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Fear Itself on NBC

Bringing the bloody gore and stylized torture of recent horror films to the small screen, the June 12^th episode of Fear Itself (10:00 p.m. ET), has earned the title of Worst TV Show of The Week.

In “Spooked,” the second episode of NBC’s horror anthology, a dirty cop turned private investigator Harry Seigel must stake out a haunted house that reveals “the one thing you can’t live with” to those who trespass.

From the opening scene, viewers are assaulted by Harry brutally beating and killing a suspect in order to draw a confession. The suspect is already covered in blood and bruises when Harry finally slashes the suspect across the throat.

After being fired from the police force, Harry makes a living as a private investigator who trails philandering husbands and wives. Audio recordings of these sexual affairs, which feature grunts and moans, are played back for the viewer’s listening enjoyment.

Inside the “haunted house,” Harry receives visions of the traumatic childhood incident that has made him a broken adult. In a flashback to the idyllic ‘50s, young Harry watches Howdy Doody with his brother. While pretending to be the Lone Ranger, Harry accidentally shoots his young brother with his policeman father’s revolver. Finding the bloody corpse, Harry’s father makes Harry swear to “a secret pact” to bury his brother so Harry can live a normal life.

Unlike forerunners such as HBO’s Tales from the Crypt and Showtime’s Masters of Horror, Fear Itself moves the horror film from premium cable to broadcast television in prime time. For its graphic depictions of sex and violence, Fear Itself deserves the title Worst TV Show of The Week.