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Fear2000

Name: Fear
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Found Footage
Released: 2000-09-20
Rating: 7.2

Created by Martin Kunert, Eric Manes

7.2

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IMDb 8.1TMDB 8.1

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Year

2000

Seasons

Network

MTV

Status

Ended

The premise

Fear is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from 2000 to 2002 on MTV. The program follows a group of five or more contestants being left at an allegedly haunted location and led them on a series of dares over two nights to explore and confirm whether or not the place is haunted. The show was created by Martin Kunert and Eric Manes. 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 6 episodes aired. The series was not cancelled due to a lack of interest, but due to 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." The show brought several innovations to the reality show genre, including having contestants film their own experience as no video crew followed them into the 'haunted' locations, use of night vision cameras, and use of body mounted cameras to have contestants film their own close-ups.

Horror Vault's take

MTV's Fear drops a group of contestants into allegedly haunted locations with one brutal challenge: spend two nights completing dares alone in the dark. Armed only with night-vision and body-mounted cameras, they document their own terror with no crew to reassure them. Each episode zeroes in on a different infamous site, ratcheting up the dread dare by dare. Whether the locations are truly haunted or not, the raw, unfiltered reactions make for compulsive, nerve-shredding viewing.

Content: Paranormal Distress And Panic, Darkness And Disorientation, Mild Language

Episode Guide

· 7h 10m total· Sep 2000 → Apr 2001

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S1.E1 · West Virginia State PenitentiaryPremiere
Sep 20, 2000 · 43 min
a small number of young adults spending the night in the penitentiary, attempting to document any paranormal activities. The West Virginia State Penitentiary's design is similar to the facility at Joliet with its castellated Gothic, stone s
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S1.E2 · St. Agnes Hospital
Oct 26, 2000 · 43 min
The location and real name of St. Agnes Hospital were closely guarded secrets to keep away curiosity seekers. Once the show aired though, word quickly got out. The fate of the real "St. Agnes" is being decided. Will it be a golf course? An
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S1.E3 · Duggan Brothers Cement Factory
Feb 17, 2001 · 43 min
The members have to visit and hear about the Curse of the Concrete Company and the Blood Moon, while participating in dares such inthe Boiler Room, Basement, Storage Room, Sunken Crusher/Rat Tunnel, Cricket/Elevator Room, the Scrubber, the
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S1.E4 · Hopkins Military Academy
Feb 24, 2001 · 43 min
The teams visit the Hopkins Military Academy, built in 1864 and complete dares in The Boiler Room, Science Laboratory, The Pool, The Barracks, The Stockade, The Cabinet, and The Barracks room #333.
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S1.E5 · Camp Spirit Lake
Mar 3, 2001 · 43 min
The teams visit Camp Panther Lake and compete in dares at the Hopi Cabin, Lakota Ruins, Psychomanthium, Chopping block, Hollow Site, Pawnee Cabin, Lakeside Burial Ground, and the Pet Cemetery.