6.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Fear Itself (2008)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.2
Overview
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Overview
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Fear Itself is a horror anthology series featuring diverse, self-contained episodes that explore various facets of fear and the supernatural. The lack of a consistent, overarching narrative or political thesis across its multiple stories results in a neutral rating.
The movie, a horror anthology, is assessed as having visible diversity in its cast, typical for the genre, but without explicit evidence of intentional recasting of traditionally white roles. Its narrative does not appear to explicitly critique traditional identities or center strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The 'Fear Itself' episode 'Family Man' features LGBTQ+ themes predominantly in a negative light. A closeted gay man's identity is tied to his suffering and abuse, while a serial killer's predatory nature is linked to his attraction to men. This portrayal reinforces harmful stereotypes, associating queer identity with misery and villainy within a horror context.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Fear Itself is an anthology horror series where each episode features original characters and standalone stories. There are no pre-existing canonical characters from source material, history, or previous installments whose genders could have been swapped.
Fear Itself is an anthology horror series where each episode features new, standalone characters and stories. It does not adapt a continuous narrative with established legacy characters or historical figures whose races would be subject to a swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
5.1
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