- 6.3/101,126 votes
#1 - The Sacrifice
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2008
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
- 5.8/10939 votes
#2 - Spooked
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/12/2008
A private eye is forced to confront the demons from his past while staking out a haunted house.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Mick Garris, Matt Venne
- 6.8/10941 votes
#3 - Family Man
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/19/2008
A near-death experience causes a likeable family man to switch bodies with an incarcerated serial killer.
Director: Ronny Yu
Writer: Daniel Knauf
- 5.4/10961 votes
#4 - In Sickness and in Health
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/26/2008
A bride learns from a mysterious note that her soon-to-be-husband is possibly a serial killer.
Director: John Landis
Writer: Victor Salva
- 6.7/101,085 votes
#5 - Eater
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/3/2008
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
Writer: Richard Chizmar, Johnathon Schaech
- 5.6/10903 votes
#6 - New Year's Day
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/17/2008
In a post-apocalyptic world, a woman discovers that the planet has been taken over by zombies.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Writer: Steve Niles
- 6.1/10831 votes
#7 - Community
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/24/2008
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
- 6.7/10921 votes
#8 - Skin & Bones
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/31/2008
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
Writer: Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan
- 5.9/10557 votes
#9 - Something With Bite
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/3/2009
Wilbur Orwell finds himself turning into a werewolf in this modern re-imagining of the classic tales.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: Max Landis
- 5.1/10483 votes
#10 - Chance
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2009
A man must confront his evil doppelganger.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Mick Garris
- 6.1/10585 votes
#11 - The Spirit Box
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/2009
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
- 5.2/10459 votes
#12 - Echoes
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/2009
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
- 5.8/10492 votes
#13 - The Circle
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/2009
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
Writer: Richard Chizmar, Johnathon Schaech
The Best Episodes of Fear Itself Season 1
Every episode of Fear Itself Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fear Itself Season 1!
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.
Genres:DramaMystery
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Sacrifice" is the best rated episode of "Fear Itself" season 1. It scored 6.3/10 based on 1126 votes. Directed by Breck Eisner and written by Mick Garris, it aired on 6/5/2008. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Spooked".