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Fear Itself

★ 6.9 5K votes 2008–2009 1 season · 13 episodes Canceled NBC
AnthologyA new story or cast with every episode or season.This show: 9/10Monster horrorCreatures and slashers, fear made physical.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Margherita DonatoValerie WhiteElisabeth MossEric RobertsMaggie LawsonClifton Collins Jr.
Written by
Mick Garris
Starring
Margherita DonatoValerie WhiteElisabeth MossEric RobertsMaggie LawsonClifton Collins Jr.
Written by
Mick Garris
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03757501k2k

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About

"A watered-down anthology that occasionally still bites"

An anthology horror series where each episode delivers a self-contained scary story from a different director, following in the footsteps of the more explicit cable anthology that inspired it. Airing on network television, it trades gore for atmosphere and mood, with wildly uneven results episode to episode. Some installments genuinely unsettle with clever twists and creeping dread, while others feel toothless or predictable. The pace is quick since nothing carries over, making it easy to sample and skip around, but the tone shifts constantly depending on who's behind the camera that week.

Watch it for

a handful of genuinely creepy, well-crafted episodes buried among the filler.

Maybe skip if

you want consistent quality or the visceral edge of unrestricted horror anthologies.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12008
6.112K139h 7m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Sacrifice6.4
1K44 min
▶2Spooked5.8
1K44 min
▶3Family Man6.8
1K42 min
▶4In Sickness and in Health5.5
1K43 min
▶5Eater6.7
1K41 min
▶6New Year's Day5.5
1K42 min
▶7Community6.1
91942 min
▶8Skin and Bones6.7
1K42 min
▶9Something with Bite6.0
64541 min
▶10Chance5.1
56141 min
▶11The Spirit Box6.1
67242 min
▶12Echoes5.2
53842 min
▶13The Circle5.8
56541 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Margherita Donato Screaming Woman, Witch
Valerie White Partygoer, Witch
Elisabeth Moss Danny Bannerman
Eric Roberts Harry Siegel
Maggie Lawson Samantha the Bride
Clifton Collins Jr. Richard 'Family Man' Brautigan
Brandon Routh Bobby
Briana Evigan Helen
Jeffrey Pierce Point
Anna Kendrick Shelby Johnson

Crew

Mick Garris

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