Category: anthology

Fear Itself: Community (2008)

Directed by Mary Harron.  Written by Kelly Kennemer.  Starring Brandon Routh and Shiri Appleby. Plot: a young couple move into a gated community with a horrible secret From the director of American Psycho, comes this frightfully dreadful episode of Fear Itself.  The writer, Kelly Kennemer, borrowed all the worst bits of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" … Continue reading Fear Itself: Community (2008) →

Fear Itself: New Year’s Day (2008)

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.  Written by Steve Niles and Ben Sokolowski, based on the short story "Dead Time" by Paul kane.  Starring Briana Evigan, Niall Matter, Zulay Henao, Corey Monteith and J. LaRose. Plot: a young woman wakes up, hung over, on New Year's Day, to an apocalypse In this episode, we follow a … Continue reading Fear Itself: New Year’s Day (2008) →

Fear Itself: Eater (2008)

Directed by Stuart Gordon. Written by Richard Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech, based on a short story by Peter Crowther.  Starring Elisabeth Moss and Russell Hornsby. Plot: 4 officers at a police station have more than they can handle in a serial killer/"eater" The main character reminds me a bit of myself.  She knows a ton … Continue reading Fear Itself: Eater (2008) →

Fear Itself: In Sickness and In Health (2008)

Directed by John Landis.  Written by Victor Salva.  Starring Maggie Lawson, James Roday, Marshall Bell, William  B. Davis, Sonja Bennett and Christie Laing. Plot: a bride recieves a note on her wedding day warning her that the person she's marrying is a serial killer The first few weeks of the show were anything, but fun.  … Continue reading Fear Itself: In Sickness and In Health (2008) →

Fear Itself: Family Man (2008)

Directed by Ronny Yu.  Written by Daniel Knauf. Starring Clifton Collins Jr., and Colin Ferguson. Plot: a husband and father switches bodies with a serial killer This episode wasn't bad.  Collins Jr. and Ferguson are both really good actors.  And what can I tell you about the plot?  Nothing else really.  A good man switches … Continue reading Fear Itself: Family Man (2008) →

Fear Itself: Spooked (2008)

Directed by Brad Anderson.  Written by Matt Venne.  Starring Eric Roberts. Plot; a P.I. with a bad past is on assignment in a haunted house and crazy shit starts happening From the director of Session 9, comes this tale about a bad cop who uses violence to solve his cases.  When he's fired he takes … Continue reading Fear Itself: Spooked (2008) →

Fear Itself: The Sacrifice (2008)

Directed by Breck Eisner.  Written by Mick Garris, based on the short story "The Lost Herd" by Del Howison.  Starring Jeffrey Pierce, Jesse Plemons, Stephen Martines, Rachel Miner, Miercea Monroe and Walter Phelan. Plot: 4 criminals take refuge in a snow-covered "fort" hiding dangers they couldn't imagine Del Howison knows a lot about horror.  If … Continue reading Fear Itself: The Sacrifice (2008) →

Fear Itself (2008-2009)

The television show, Fear Itself, had 13 episodes and we've decided to score them the same way we score movies.  So, for the next 13 days, we'll give you an episode a day, starting with the first episode, The Sacrifice. FYI - You can currently catch all 13 episodes on Shudder.

Night Train to Terror (1985)

Directed by John Carr, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan and Gregg C. Tallas.  Written by Philip Yordan. Plot: God and Satan are in a train car telling each other stories - it sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it's really just the beginning of this joke of a movie Apparently, God and … Continue reading Night Train to Terror (1985) →

Grim Movies to Give You Nightmares… but not in a good way

The following movies received very low scores from us and we DO NOT recommend them at all.  And of course, I'll tell you why. GRIM REAPER (2007) In this remarkably dull movie, a stripper is hit by a cab and then stalked by death.  It's not like you don't see everything that happens coming from … Continue reading Grim Movies to Give You Nightmares… but not in a good way →