Good luck, anyway.

i had no idea.

is there some kind of advertising or marketing tie-in with corporate sponsors that can provide us with more information?

It doesnt help that the eps so far have been fair at best. And the generic Canadian exteriors are bland, bland, bland.

I do like Fessenden's work, and Doug Jones is a plus, so I'll be tuning in. BTW, having John Carpenter on your resume has got to be a dream come true.

Hey ABC, how about rerunning the first (shortened) season of Pushing Daisies before the fall? I'm asking for selfish reasons, cuz I got an HD TV this winter and would love to see it in all its colorful glory before the new season.

The zombie episode did cheat a bit but I think they did a good enough job explaining it at the end that I didn't feel too cheated. Plus it explained her very stupid behaviour throughout the episode.

It also had the same kind of ending.

First, this is easily the best episode of Fear Itself thus far. The only one that has images and ideas that stick with you. If I had not read your script, I would have accused you of pounding home the "uncle is the father" theme, but it was actually very subtle in the script.

As far as the directing, Fessenden get's some creepy shots there, the roving camera looking at all the trophy heads and the darkened interior of the cabin, the misty mountains, the scene of Grady climbing down in the barn, behind the boys. I love that dark exterior of the red barn. That barn set looked very similar, and was shot very similar to the barn in The Roost(a low budget flick that Fessenden helped produce I think, or at least had a small role in). All done well. Favorite shot was the one of Grady looking out the window at Eddie Bear after the mare's death.

Doug Jones is awesome! He delivers one of the great t.v. movie monsters. We were talking bout t.v. monsters, like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, etc. and this one stands up there with Savini's creature from Inside the Closet, and the zuni doll and someof the Outer Limits better creatures.I hope this thing gets airplay again. It's a shame it's not more of a stand alone piece(meaning that it won't just be shown as a little short film, outside the F I series. I argue that this and Battleground from Nightmares and Dreamscapes should be set free to be shown seperately whenever they can. Catching stuff like this randomly, at Halloween would be a great treat. I can see kids seeing this and freaking over it in the same way we still recall the dark imagery of those old t.v. flicks.

Also, Mori, are you familiar with Alvin Schwartz, the author and illustrator of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It was a series of books when I was growing up that told classic folk tales, ghost stories and urban legends, with Schwartz's macabre sketches. His people always had distorted heads, sunken eyes, skeleton grins. His collection was the first place I ever encountered a Wendigo story. But the thing that truly struck me is Doug Jones' Grady looks like a Schwartz sketch come to disturbing life. My wife even commented on the fact too. Was this at all intentional? Or is this just a great coincidence on my part? Anyways, if you don't know Schwartz, check the drawings. Cool.

All in all, I really liked it, and think it's the best of the three pieces you and Scott have done, but I think I liked your take on Wendigo as a specific demon who posesses the body more than what they did here. I did find the concept of the rage allowing the creature access, and the underlying feelings Grady had about his wife and Rowdy giving the wendigo purpose, and vice versa, very cool. But I truly missed that scene where the Wendigo recognizes Eddie Bear from his childhood. I also missed Eddie's attempt to exorcise the creature, but (and this is just my opinion) I think at the script level, you could have made this a bigger part of the story, and included more Rowdy(and not just Rowdy stew) in the conclusion. But those are more preferences on my part, then actual criticism.

How did you feel about the changes that were made Drew? Were you asked to make them, or were they made later?

Terrific work, and I hope to keep seeing good creepy stuff being churned out from the McWeeney/Swann collaboration.

Doug Jones did an amazing freaky job. Best horror thing I've seen in a while. That scene where he's making her make dinner was great.

Though I have to laugh at the "noble death of a minority" thing. At this point, is that just an industry in-joke or did you guys think that would be something new and diff?

Doug Jones was phenomenal, but I think Drew and Scott got the shaft.

And I also think it is the best of Drew & Scott's works on TV so far. Sometimes the restraints of network can work for you.

The first stew, the one the mother made and the son dropped, looked really good. Had a craving for beef stew throughout the episode. At least until she made it a second time. That pretty much put me off stew for the time being.