"FreakyLinks" (2000) TV series 2000-2001

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creators:

Ricardo Festiva
Gregg Hale

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Plot:

A take-off on "The Blair Witch Project," in which a guy finds out that his supposedly dead brother isn't dead after all when he sees him on the Internet. It's all about his spooky adventures in finding the truth.

Plot Keywords:

Supernatural | Paranormal | Hand Camera

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ethan Embry	...	Adam Barnes / ... (13 episodes, 2000-2001)
Lisa Sheridan	...	Chloe Tanner (13 episodes, 2000-2001)
Karim Prince	...	Jason Tatum (13 episodes, 2000-2001)
Lizette Carrion	...	Lan Williams (13 episodes, 2000-2001)
Dennis Christopher	...	Vince Elsing (8 episodes, 2000-2001)

Also Known As:

Fearsum (USA) (working title)
Freaky Links (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

60 min | France:45 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Haxan Films

Quotes:

Vince Elsing: Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night thinking something is in your house? You know, heard a noise you couldn't quite make out? So you get up, turn the whole damn place upside-down, 'cause you gotta make sure that your little world is still safe and sound, still just the way you left it? That ever happen to you, Mr. Barnes?
Derek Barnes: Yes.
Vince Elsing: Well, now suppose that all those times you thought you heard a footstep, or flash of something out of the corner of your eye, you really did.
Derek Barnes: Like what?
Vince Elsing: Like... something else. Something fearsome. They fed on it, the fear. Like sharks to blood. The only way to stay safe is to push that terror back down, deep inside your belly. Because the second you feel it, the second you let it rise back up into your soul, that's when they come.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: North by North Quahog (#4.1)" (2005)

Could have been *amazing*

I had vaguely heard about this show when it aired, but since it was extremely elusive (and I was sick of "Blair Witch," which Fox used as the main selling point) I missed out. Three years later, I get my hands on the episodes...What a waste! This show could have been so, so good! I'll bet if they'd given it a chance and "introduced" it on a Sunday, it would have hooked in a bigger audience.

But yeah, the stories were great, the actors were great, there was potential for a lot of development...Someone mentioned Derek's "Get her!" attitude, citing Ghostbusters and I cracked up. Someone should petition for a DVD, even if it's just a bare-bones 13-episode set without features. Though commentary by the actors and crew would probably be hysterical.