Hello, my name is Randall.
I was hoping you could identify a massive childhood trauma for me. It was a reality TV show (supposedly anyway) that ran in the UK although I'm not sure of its origin, might have been American. A team of contestants were brought together for a series, and then one by one they were eliminated, though I'm not entirely sure how. It centered on visiting 'haunted' locations, and each night a new contestant would have to visit a creepy location.
They all were together in a house and I remember the location of the next haunt was revealed by someone posting Polaroids and scrawled creepy messages on a large glass window at night. One location that really stuck with me was a supposed underground missile silo or bunker or something. The contestant was walking down a hall and out of nowhere a dummy on a rolling chair came hurtling towards him! Obviously these locations had all been made creepy with set design and everything.
It sounds like it would be easy to find but I have had zero luck on it. Most think it is the MTV series 'FEAR,' but I am pretty sure it is not. This was much creepier and disturbing and I'm fairly sure it was British, looking back on it. Similar concept to FEAR, but it was not FEAR.
Thanks if your readers could help me on this guys!
UNK SEZ: Randall, you may be thinking of SCARIEST PLACES ON EARTH which aired around the same time as FEAR premiering in 2000. The show was hosted by the legendary LINDA BLAIR, narrated by the lovely ZELDA RUBINSTEIN and the onsite correspondent was a UK DJ named ALAN ROBINSON which might explain your memory of it being a British production. You can find a list of episodes HERE and it looks like most, if not all, are on YouTube! This is my best guess but if readers have any other suggestions, please share!
Long shot but could it be The Murder Game? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_Game_%28TV_series%29 A few details are similar to the ones you mention.