One of the few new shows I have been looking forward to seeing is Fear Itself, NBC’s new horror anthology. I knew coming into it that it wouldn’t likely be anything too wild or particularly great quality stuff. There’s only so far you can go on network television and then there’s the fact that the horror genre’s had nearly every story imaginable in some form or another, so no one will be breaking new ground here.
The series premiere was good, about what I expected, but the follow-up was more of a psychological thriller than the creepy monster type of program we saw in the premiere. The show was about a police officer named Harry Bender, played by veteran actor Eric Roberts. Seeing Bender being one of those cops who does whatever he has to do to get the job done ticks me off. Being a police officer is one of the goals I have had for a while and I just hate seeing the bad cops ruin the reputation for everyone else.
Eric Roberts as Harry Bender and Harry Siegal
After getting fired for his handling of a witness/suspect, Bender wound up a drunken private investigator, looking into rumors of cheating spouses and that sort of thing. This was rather cliche and unimaginative.
After dealing with a case, he and his partner get another one. Meredith Kane (Cynthia Watros) claims to have a cheating husband and asks them to keep an eye on them. It all seems like the typical setup, but that all changes when they begin working in an abandoned house.
Harry begins hearing and seeing things. I give the producers credit. That house had a creepy look to it, but some of the stuff on the wall looked pretty amateurish. That being said, it was Cynthia Watros who ended up being the star of the show in my eyes. Just when we see that her unusual character on Lost never seems to really go away, she pops up here with another creepy character. Won’t Libby ever disappear?
“Spooked” wasn’t as good as I thought it would be, but it could have been far worse. I like psychological thrillers and this was a decent one, as far as network television could provide.
No Comments, Comment or Ping
Reply to “Fear Itself - S01E02 - Spooked Review”