Zombie Apocalypse Prank

Our old site brought you a zombie prank from the Silvio Santos show, and then followed it with this one from the YouTube channel PrankvsPrank. The crew used state-of-the-art make-up and costume design to fool citizens of Philadelphia into thinking they were caught in a real zombie apocalypse.

What makes a zombie horde convincing

According to our original write-up, the trick to a stunt like this is making the horde look as real as possible. Make-up and costumes carry most of the work, and the crew clearly spent time on both. Some people in the footage look terrified.

Scares in public spaces

A street full of zombies is also a street full of people who cannot tell the difference between a performance and an emergency. The more convincing the effect, the more likely someone will run into traffic or fall. Professional productions work with permits, spotters and a plan for ending the scene fast.

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The Zombie Train Prank from the Silvio Santos show is the production this one followed. The Scary Dead Girl Prank is another from the same PrankvsPrank team.

Keep it at home

If you want to scare friends, use costumes and sounds in a place where nobody can get hurt, and make sure they know it is a game afterward.