Some outsiders are too powerful and malicious to be anything but frightening. Carnivorous river monsters pretending to be human, for instance.Primary subject of this episode: Michael McDowell's Blackwater Saga.

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Being the outcast can be a frightening experience. In the real world and in fiction, it can leave one susceptible to persecution and prosecution, or even turn you into an unwilling "hero" fighting a menace the rest of the crowd refuses to face.Primary subjects of this Episode: First Blood and Jaws

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No one wants to be imprisoned--truly imprisoned--against their will. But not all confines are made equal, and the potential associated horrors can vary greatly.

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From Rhoda Penmark and her precursors through the scary kids who kicked off the horror boom and beyond, frightening children have been a genre fixture for a long, long time.

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Four movies. Four years. One lesson: stay out of the dark.

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Healthy Fears Episode 1 explores the fear of sleep as it appears in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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