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You may have thought that horror anthology shows a la "The Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits" were a relic of the past, but that just shows you don't work at NBC. This Thursday, the cunningly titled "Fear Itself" will premiere at 10pm for the start of its 13-episode run. Each episode will be an island unto itself, with different directors, different actors and unrelated stories. Think of it like 13 very short indie horror movies, with all the good and bad that implies. In an interview on Monday, producer Keith Addis was quick to note that the show had no overarching theme: "There was no conversation about creating a thematic throughline, we really went to the filmmakers and encouraged them to find and develop the stories that they were the most excited about telling." Addis also made sure to point out that the show should not be seen as a clone of "The Twilight Zone," except maybe a little. "One of the cool things about an anthology is that every one of these films is completely separate and unique from all the others. And that's something we enjoy the most about this form. Some of the episodes have more of a Twilight Zone feel and dwell in the realm of psychological thrillers. Others are at the very opposite end of the spectrum of the genre and are much more down the center, down the bull's eye of what the genre offers most frequently." I had an opportunity to look at a screener for the first three episodes of "Fear Itself" and you can see what I thought of them after the jump.The first episode, "The Sacrifice" reads like a low-budget horror movie cut to half the time. Starring "Friday Night Lights




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