Haunted TV: Halloween Horror Prank for Apple TV

Haunted TV: Halloween Horror

Put on a cozy room for your Halloween party. A crackling fire, flickering candles, rain on the window. Your guests will think it's just a nice fireplace on the TV.

It isn't.

Haunted TV starts calm and cozy and slowly turns your living room screen into a haunted house - and when nobody is looking, the scare arrives.

Apple TV • tvOS 17+ 8 rooms From family-safe to Nightmare No ads, no subscription

Slowly, then all at once

The haunting never starts with a scare. It creeps in while your guests are talking, eating and not looking at the TV.

A candle goes out.
The fire sinks.
The portrait on the wall isn't quite the same anymore.
Lamps stutter and the colour drains away.
The room rots before your eyes and the signal starts to fail...
...and when nobody is looking, the scare arrives.

living rooms

levels of scary

Dozens

of scare events

10,000s

of combinations

You choose how scary

The same rooms, four very different evenings. Pick the one that suits the people on your sofa.

Family safe

Cozy

No scares, just sweet little surprises.

No jump scare

Creepy

Strange things creep in slowly, and the evening ends in an eerie hush - never a jump scare.

The classic prank

Scary

A slow build-up and one big scare.

For horror fans

Nightmare

Faster, darker, louder.

Not sure which to pick with children in the room? How scary is too scary for kids.

Eight rooms

Each one lives: real fire, candlelight, weather behind the glass.

Living room

With a family portrait above the fire.

Old library

Tall shelves, a ladder and a reading lamp.

Farmhouse kitchen

Copper pans and a window on the night.

Attic

Under a skylight full of stars.

Front porch

Full of pumpkins.

Glass sunroom

Candles and plants, with the night pressing on the glass.

Dining room

Set for a feast.

Log cabin

By a moonlit lake.

Set it and put the remote away

Pick when the first scare comes, then just enjoy the party.

In a few minutes In an hour or two At midnight

Want the perfect moment? Strike early in secret by pressing Play/Pause twice - your iPhone remote works too. Ideas for timing it: how to pull off a Halloween prank on the TV.

Dozens of scares

Ghosts in the doorway and writing on the fogged window.
Blood on the wall, footsteps behind you, a whisper over your shoulder.
A picture that tears and loses its signal.
The TV that switches itself off...

And it's never the same twice: every time you open a room, a new haunting is put together from dozens of events, in a new order, with a different ending. Tens of thousands of combinations, so even you won't know what's coming. Or turn off ghosts and let the house haunt with light, sound and decay alone.

Made for the big screen - and the whole room

Cinematic pictures

Clean, cinematic pictures, and a Top Shelf that shows each room come alive.

Sound that surrounds you

Rain, wind and fire all evening, soft music if you like, and scares that come from behind you with surround sound or AirPods. Why it works.

Room lights

Connect your HomeKit lights and Haunted TV dims them during the scare - then brings them back exactly as they were. Lighting ideas.

Test before guests arrive

Every setting can be tried out in advance, so the evening runs exactly as planned.

Please note: Haunted TV contains flashing lights and sudden loud sounds. Reduce Effects softens them.

Frequently asked questions

How does the prank work?

Put on a room - a crackling fire, candles, rain on the window - and let your guests think it is just a nice fireplace on the TV. Haunted TV slowly turns it into a haunted house: a candle goes out, the fire sinks, the portrait changes, the colour drains away. When nobody is looking, the scare arrives.

Is it safe for children?

Choose Cozy, which is family safe: no scares, just sweet little surprises. Creepy builds an eerie mood with no jump scare. Scary is the classic prank with one big scare, and Nightmare is for horror fans. See how scary is too scary for kids.

Can I choose when the scare happens?

Yes. Pick when the first scare comes - in a few minutes, in an hour or two, or at midnight - and put the remote away. Or strike early in secret by pressing Play/Pause twice; the iPhone remote works too.

Is it the same every time?

No. Every time you open a room, a new haunting is put together from dozens of events, in a new order, with a different ending - tens of thousands of combinations.

Does it contain flashing lights?

Yes, it contains flashing lights and sudden loud sounds. Reduce Effects softens them.

Which Apple TV do I need?

Any Apple TV running tvOS 17 or later. There are no ads, no subscriptions and no account.

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