Movie connections for
Scared Straight! (1978) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Scared Straight! Another Story (1980) (TV)
Scared Straight! 10 Years Later (1987) (TV)
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999) (TV)

Referenced in

"Anything But Love: Scared Straight (#2.4)" (1989)
 -  Title reference
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Tormented (#5.14)" (1992)
 -  "Title Spoken"
The Wood (1999)
"Freaks and Geeks: Beers and Weirs (#1.2)" (1999)
 -  Neil asks "Were you asleep during Scared Straight?"
Shut Up and Sing (2006/I)
 -  "Scared Straight program for newlyweds"

Featured in

Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999) (TV)

Spoofed in

"Puppets Who Kill: Cuddles Goes to Jail (#1.2)" (2002)
 -  Buttons sent to jail but with opposite results
"The Venture Bros.: Return to Spider-Skull Island (#1.13)" (2004)
 -  The Monarch is running a program based on this
"The Office: The Convict (#3.9)" (2006)
 -  "Prison Mike" is a parody of the program in this film.
"Saturday Night Live: Taylor Swift (#35.5)" (2009)
 -  Spoofed in the "Scared Straight" segment

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