I remember doing this with a group of friends at one point. It was late at night, and we wanted to make as much noise as possible; so we were absolutely pounding on people’s doors before running and hiding in their bushes or around the corner. Wherever we could be out of sight, but still see their reaction as they opened the door and raged into the darkness.

One of my friends decided to kick one door, and managed to break the latch literally kicking the front door in… (must have been pretty weak/damaged already, we couldn’t have been more than 13yo at the time) We didn’t manage to hide in time and got chased for like 6 blocks before the guy was too tired to chase us anymore and we lost him.

(I’ll note this was not in America; firearms were not a concern in the slightest)