Peter Finn I don't tend to like most reality shows. I think they're stupid (Flavor of Love, I Love Money) or pointless (Jon and Kate Plus Eight, Keeping Up with the Kardashians). I like horror, and I like a few competition reality shows, so this is right up my alley.Regarding previous comments about many of the contestants being actors: it doesn't necessarily mean the show is staged. A lot of times, aspiring actors will sign up for a reality show in an attempt to kick-start their career.I liked watching this show, but it's too bad that a second season won't be coming around. Hopefully it'll be released on DVD or blu-ray eventually.

ana-filipa-g I have watched the two first episodes and I was impressed with the amount of clichés and bad acting. Yes, acting - I highly doubt that there are naive people signing in for something like that. The fear is obviously unreal, and all that screaming and crying just make the show even worse. I remember one of the girls being afraid of the dark (terrified, it seemed). However, in the middle of the night, she hears a noise, gets up, grabs a lantern and steps out, looking for what caused the noise. Alone. If she's terrified of the dark, how come she's so comfortable wandering around in the woods by herself? Oh, of course, she wasn't alone, there were guys holding cameras. The camera angles are kind of bad too, some tend to remember too much "The Blair Witch Project".Anyway, it's a reality show. Its purpose is merely entertainment. I guess they have reached that goal. Never related to fear, I must say. However, sometimes I giggled with the show.

Kindred99 Imo, several actors are in this group of 13, you can see info online of past performance/involvement. Some are already hocking their wares. Those who think they were all regular people, get more reading in. I'd bet contracts were signed. The show had great potential, but it turned into a show to scare the kiddies, and maybe creep out some adults via snakes. So in that regard, it worked. The audience must be considered dummied-down by this show's standards. Too many producer friends stirring the same pot leaves little imagination for change. They need fresh input from someone outside their circle. The editing seemed purposefully vague, the acting was obvious in spots. Take a closer look at Melyssa. She may be more than we know. I think they'll bring it back to finish it up. Why have, two, FIR-MASTERMIND, and FIR posted here if they didn't already film the second? It was less dull in pace than Murder in Small Town X, which got lost and boring in the translation. The endless tumbling around in the dark with flashlights got old real quick, Yawn Factor. And some of the more stupid moves by 'contestants/actors', that was acting, who goes back for underwear? Oh, no don't go back for your underwear, give us a break. I do applaud the production being in Louisiana who is still in dire need of support, and funds. The production gave in that regard. Maybe that's what this show was all about.

Myounka This series is ghastly, and not for it's super-violent competitions, but for it's horrible editing and poor camera work. The "execututions" were stereotypical, until the point they had someone drown in toilet water, at that point i knew they had only planned on having 7 episodes. This show was an embarrassment in my opinion, the "cast" consisted of the stereotypical unintelligible middle Americans. How stupid could you be, saying "oh god i almost died!!". It's a TV SHOW. At least on survivor they have enough of a budget to go to tropical places and have a decent prize(13:FiR gave out 66 grand). And when in the history of the USA did someone trap soldiers in a Louisiana fort and make them eat each other... the civil war never had a battle down there, and the Mexican American war(famous for the Alamo) never got that far east of Texas.In all, it was obviously phony, with poor writing, and a poor budget. It was a decent idea that wasn't executed in the slightest.