A small group of students, taking a college course in the psychology of fear, join their obviously insane professor at a private seminar in his home. This seminar is happening because the first day of class involved the teacher pulling a gun on some smartass jock and making him piss himself. Student Allison is having some vague psychic vibes and knows danger is in the cards. The teacher and students tell spooky stories to each other to help them dive into the mechanics of fear. The Old Dark House has a married couple breakdown outside an infamous seaside murder mansion and break in to find a phone to call for help. Wifey vanishes and the husband spooks himself as he searches for her. It doesn’t help that there seems to be an evil presence in the place, further ruining the man’s birthday celebrations. It may be a bit predictable but it’s still a whole lot of fun. A Night on the Town finds four underage girls lost and low on gas in the shady warehouse district of some city. They stop at an abandoned gas station and instead of help they come across a pervy derelict and his trio of vicious puppers. They manage to take out the creep but the dogs are a whole other can of worms. The fight for survival is on when the car breaks down and the girls must flee on foot. Lastly, the weakest of the tales involves an answering service employee (the awesome Marg Helgenberger) alone on her skeleton shift dealing with a psychopath in All Night Operator. The wraparound proves way more interesting than anything when the embarrassed jock shows up with an axe and revenge on his mind. The climax gets a bit wacky and Allison finds out why she had feelings of dread eating away at her. Solid anthology offers variety and an enjoyable wraparound segment. The stories are populated with likable characters (except for Amy but she dies so fuck her) and never overstay their welcome.
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