Fear Itself

The series' title comes from Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Fear Itself was born out of Masters of Horror and shares many of the same creative elements, including creator Mick Garris and producers Andrew Deane, Adam Goldworm, and Ben Browning from Industry Entertainment.

Directors Stuart Gordon, Brad Anderson, John Landis, Ernest Dickerson, and Rob Schmidt each directed at least one episode of both Fear Itself and Masters of Horror.

The series was filmed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with additional filming in St. Albert and the town of Devon, Alberta.

Guest stars across the anthology included Eric Roberts, Anna Kendrick, Brandon Routh, Josie Davis, Briana Evigan, Jesse Plemons, Elisabeth Moss, and Cory Monteith.

The opening credits song, "Lie Lie Lie," was performed by System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian from his first solo album, Elect the Dead.

NBC pulled the show off the air after late July 2008 during a hiatus for the Summer Olympics, leaving five episodes unaired, and it never returned to the network's schedule; the cancellation was confirmed on March 13, 2009.

The episodes were later broadcast and released on DVD in a different order than originally intended, including on the September 15, 2009 complete series DVD release.