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| He wants to eat you... |
What it do, what it does?? Sasha here with you && this week we'll be doing something a little different. Ever hear of the TV series Fear Itself?? No?? Me either until Zane turned me onto it (haha..turned me on...rawr!!). Anyway, Fear Itself was a TV series in 2008 and was created by Mick Garris. It's an anthology series of horror and Sci-fi fantasy shows. The shows run about 42-43 minutes and it aired on NBC in the summer of 2008. The series ended on July 31st after it's 8th episode, leaving 5 episodes written and produced, but never aired. And heres a factoid for you, the theme song of the show is "Lie, Lie, Lie" by Serj Tankian of System of a Down...awesome! So kick back while I review the first episode of Fear Itself, it's called "Eater".
When rookie policewoman Danny Bannerman gets assigned to guard the serial killer referred to as "the Eater" the night gets precarious when two of her fellow officers begin to act very strangely...Dwayne "The Eater" Meller is brought into the police station in shackles and handcuffs and put into a holding cell. He pulls something out of his sleeve and begins chanting and weird things start happening and the only person that realizes it is Bannerman. The Sergeant briefs the officers on Meller and tells that them that in span of 2 years he's killed 30 people in 5 different states. He then tells them that he kills the male victims quickly but keeps the females to torture them and eventually cook and eat their body parts. He also tells them that he made clothing out of their skin and used their skin to make lamp shades.
Danny Bennerman, who is intrigued by morbid things, asks the Sergeant if she can look at Mellers' file. She reads the file and as she does, the lights flicker and she hears loud noises coming from the holding cell. She goes upstairs to check on him and finds him sleeping. She calls for Mattingly, the officer in charge of sitting in the holding room, and he is nowhere to be found. She goes to check on Meller because she thinks he isn't breathing and realizes that the cell is unlocked. Mattingly appears out of nowhere and tells her it's not a good idea to go into the cell. She notices that he is acting strangely, as was Marty, the other officer on duty. She accuses them of messing her because she is the only woman on the force. Mattingly pins her against the cell and tries to bite her but she runs away.
She goes to the main enterance to find that the doors are chained shut so no one can get in or out. She goes into one of the offices and finds Mattingly's body under his desk with his heart ripped out. She tries the phones and hears chanting on the other end. She meets the Sergeant in the locker room and tells him that she thinks that Meller escaped and killed Marty and Mattingly by eating their hearts and assuming their identities. She tells him that Mattingly told her of an old Cajun legend that says if you eat the still beating heat of another person that you can assume their body and their identity. The Sergeant is skeptical but goes with Bannerman to look for Meller.
They go into the holding room and find Marty hanging from the ceiling with his heart ripped out. They see another body behind the couch and Bannerman takes the bag of the head only to discover that it's the Sergeants body with a bullet hole in the forehead. Meller assumes the Sergeant's identity and tells Bannerman that he wants to eat her. She runs away and tries to get out of the locked doors when Meller assumes his own identity and eats her ear. She gets away and hides in a closet where she covers her neck in rat poison so when Meller tries to eat her...
AHHH!! If you're curious about the ending, how about you go ahead and give Fear Itself: Eaters a watch?? Now onto what I thought! WOW!! This is the first time I've ever heard of or watched this series and I gotta say, I'm impressed. The whole Cajun voodoo-switching bodies-cannibalism thing was just awesome! And not to mention that the character Meller was CREEPY! He was freaking tall and scary looking with the absolute most messed up teeth ever (Someone call that man a dentist!!). There was no nudity and no cussing, but thats no big deal really. There was a good bit of blood and a little bit of guts, and the plot was good enough to where there really didn't need to be alot of boobs and swearing to make it good. Overall I'd give this little gem a 4 out of 5...WOW!! I really liked this episode. The acting was good, the plot was good...it was just damn good!! I cannot wait to watch the rest of the series! And while you're here, check out Zombie Zanes stuff, you'll be glad you did!!
When rookie policewoman Danny Bannerman gets assigned to guard the serial killer referred to as "the Eater" the night gets precarious when two of her fellow officers begin to act very strangely...Dwayne "The Eater" Meller is brought into the police station in shackles and handcuffs and put into a holding cell. He pulls something out of his sleeve and begins chanting and weird things start happening and the only person that realizes it is Bannerman. The Sergeant briefs the officers on Meller and tells that them that in span of 2 years he's killed 30 people in 5 different states. He then tells them that he kills the male victims quickly but keeps the females to torture them and eventually cook and eat their body parts. He also tells them that he made clothing out of their skin and used their skin to make lamp shades.
Danny Bennerman, who is intrigued by morbid things, asks the Sergeant if she can look at Mellers' file. She reads the file and as she does, the lights flicker and she hears loud noises coming from the holding cell. She goes upstairs to check on him and finds him sleeping. She calls for Mattingly, the officer in charge of sitting in the holding room, and he is nowhere to be found. She goes to check on Meller because she thinks he isn't breathing and realizes that the cell is unlocked. Mattingly appears out of nowhere and tells her it's not a good idea to go into the cell. She notices that he is acting strangely, as was Marty, the other officer on duty. She accuses them of messing her because she is the only woman on the force. Mattingly pins her against the cell and tries to bite her but she runs away.
She goes to the main enterance to find that the doors are chained shut so no one can get in or out. She goes into one of the offices and finds Mattingly's body under his desk with his heart ripped out. She tries the phones and hears chanting on the other end. She meets the Sergeant in the locker room and tells him that she thinks that Meller escaped and killed Marty and Mattingly by eating their hearts and assuming their identities. She tells him that Mattingly told her of an old Cajun legend that says if you eat the still beating heat of another person that you can assume their body and their identity. The Sergeant is skeptical but goes with Bannerman to look for Meller.
They go into the holding room and find Marty hanging from the ceiling with his heart ripped out. They see another body behind the couch and Bannerman takes the bag of the head only to discover that it's the Sergeants body with a bullet hole in the forehead. Meller assumes the Sergeant's identity and tells Bannerman that he wants to eat her. She runs away and tries to get out of the locked doors when Meller assumes his own identity and eats her ear. She gets away and hides in a closet where she covers her neck in rat poison so when Meller tries to eat her...
AHHH!! If you're curious about the ending, how about you go ahead and give Fear Itself: Eaters a watch?? Now onto what I thought! WOW!! This is the first time I've ever heard of or watched this series and I gotta say, I'm impressed. The whole Cajun voodoo-switching bodies-cannibalism thing was just awesome! And not to mention that the character Meller was CREEPY! He was freaking tall and scary looking with the absolute most messed up teeth ever (Someone call that man a dentist!!). There was no nudity and no cussing, but thats no big deal really. There was a good bit of blood and a little bit of guts, and the plot was good enough to where there really didn't need to be alot of boobs and swearing to make it good. Overall I'd give this little gem a 4 out of 5...WOW!! I really liked this episode. The acting was good, the plot was good...it was just damn good!! I cannot wait to watch the rest of the series! And while you're here, check out Zombie Zanes stuff, you'll be glad you did!!
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| Sasha Slaughter |
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