“Skin and Bones” is justification for the entire Fear Itself series.
Mary Harron brings nothing distinctive to the episode, which looks like the rough cut of a Lifetime Network Christmas special.
If it all sounds like cliché upon cliché, well that’s what it is.
John Landis directs the whole thing as though it were a pleasant distraction.
“Family Man” is the third episode of Fear Itself but should have been the first.
There’s very few surprises in this second episode of Fear Itself.
For network TV, the shows of violence and sexuality are striking, and the production values are above average, with the snowbound fort doing most of the work in creating a mysterious atmosphere.