A friend of mine who is notorious for her Halloween pranks is having a party this year and wants to come up with a fabulous prank. Think Roseanne Halloween episodes if you remember the show. For example, one year she had someone chainsaw into the party through the front door.
I’ve agreed to be a co-conspirator this year, and since I’m involved in local community theater, I’ve pledged a few actors. (They’re hams. I know they’ll do it.)
I turn to you wonderful people at the SDMB to help me come up with a brilliant plan. We’ve got some ideas, but I won’t tell you those yet. I’m curious to see what the teeming millions come up with first.
*Of course, whatever we come up with should be legal, safe…yada, yada, yada.
Fake a fight. Have a couple of people get into a heated argument at the party. There is shouting. Shoving. One guy draws a pistol and bang. Someone is shot at the paty. You’ll need a good starters pistol and some fake blood and a few rehersals to make the argument convincing. Maybe even have the guy shoot a couple people. This will scare the hell out of everyone.
On second thought don’t do this. I have pulled tghis exact prank before and it went over well but, I have often wondered what could have happened if someone else at the party was actually armed. You know, off duty cop or something. Someone could really get shot by mistake. Forget it.
Ow Ow Ow, better make sure this is in a state where no one is likely to be legally carrying a concealed pistol. Otherwise you’ll have a really dead thespian on your hands…
Maybe you can fake an “Alien” like eruption of a creature from someone’s chest? A spring loaded latex gory jack-in-the-box like affair could be contrapted under a tear-away shirt held by velcro, complete with lots of fake blood and beef liver gore…
That’s funny! We already nixed the gun thing. I hadn’t thought about someone being armed. I was thinking of someone whipping out a cell phone and calling 911 before they knew it was a joke.
We have thought about a fight between a “girlfriend and boyfriend” that no one at the party really knows. Maybe with a knife or strangling. Of course now that you bring up the fact that people could be armed, I’m not wanting to put one of my actors in danger! Yikes!
Ok, OK here we go. To avoid the 911 call, the police have to be involved in the prank, or at least someone dressed as a cop. Plant some fake dope or something and stage a raid. Arrest everyone.
Ok back to the killing. Have the argument escalate and have them move into another room to contiue the discussion. Gun shots from inside the room. The shooter escapes through the window. Dead body left behind.
Yes, if I was at that party, someone would end up shot! I like the alien from the chest thing. Here’s an idea:
Have someone that no one knows show up as pregnant. Her enlarged belly is a perfect way to conceal an exploding alien rig. At some point in the party, have her freaking out like she is going into labor. She can start breathing hard and screaming, and everyone can go nuts. Then, when everyone is screaming about hospitals and paramedics, have her lay on the ground and start screaming in pain. She can be like “Somethings worng! OMG, this doesn’t feel right! What’s going on. AHHHHH! ARGGHHHHHHH”
People can be down there trying to comfort her and be all freaking out and shit. Then all of a sudden WHAAAAM!!! The alien pops out and blood freaking goes everywhere. People will scream, thinking a baby just exploded out of her stomach, then they will do a double-take, when they see it is an alien!!! By this point, you and all your friends will be laughing hysterically!!!
Even take it a little further. When the alien pops out, have someone who’s down there with the girl grab it and act as if the alien jumped up and attacked. Then he can be all wrestling around with this alien on his face and be screaming. By now, only about 10 percent of the people will still be freaking out, the other 90 percent will be recovering from their near heart-attack and saying “HOLY CRAP!! That was soo cool!!!”
Okay…I’m liking the alien one better and better. I’m sure some of the theater whiz kids can rig something up. So far this is my favorite. I think it would be hysterical!
I’ve passed that one and the idea of a fighting couple going into another room to fight and someone winding up dead. I’m still wary of that one though.
I think anybody winding up “dead” will result in a panicked call to 911 (and some very ticked-off police officers moments later). I like the alien one better
