America has its fair share of hidden camera shows where people are humiliated or get scared silly (Scare Tactics, Room 401, Punk’d) but Japan’s reality show Panic Face King, takes the cake for being the most realistic and terrifying.

A segment from this hidden camera show has been circulating around the internet and has been causing some controversy about its contents. The segment shows a man (the victim) chatting peacefully with 3 other people until they are shot down, leaving the victim completely confused and terrified. The rest of the video just shows the man in a state of panic as he realizes he can’t leave the room and a man with a gun runs in and grabs him. You can view the prank below.

As you can see the man is scared out of his wits and probably thought he was going to die. There are many people who think this is a sick prank and that the producers of the show are sadistic. Others are arguing that it’s all just for fun and nobody was harmed during the prank (at least not physically). My take on it? I’m a little bit in between.

I know that the scene is fake and no one was actually shot, and I’ll admit that the guy’s reaction was priceless but the situation the producers of the show put him in was too extreme. Can you imagine yourself chatting with your friends and then suddenly have them shot to death by an unseen assailant? Some serious psychological damage can be done to a person. At the end of the video the guy seemed relieved that it was all a joke but who knows how he was effected by the event. He could be living his life with paranoia.

Overall, I think that the producers should have toned it down a couple of notches. Maybe cutting out the part where the three guys got shot and letting them be “hostages” with the victim. It would have been a lot more comforting if the guy wasn’t alone in that kind of situation.

Anyways, I think Japan should do more of these kinds of pranks that are hilarious but no emotional damage is inflicted.

Now that’s some funny stuff (my personal favorite being the random boulder and snowball).

Source:Telegraph