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Fear Itself
SERIES: NBC, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)


5.6

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Starring Jeffrey Pierce, Jesse Plemons, Rachel Miner, Mircea Monroe, Stephen Martines, and Bill Baksa

The producers of "Masters of Horrors" are back with another anthology of thrillers written and/or directed by such names as John Landis, Darren Bousman, Breck Eisner, Stuart Gordon, Mary Harron, and Ronny Yu.

GENRE(S):	Drama, Horror
CREATED BY:	Mick Garris
FIRST AIR DATE:	June 5, 2008

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Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

With so many different directors and writers involved, it's always hard to judge where anthology series may be going. But the first two episodes of Fear Itself are good, goosebumpy fun, with the deft set-ups, rousing action and surprise endings of a comic book.

Newsday Verne Gay

A breath of cold, bracing and - bless it - fresh air. Eisner's fable is dark, almost impenetrably so, though skillfully rendered. Best of all, nothing here has ever been performed on reality TV, the best I can tell.

Variety Brian Lowry

Script by show creator Mick Garris and ensemble acting are serviceable but pale in comparison to the cinematography of Attila Szalay, production design of Stephen Geaghan and Brian Tyler's tension-inducing orchestral score.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

For the most part, they're neither fish nor fowl: not gory enough for the "Saw"/"Hostel" crowd, and not genuinely scary enough for anybody else.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

Fear is pretty much like most of these genre-specific anthologies: wildly inconsistent, sometimes maddeningly so. But when it hits, it blasts the ball out of the park. When it doesn't, well, at least you have the pools of blood to keep you company.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Each episode tells a different story but in the first two, it's clear the stories won't be all that different from those we've seen a million times before.

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs

A little tedious for the rest of us, who have seen such exploration before.

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

Fear Itself, which is directed by a platoon of horror film veterans (including the Hong Kong auteur Ronny Yu), delivers a lot of ripped flesh and spilled blood--terrible things happen, in particular, to lips and teeth--in the service of very little terror or discomfort.

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

What they do have in common is wintry Canadian weather, a general lack of humor without having much serious to say and the fact that they are not particularly scary.

TV Guide Matt Roush

Suspense should be nerve-tingling fun, not necessarily punishing, and most of what I’ve seen so far has been about as enjoyable as taking a sledgehammer to the temple. And just about as cheesily predictable.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

NBC's new anthology horror series is, like far too many TV horror anthologies before it, just not scary enough.

New York Post Adam Buckman

The only fear engendered by this series is the fear that the NBC programming department has been possessed by Satan.

The average user rating for this tv show is 5.6 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Brian W. gave it a6:
This show does hold your interest and is a good view during a season where there is not too much to watch on TV. I enjoy the twists and turns that most of the episodes have given thus far.

James O. gave it a10:
Best show on TV. Reminds me of Twilight Zone or Hitchcock. Last night's ( about the wedding and the serial killer) twist took me completely by surprise. Congratulations to NBC for showing something different.

Aimee W. gave it a1:
This is the worst series ever. I can't believe a major television station would even air this crap. Very disappointing.

Kristy K. gave it a1:
Some of the worst acting I've seen in quite a while. Even "the hills" characters do better acting, and they aren't even decent.

Sandi m gave it a4:
The second was better than the first, by about 2 more miles, where the first was about 9/1000 of miles from utter crap. I missed the third, and thats one i wanted to see =/ So watch it, it's worth a laugh and an hour of your life.

Dyann S. gave it a10:
This is just what horror fans want! Finally!!!

Cody B gave it a0:
This show is absolutely horrible. What a waste of time. My 2 year old can write better than this junk.

Fear Itself SERIES: NBC, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)

Fear Itself
SERIES: NBC, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)