NBC ordered thirteen episodes of the horror anthology series Fear Itself, but has aired only eight of the episodes. With the Olympics at an end and the new fall season beginning in two weeks, there seems little opportunity for the final five to air.
Ben Silverman, Co-Chairmen, NBC Entertainment told iF Magazine in late July, “No we’re not taking it off.” Still, the schedule is empty and the network’s website for the show has nothing to share about these final five. They last released any news about the series at the end of July.
The ratings have been lackluster, trailing behind CBS’ Swingtown, which is why Silverman admitted the series was on the “bubble” regarding a second season.
“We’re really happy with the numbers,” Silverman said at the press tour. “On a relative basis it did better than Studio 60 last year at one-quarter of the cost and that was a big reason we put it on. It was a marketing vehicle for motion picture studios, in the summer, when they’re desperately looking for platforms to reach their consumers and Thursday nights have always been the home of the big movie marketers. That’s why we put that show in there. Also by being produced in Canada, by letting the DVD rights go to our partner, we’re able to get that show at 1/8th the price we pay for a show like Heroes.”
The final five, which will likely run online or be saved as exclusives for the inevitable DVD box set, include “Something With Bite”, directed by Ernest Dickerson (Heroes) and written by Max Landis (Masters of Horror); “Chance”, directed by John Dahl (Joy Ride) and written by Lem Dobbs (The Score), “The Circle”, written by Johnathon Schaech and Richard Chizmar (Masters of Horror) and based on Lewis Shiner’s short story, directed by Venezuelan director Eduardo Rodriguez (Curandero); “The Spirit Box”, directed by Rob Schmidt (Wrong Turn) and written by Joe Gangemi (Wind Chill); and “Echoes”, directed by Rupert Wainwright (Stigmata) and written by Sean Hood (Masters of Horror).
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