Fear Itself Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Sacrifice

First aired: Jun/05/2008
Writer: Mick Garris
Director: Breck Eisner
Guest star: Jeffrey Pierce (Point), Jesse Plemons (Lemmon), Rachel Miner (Chelsea), Mircea Monroe (Virginia), Stephen Martines (Diego), Reamonn Joshee (Navarro), Michelle Molineux (Tara), Bill Baksa (Reverend Janos), Walter Phelan (The Creature)

After hitting a spike in the road, four criminals seek refuge in what appears to be an old, abandoned, snow-covered fort. They soon discover this place is home to a trio of seductive sirens guarding an old secret. The men on the run quickly learn of their deadly intentions.

2 :01x02 - Spooked

First aired: Jun/12/2008
Writer: Matt Venne
Director: Brad Anderson
Guest star: Eric Roberts (Harry Bender / Harry Siegal), Cynthia Watros (Meredith Kane), Jack Noseworthy (Rory Bemell), Larry Gilliard, Jr. (James), Liam James (Young Harry), Jake Church (Max), Tom Edwards (Father), Matthew Kloster (Unknown), Pete Seadon (Senior Officer), Blake Dickson (Unknown), Liana Shannon (Unknown), Brendan Prost (Unknown), Robert Feagan (Unknown), Melissa Milley (Unknown), Brad Kelly (Unknown)

A private eye stakes out a haunted house and must confront the ghosts of his past.

3 :01x03 - Family Man

First aired: Jun/19/2008
Writer: Daniel Knauf
Director: Ronny Yu
Guest star: Clifton Collins, Jr. (Richard Brautigan), Colin Ferguson (Dennis Mahoney), Josie Davis (Kathy Mahoney (as Josie Rebecca Davis)), Stephen Lobo (John Amir), Brent Stait (Toomey), Nicole Leduc (Courtney Mahoney), Gig Morton (Sean Mahoney), Michael St. John Smith (Sheriff Weller), Terence Kelly (Reverend), Tyler Playford (Unknown), Roberta Maura Phillips (Unknown), Chris Aanderson (Unknown), Mieko Ouchi (Unknown), Jodi Stecyk (Unknown), Patricia Darbasie (EMS Tech)

After a near-death experience, family man Dennis Mahoney switches bodies with a serial killer in this psychological thriller. When he finds himself behind bars and the murderer with his family, he must stop them from becoming the next victims.

4 :01x04 - In Sickness and in Health

First aired: Jun/26/2008
Writer: Victor Salva
Director: John Landis
Guest star: Maggie Lawson (Samantha), James Roday (Carlos), Marshall Bell (Uncle Bob), Sonja Bennett (Ruthie), William B. Davis (Father Chris), Christie Laing (Kelly), Tommy Lim (Alan), Emersen Vekved (Flower Girl), Brendan Hunter (Steven), Mitchell Verenka (Ring Bearer)

A bride's world is turned upside down when, on her wedding day, she receives a mysterious note. Written on it is the sentence "The person you are marrying is a serial killer."

5 :01x05 - Eater

First aired: Jul/03/2008
Writer: Richard Chizmar, Johnathon Schaech
Director: Stuart Gordon
Guest star: Elisabeth Moss (Danny Bannerman), Russell Hornsby (Sergeant Williams), Stephen Lee (Marty Steinwitz), Stephen Hart (Duane Mellor), Pablo Schreiber (Mattingley), Joe Desmond (Cop), Franco Imbrogno (Cop), Andrew Krivanek (Cop), Troy O'donnell (Taylor), Marie Zydek (Tortured Woman), Kieran Martin Murphy (Cop)

Rookie cop Danny Bannerman is one of three officers on duty when a captured serial killer, the Eater, is brought to the station. However, soon her fellow cops start acting strangely, leaving her with no one to turn to.

6 :01x06 - New Year's Day

First aired: Jul/17/2008
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Guest star: Briana Evigan (Helen), Zulay Henao (Christie), Niall Matter (Eddie), Cory Monteith (James), Shelene Yung (Unknown), J. LaRose (Unknown), Campbell Lane (Thug), Kirk Heuser (Unknown), Pauline Repond (Unknown), Reese Schoeppe (Unknown), Consuelo Van Doorn (Unknown), Cliff Likness (Unknown), Jesse Frichette (Unknown), Paula Humby (Teen #2), Kirklin Maclise (Teen #3), Margherita Donato (Unknown), Fareed Abdelhak (Fareed Abdelhak)

When a young woman wakes up surrounded by zombies in a post-apocalyptic nightmare, she has to quickly come to terms with this new horrifying world.

7 :01x07 - Community

First aired: Jul/24/2008
Writer: Kelly Kennemer
Director: Mary Harron
Guest star: Brandon Routh (Bobby), Shiri Appleby (Tracey), Barbara Tyson (Candace), John Billingsley (Phil Fabre), Charlie Hofheimer (Scott), Brooklyn Sudano (Arlene), Peter Strand Rumpel (Ron), Tom Carey (Simmons), James D. Hopkin (Andrew), Meredith Bailey (Heather), Alex Fatovich (Meryl), Emily Talia (Unknown), Jordan Schartner (Ken), Janice Ryan (Unknown), Joel Duncan (Male Onlooker), Tim Hamaguchi (New Arrival Husband), Ecko Goffic (Unknown), Graham Laschuk (Unknown), Amelia Rose Kohan (Unknown), Bonita Friedericy (Debra Fabre)

The lives of a young married couple seems perfect. They live in a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood. But things become dark and twisted when the couple realizes that their neighbors will do anything to make them comply with their idea of conformity, even if it involves murder.

7 :01x08 - Skin & Bones

First aired: Jul/31/2008
Writer: Scott Swan, Drew McWeeny
Director: Larry Fessenden
Guest star: John Pyper-Ferguson (Rowdy Edlund), Molly Hagan (Elena Edlund), Doug Jones (Grady Edlund/Wendigo), Brett Dier (Derek Edlund), Gordon Tootoosis (Eddie Bear), Cole Heppell (Tim Edlund), Julian Christopher (Dr. Morgan (as Julian D. Christopher))

After being lost in the woods for days, a rancher returns home to his family. It doesn't take long for them to realize something is wrong. Now a mortal struggle between the man and the terrifying monster possessing him begins.

8 :01x09 - Something With Bite

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Max Landis
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Guest star: Wendell Pierce (Wilbur Orwell), Paula Jai Parker (Patty Orwell (as Paula Jai Parker-Martin)), Kailin See (Mikayla Kumpula), Gillian Barber (Moonflower Dougdale), Fulvio Cecere (Detective Marvin Deane), George Buza (Crane Dougdale), Meshach Peters (Oliver Orwell), Colin Campbell (Geoff Matthews), Christopher Redman (Forest J. Caldwell), Richard Meen (TBD), Seanna Collins (Newscaster), Rob Hislop (Trucker), Margherita Donato (Screaming Woman), Mark McCracken (Michael), Nathaniel Arcand (Parking Garage Victim), Norman Cabrera (Wilbur Werewolf Double), Jake McKinnon (Wilbur Werewolf Double)

A man must deal with the consequences of his transformation into a werewolf.

10 :01x10 - Chance

First aired: Unaired
Director: John Dahl
Guest star: Ethan Embry (Chance Miller), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Walter Markham (as Vondie Curtis Hall)), Christine Chatelain (Jackie), Sean Hoy (Geaghan), Ellen Ewusie (Walter's Wife), Ricardo Betancourt (Officer Smith), Allison Cullen (Female Officer), Tina Lameman (Neighbor Woman), David Vincent (Neighbor Man)

Chance Miller, a loser conned by an antique dealer, ponders what to do. He's surprised when his doppelganger appears and advises Chance to kill the dealer and take what is rightfully his.

11 :01x11 - The Spirit Box

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Joe Gangemi
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Guest star: Anna Kendrick (Shelby Johnson), Martin Donovan (Officer Dan Johnson), Jessica Parker Kennedy (Becca), Mark Pellegrino (Mr. Drake), Samantha Hill (Emily D'Angelo), Teresa Hung (Mrs. Chen)

A dead schoolgirl, believed to have committed suicide, contacts two students via a spirit box and asks their help to bring her murderer to justice.

12 :01x12 - Echoes

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Sean Hood
Director: Rob Bowman
Guest star: Aaron Stanford (Stephan), Eric Balfour (Maxie), Camille Guaty (Karen / Zelda Flemming), Gerard Plunkett (Dr. Wolfram), Michael Ryan (Butler), Mitchell Verigin (Partygoer), Scott Roberts (Partygoer), Ryan Anderson (Partygoer), Heidi Towey (Partygoer), Valerie White (Partygoer), Meghan Leigh (Partygoer), Aimee Beaudoin (Partygoer), Amber Bissonnette (Partygoer), Bailey Kjeldgaard (Partygoer), Gino Akbari (Partygoer), Adam Blocka (Partygoer), Evan Westfal (Partygoer)

A mild-mannered man must deal with a murderous previous reincarnation who plans to usurp his host's present life.

13 :01x13 - The Circle

First aired: Unaired
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez

A group of friends who get together each Halloween to tell horror stories find themselves trapped in a tale sent to them by an ostracized member.