The Best Episodes of Fear Itself Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.4/10(1223 votes)

   #1 - The Sacrifice

   S1:E16/5/2008

   On the lam from the authorities, four criminals find themselves held up at a decrepit fort inhabited by three alluring women.

   Director:Breck Eisner

   Writer:Mick Garris

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   Director:Breck Eisner

   Writer:Mick Garris
2. 

   5.7/10(1025 votes)

   #2 - Spooked

   S1:E26/12/2008

   A private eye is forced to confront the demons from his past while staking out a haunted house.

   Director:Brad Anderson

   Writers:Matt Venne, Mick Garris

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   Director:Brad Anderson

   Writers:Matt Venne, Mick Garris
3. 

   6.7/10(1022 votes)

   #3 - Family Man

   S1:E36/19/2008

   A near-death experience causes a likeable family man to switch bodies with an incarcerated serial killer.

   Director:Ronny Yu

   Writer:Daniel Knauf

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   Director:Ronny Yu

   Writer:Daniel Knauf
4. 

   5.4/10(1035 votes)

   #4 - In Sickness and in Health

   S1:E46/26/2008

   A bride learns from a mysterious note that her soon-to-be-husband is possibly a serial killer.

   Director:John Landis

   Writer:Victor Salva

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   Director:John Landis

   Writer:Victor Salva
5. 

   6.7/10(1170 votes)

   #5 - Eater

   S1:E57/3/2008

   A new cop is left to guard a serial killer dubbed "The Eater". Things take a turn for the worst when her fellow cops begin to act strangely.

   Director:Stuart Gordon

   Writers:Johnathon Schaech, Richard Chizmar

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   Director:Stuart Gordon

   Writers:Johnathon Schaech, Richard Chizmar
6. 

   5.6/10(976 votes)

   #6 - New Year's Day

   S1:E67/17/2008

   In a post-apocalyptic world, a woman discovers that the planet has been taken over by zombies.

   Director:Darren Lynn Bousman

   Writer:Steve Niles

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   Director:Darren Lynn Bousman

   Writer:Steve Niles
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7. 

   6.1/10(896 votes)

   #7 - Community

   S1:E77/24/2008

   A married couple moves to a Stepford-like neighborhood. They learn that their new neighbours will go to any length to keep their neighbourhood "perfect".

   Director:Mary Harron

   Writer:Kelly Kennemer

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   Director:Mary Harron

   Writer:Kelly Kennemer
8. 

   6.7/10(992 votes)

   #8 - Skin & Bones

   S1:E87/31/2008

   After being missing for days in the forest, a herder returns home and must battle an inner demon that is possessing him.

   Director:Larry Fessenden

   Writers:Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan

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   Director:Larry Fessenden

   Writers:Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan
9. 

   5.9/10(614 votes)

   #9 - Something With Bite

   S1:E91/3/2009

   Wilbur Orwell finds himself turning into a werewolf in this modern re-imagining of the classic tales.

   Director:Ernest R. Dickerson

   Writer:Max Landis

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   Director:Ernest R. Dickerson

   Writer:Max Landis
10. 

    5.2/10(534 votes)

    #10 - Chance

    S1:E101/10/2009

    A man must confront his evil doppelganger.

    Director:John Dahl

    Writer:Mick Garris

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    Director:John Dahl

    Writer:Mick Garris
11. 

    6.1/10(640 votes)

    #11 - The Spirit Box

    S1:E111/17/2009

    A dead schoolgirl—thought to have committed suicide—speaks to her classmates, Becca and Shelby, from beyond the grave. The dead girl reveals that she was in fact murdered, and that she wants her classmates' help in seeking revenge.

    Director:Rob Schmidt

    Writer:Joe Gangemi

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    Director:Rob Schmidt

    Writer:Joe Gangemi
12. 

    5.2/10(512 votes)

    #12 - Echoes

    S1:E121/24/2009

    Sam believes that he was a sadistic murderer in a previous life. Fearful, Sam attempts to stop his previous life from bleeding into the present.

    Director:Rupert Wainwright

    Writer:Sean Hood

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    Director:Rupert Wainwright

    Writer:Sean Hood
13. 

    5.8/10(537 votes)

    #13 - The Circle

    S1:E131/31/2009

    Each Halloween a group of friends get together to tell each other horror stories; however, the group finds that they're living one of their stories.

    Director:Eduardo Rodríguez

    Writers:Johnathon Schaech, Richard Chizmar

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    Director:Eduardo Rodríguez

    Writers:Johnathon Schaech, Richard Chizmar