguised as an IQ test or puzzle game), the viewer is initially presented with a puzzle game that requires high concentration level, only to be disrupted later by an ear-piercing scream and ghastly photos (typically screenshots of horror films).</p> <p>Google Trends result for &#8220;scary maze game&#8221;:</p> <p><img src="http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=%22scary+maze%22&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N"></p> <p>One well-known Chinese flash works in the same way.<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Gh6n54nmGI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Gh6n54nmGI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h2>Scare Prank Reaction Videos</h2> <p>While the flash videos quickly gained momentum on their own, “scare pranks” really hit it home with YouTube response videos, when people began uploading footage of their beloved ones (like younger siblings and grandmothers) nearly soiling themselves to the prank videos.</p> <p>Similar to reaction videos that followed the better-known <a target="blank" href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/2-girls-1-cup">2 Girls, 1 Cup</a>, Scare Prank reactions are yet another classic example of Internet users gunning for the lulz at the expense of close relatives and friends.</p> <p><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mFN-liGURPI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mFN-liGURPI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_-U9PBiA8c&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_-U9PBiA8c&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ghaRPqNUaTM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ghaRPqNUaTM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVVEDDe9wPM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVVEDDe9wPM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></p> 2009-09-04T19:15:44Z 306 9 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/306/original/scary_screamer.jpg?1243982725