Room 401

MTV: Room 401
Starring	Jared Padalecki
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	5
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	July 17, 2007 – Present

Room 401 is a television series on MTV, executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. It is named after the room Harry Houdini passed away in at Detroit's Grace Hospital in 1926.

Room 401 takes unaware victims into the center of mini horror movies that play out live. From the reanimation of the dead, to chain-saw mishaps, each episode contains four “scares” or pranks. The show is hosted by Jared Padalecki from the CW's Supernatural.

Episode list

First Episode

Getting Crabby- Two women witness a man pull his chest apart and crabs come out.

The Claw- A woman wants her friend to win her something from a claw machine, but the claw doesn't work, so a maintenance man (played by magician/actor Rob Zabrecky) sticks his hand through the glass and pulls out a rat.

He Sees Dead People- Two crime scene cleaners go to a crime scene and one of the men witness the dead man's spirit (played by magician David Minkin) sitting up from his body.

Lend A Hand- Two men go to work at a meat factory and one of the men witnesses his co-worker lose his hand in a fryer then it's right back on.

Second Episode

The Ice Man- An accident with a chainsaw operator (played by magician/actor Rob Zabrecky) leaves an ice sculptor alive, but in two pieces.

Jarhead- While cleaning a warehouse two guys find a mysterious head preserved in a jar that blinks and talks (played by magician/actor Rob Zabrecky).

He Gone- A taxi driver flies away after getting stopped by the cops.

Lose Your Head- A guy on the bus (played by Japanese street illusionist Cyril Takayama) is barely able to hold onto his head.

Third Episode

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep- A young woman is pushed underneath the waters of a hottub and emerges elderly.

Return To Sender- A man in a diaper comes out of a small, strange box on a worker's first night on the job.

Fasten Your Seatbelts- A man is pulled through an airplane turbine in front of a woman's eyes, and then comes up to her two minutes later, completly unharmed.

Scrubbing In- A man has poisonous fish and another (played by magician David Minkin) goes through his stomach and pulls out the fish.

The Story Flashing through Opening Credits

First Set As the aging illusionist took the stage for what would be his last performance, he knew he was too sick to go on

Second Set The audience had no idea the man in front of them who had spent a lifetime faking his own death, was now actually in the throes of death...

Third Set As the curtain fell on his final illusion, he was rushed to Detroit's Grace Hospital... it would be the first time in his career that he didn't return for an encore.

Fourth Set Four days later, in room 401, he was pronounced dead.

Final set And with his passing a lifetime's worth of illusions vanished, forever locked away in room 401.

Credits

Executive Producers: Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke, Billy Rainey, Lois Curren

Supervising Producer: Mark Herwick

Room 401 Puzzle

There is a puzzle linked to Room 401. During parts of the show for one or two screens Ashton Kutcher appears on screen holding a sign; the sign is a clue for the puzzle. There are 4 clues per show. On the first episode you are given a link to http://www.43475359616771.com/ where the puzzle begins. The entire ARG can be found at http://www.401wtf.com .

External link

• Room 401 On MTV.com
• Harry Houdini's Death
• Room 401 ARG Site