History Series / FearItself

* BigEater: Duane "The Eater" Mellor; I mean, it's literally in his name…

* BigEater: Duane "The Eater" Mellor. I mean, it's literally in his name…

%%* Big Eater: Duane "The Eater" Mellor. I mean, it's literally in his name…

* Big Eater: Duane "The Eater" Mellor. I mean, it's literally in his name…

* StockEpisodeTitles: Roughly half of the episodes have these. The other half just ''seems'' like they have them...

* KillEmAll: "[[spoiler:Eater]]" to the ''max''; absolutely '''NOBODY''' survived ''that'' one!

* TheRemake: Fans of the [[NoBudget cheaper than cheap]] UK horror series ''Urban Gothic'' may recognize the plot of "Eater", although [[spoiler: the ending has been changed from TheBadGuyWins to KillEmAll.]]

A short-lived [[GenreAnthology Anthology Series]] from Creator/{{NBC}} that aired in the summer of 2008, ''Fear Itself'' is similar to ''Series/MastersOfHorror'', but with less notable directors. (Michael Eisner's son, anyone?) A few of the directors from ''Masters of Horror'' made the transition, at least, among them John Landis, Brad Anderson and Stuart Gordon.

** The serial killer in "something With Bite" committed murders in the hopes of attracting a real werewolf to bite and turn him and sure enough, his ploy works. Too bad one of his victims was this particular werewolf's co-worker and close friend.

** The serial killer in "something WIth Bite" committed murders in the hopes of attracting a real werewolf to bite and turn him. He eventually encounters one but unfortunately for him, one of his victims was a close friend of the werewolf and it's hungry for revenge.

** In "Eater", [[spoiler: the last surviving cop, having been disarmed, wounded and cornered in a closet with no escape route, takes the decision to eat and powder herself in rat poison. Thus when the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot unstoppable cannibal serial killer-Voodoo sorcerer]] kills her shortly after by biting her throat out he is poisoned and dies.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} Becca]] and [[YourCheatingHeart Mr. Drake]] in "The Spirit Box".]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Mr. Drake is cheating on his doctor wife [[spoiler: with [[{{Squick}} teenage girls]] in his class.]]

* AllHallowsEve: The setting of both "The Spirit Box" and "The Circle".

* SpiritualSuccessor: Part ''Series/MastersOfHorror'', part ''Series/TheTwilightZone''

* SerialKiller: "Family Man", "In Sickness and In Health" and "Eater". [[spoiler: They all die by the end, but that didn't stop them from starting the CruelTwistEnding in all of them (except "In Sickness and In Health") either. There's also one in "Something With Teeth", although that has a decidedly happier ending.]]

* LooksLikeOrlock: The main vampire in "The Sacrifice". Possibly because [[AgeWithoutYouth he's damn old]] - the newest ones look like they were just before death but with fangs.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The geeky roomate is in love with the main character in "New Year's Day" while she is in love herself with another guy who is not interested in her. [[spoiler: They eventually get TogetherInDeath.]]

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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In "New Year's Day", the ZombieApocalypse is started by an accident in a chemical plant, and all dead raise regardless of how they died. They also keep a lot of their previous memories. They also don't kill mindlessly, like the zombies in most ZombieApocalypse stories. [[spoiler: Before TheReveal, Helen doesn't kill anyone and even actively tries to rescue a girl who is being chased by zombies.[[

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In "New Year's Day", the ZombieApocalypse is started by an accident in a chemical plant, and all dead raise regardless of how they died. They also keep a lot of their previous memories.

* CruelTwistEnding: Roughly two-thirds of their twists. One of them was ''so'' horrible, we almost considered renaming the trope "The Family Man Twist"!

* OnlySaneMan: Bobby in "Community". [[spoiler: To bad he becomes absorbed in the community.]]

%%* TomatoInTheMirror: "[[spoiler:New Year's Day]]"

* SerialKiller: "Family Man", "In Sickness and In Health" and "Eater". [[spoiler: They all die by the end, but that didn't stop them from starting the CruelTwistEnding in all of them either.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Becca in "The Spirit Box"]] planned everything from the start. For added irony, she's seen dressed as an angel on Halloween. [[spoiler: Mr. Drake]] is also a pedophile working at the school.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: "Something with Bite" - After a while, you can transform only when you want it. And it makes you [[YouSexyBeast a total sex god]].