Fear Itself (26 Oct. 1999)

On Halloween, Buffy and her friends find themselves trapped inside a haunted frat house complete with real bats, zombies, and a terrifying demon.

Director:

Tucker Gates

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), David Fury

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg
Seth Green	...	Oz
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Kristine Sutherland	...	Joyce Summers
Marc Blucas	...	Riley Finn
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya
Adam Kaufman	...	Parker Abrams
Lindsay Crouse	...	Professor Maggie Walsh
Marc Rose	...	Josh
Sulo Williams	...	Chaz
Aldis Hodge	...	Masked Teen
Walter Jones	...	Edward (as Walter Emanuel Jones)
Adam Bitterman	...	Gachnar

Storyline

In the Halloween night, Buffy is very depressed due to her non-corresponded feelings for Parker, and Willow, Oz and Xander convince her to go to a famous Halloween party in a fraternity with them to have some fun. Anya is also invited by Xander to join the group. However, while decorating the place previously, one of the hosts paints a magic symbol, the Mark of Gachnar, on the floor, and an accidentally spilled drop of Oz's blood awakens the Fear Demon Gachnar who is fed by fear, bringing panic and horror to life on the house.

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Plot Keywords:

halloween | heroine | female protagonist | reference to little red riding hood | house of horrors

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first mention of Anya's fear of rabbits.

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Goofs

In Anya's first scene in bunny costume, the ears are flopped. In her second scene, the ears are straight, and in her third scene in costume they're flopped again.

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Quotes

Buffy: Will, let's be realistic here. Okay, your basic spells are usually only about fifty-fifty.
Willow: Oh, yeah? Well... so's your face.

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Connections

References Dr. No (1962)

User Reviews

One of the best BtVS episodes

I didn't know what to expect of this episode. Well as most of the names of Buffy episodes you don't know what to expect. But what I saw was beyond of what I had thought it would be like.

Humour, Horror and Happening aren't they the greatest combination for an episode? Fear, itself contains more of it.

I haven't laughed so much - because of a Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode! But as well as I laughed I was a bit scared (though I am not so easy frightened).

For me this is one of the greatest BtVS shows. But talking about best BtVS episode - every episode has one emotion. The emotions that Becoming Part 2 gave me and many others are incomparable with this one.

Anyway, this is a episode that MUST be watched!