On a break from his regular gig on 30 Rock, former Saturday Night Live funny dude Tracy Morgan is keeping busy on the SCI FI Channel hosting Scare Tactics, which serves up a unique blend of horror and hidden hilarity. Premiering on Wednesday, June 9 on SCI FI, Scare Tactics borrows a page from Candid Camera and adds its own unique spin from the horror genre to spook its targets and get a few laughs from the misery of others.

With Scare Tactics about to scare unsuspecting average people with the help of their friends and family for a new season, we caught up to show host Tracy Morgan and executive producer Scott Hallock to find out what horrific hidden hilarity fans can expect in the way of reality pranks. As well, Tracy also dishes on his upcoming projects G-Force and Deep in the Valley.

THE DEADBOLT: What type of scare tactics would work on you?

TRACY MORGAN: Oh, man. If you sent the IRS to my house for no reason, I think I would be [pretty scared]. Something like that.

THE DEADBOLT: What was your favorite reaction to a prank?

MORGAN: My favorite episode? I don't know about anybody else but mine's the woodchip episode, because that guy, that's one that's unsuspecting. He's ready to work hard and all of a sudden all of this stuff erupts and you could see his hand shaking. I mean this guy - you cannot fake that. This guy is really shaking and scared. And then to see the reaction after he knows he's on Scare Tactics, it's like he really is frustrated. I know, because I was there. When I got Punk'd - Ashton Kutcher Punk'd me - I felt the same way when I found out I was Punk'd. So when people hear they are on Scare Tactics, it’s an odd minute and then it's like they go crazy. So that's fun to watch.

THE DEADBOLT: How do you avoid people defending themselves with violence or fighting back?

SCOTT HALLOCK: We take safety really, really seriously on our sets. When the bit is at its height is when we're about to reveal anyway. And we always sweep the area to make sure there's not anything people can pick up and use as a weapon. If people start to react in that way where it looks like they're going to fight, their friend or family member is with us. They're either on the set with the person or they're in our control room and we will reveal immediately when - if it looks like things are going to go in a bad direction.

THE DEADBOLT: I really liked the woodchipper bit.

HALLOCK: Yeah, the woodchipper one is great. That guy, I don't know why he didn't just run but he stood there. You know, very few people run.

THE DEADBOLT: What's the most complicated bit you've pulled off?

HALLOCK: They're all complicated in their own way. Honestly, the Satan's baby bit from the premiere episode is one of those that going into it, you just don't know if anyone's going to buy it. It's like I can see scaring someone with Bigfoot, that's scary. But that's still - that's a stretch, too. But to have someone believe that this 28-inch-tall actor just popped out of a woman and is now running around and he's painted red and he's got horns on his head, we honestly didn't know if anyone would buy it. It actually worked twice that night.

Other Conference Call Highlights:

Tracy Morgan on how he got involved with the show:

"Well, I'm a fan of Scare Tactics and I love the show. I was surprised when they asked me to do it. I was really happy to do it. I was excited. Besides that, I'm a big fan, longtime fan of the Twilight Zone, so this is my rendition of Rod Sterling. I got to be Rod Sterling, so I'm just excited to do it, you know."

Morgan on his favorite old school horror movie or TV show, plus his favorite new school:

"I've got to say Blacula. New school? No, I want to say old school. I'm not going to say Blacula, I'm going to say The Exorcist. And new school, I've got to say Flavor of Love."

Scott Hallock on the origin of Scare Tactics:

"My partner, Kevin Healey, and I were working on SpyTV for NBC at the time that SCI FI approached us and they said, "Hey, how about developing a hidden camera show for us?" And so to us for the SCI FI Channel, it was just natural to focus on horror. We really feel like Scare Tactics - we have four bits in every episode and we want them all to feel like four little short horror movies. And so that's kind of where we started out. They have to have stories. They have to develop, they have to evolve, and they have to build. It's not just jumping out and saying 'boo' and have someone be startled, it has to be more than that. There has to be a story, so that's really where we started."

Hallock on how they design new scares and how the victims' friends contribute:

"We'll get in a room and we'll throw ideas out and we'll spitball them and make sure that we're telling a good enough story and there are enough levels to the scare. But sometimes the friends will - we'll run the bit we're thinking of doing by them and make sure that they think the bit's good for their friend, that their friend will get into it. If someone is like into vampires, we might put them in a place where they find themselves in a vampire bit or something like that. But on the flip side, if someone's terrified of spiders, we're not going to put them in a room and throw spiders on them. We don't want them to have a bad time. So we would actually keep that person away from a bit with spiders."

Tracy Morgan on working on G-Force and Deep in the Valley:

"They're awesome movies. G-Force is a Jerry Bruckheimer project that I've been working on for about the last year, and it's going to be great. I can't wait until it comes out. It's an animated movie and I play the voice of a hamster. They're like a task force and they go undercover - covert undercover, [gerbils] and stuff like that. And there's a big cast - Nicolas Cage and all those people. I just played one of those characters, a hamster. It's like a James Bond type and it's really funny. Very good.

"Deep in the Valley is going to be a cult classic. It's a really adult movie. It's funny, it's along the lines of Totally Awesome and all of those things. I haven't seen it yet, but the part that I did was really funny. It had a couple porn stars in it. It was really funny. It gives me a chance to get away from PG for a little while. I play just like - well, it's hard to explain the character that I play. It's like a futuristic club owner. He's a really funny guy - Fu Manchu mustache and everything. Picture me with a Fu Manchu mustache."