Underplayed Gems

Fear (2000)

Fear poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Contestants are left alone in a reportedly haunted place for two nights. They complete a series of dares to see if the location is actually haunted.

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What happens

Fear (promoted as MTV's Fear) is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from 2000 to 2002 on MTV and spawned the genre. The program follows a group of five or more contestants who are left at an allegedly haunted location and led on a series of dares over two nights to explore the location and determine whether it is haunted. The show was created by Martin Kunert and Eric Manes, who were inspired by the 1973 horror film The Legend of Hell House. The pilot episode was co-executive produced and directed by George Verschoor. The series aired the first two episodes in a pilot run, which received outstanding reviews, and a full season was ordered. After eight more episodes, another season was ordered. The second season ended after only six aired episodes. The series was cancelled not because of a lack of interest (the show was the second most popular on MTV at the time of its cancellation) but because of the high cost of producing each episode. A DVD, MTV's Inside Fear, was released on November 6, 2001. Fear was named #6 on Entertainment Weekly's "15 Taboo-Breaking TV Moments". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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