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Fear Factor

2001 – 2012Show7 seasons156 episodesTV-PG

Reality
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb5.7Metacritic–6.9
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb5.7Metacritic–6.9

Summary

Competition reality series in which contestants must decide if they have the guts and determination to face their fears while outpacing the competition.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Party vibe
  • Teens

Skip it if

  • You scare easily
  • You want something quiet and calm

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Fear Factor episodes

7 seasons · 156 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Horse Drag/Rat Pit/Slippery-Car Crawl, 6.8
  2. S1 E2 Truck Jump/Worm Coffin/Catapult, 5.7
  3. S1 E3 Jet Ski Leap/Beetle Bowl/Rope Crawl, 5.9
  4. S1 E4 Net Jump/Wormtinis/Tunnel Crawl, 6.1
  5. S1 E5 Dog Attack/Snake Pit/Beam Walk, 6.3
  6. S1 E6 Sub Dive/Cricket Crunch/Speed Drop, 5.9
  7. S1 E7 Descender Jump/Sheep's Eye/Water Tank, 6.8
  8. S1 E8 Wrecking Ball/Testicles/Baby Rescue, 6.1
  9. S1 E9 Pole to Trapeze/Pig Feast/Traverse, 6.4
  10. S1 E10 Season 1 Clip Show, 5.1
  1. S2 E1 First Celebrity Fear Factor, 7.0
  2. S2 E2 Wing Walk/Bobbing for Snakes/Car Jump, 7.0
  3. S2 E3 Tunnel Swim/Eat Bulat/Bicycle Plank, 6.8
  4. S2 E4 Boat-to-Boat Jump/Swimming with the Fishes/Flag Snag, 6.1
  5. S2 E5 Helicopter Fire Drill/Eat Rectum/Ledge Walk, 6.0
  6. S2 E6 Bull Riding/Eat Cow Brains/Zipline, 6.1
  7. S2 E7 Blimp Ladder Climb/Bobbing Among Worms/Car Turnover, 5.9
  8. S2 E9 Heli. Box Jump/Tarantula Pit/Water Tube, 6.2
  9. S2 E10 Vertical Gauntlet/Rat in the Hat/Truck Beam Walk, 6.0
  10. S2 E11 Roof to Roof Jump/Blood Meatballs/Submerged Plane, 6.2
  11. S2 E12 Bridge Hang/Uterus Skee-Ball/Cable Plate Walk, 6.4
  12. S2 E13 Twins: Sky Surfing/Billiards for Gross Eats/Container Ship, 6.2
  13. S2 E14 Playboy Playmates Edition, 6.4
  14. S2 E15 WWE Fear Factor, 7.2
  15. S2 E16 Championship Edition: Part 1, 6.7
  16. S2 E17 Championship Edition: Part 2, 6.7
  17. S2 E18 Celebrity Fear Factor 2, 7.1
  18. S2 E19 Season Two Clip Show, 5.1
  1. S3 E1 Traverse Dam/Bee Headed/Water Coffin, 6.2
  2. S3 E2 Counter Balance Beam/Weenie Roast/Swinging Rope Bridge, 6.9
  3. S3 E3 Celebrity Fear Factor 3, 7.0
  4. S3 E4 Triple Beam Walk/Glass Walking/Magnetic Car Drop, 6.3
  5. S3 E5 Stage Coach Drag/Cod Stew/Pipe to Pipe, 6.2
  6. S3 E6 Speedboat to Heli/Worm Transfer/Car Thru Building, 6.1
  7. S3 E7 Burning Building/Scorpion Pit/Rotating Climbing Wall, 6.3
  8. S3 E8 Dog Attack/Gas Chamber/Car Carrier Drive-Thru, 6.1
  9. S3 E9 Helicopter Slalom, Piercings, Maggoty Cheese, Flag Snag, 6.8
  10. S3 E10 Drowning Closet/Ostrich Egg/Merry-go-Round, 6.5
  11. S3 E11 Christmas Fear Factor, 7.1
  12. S3 E12 Heli Flag Snag/Slugs/Build a Bridge, 6.3
  13. S3 E13 Inverted Helicopter/Horse Rectum/Sky Walker, 6.2
  14. S3 E14 Barrel Rolling/Rat Transfer/Car Into Pond, 6.0
  15. S3 E15 Spin Cycle/Breakfast of Champions/Stilt Walking, 5.8
  16. S3 E16 Couples Fear Factor #1, 6.2
  17. S3 E17 Blizzard Fear Factor, 6.5
  18. S3 E18 All Gross, 7.1
  19. S3 E19 All Female Fear Factor, 6.4
  20. S3 E20 Flatbed to Flatbed/Worm Coffin/Tumbler, 5.9
  21. S3 E21 Heli Boat Drag/Bull Buffet/Window Washer, 5.7
  22. S3 E22 Go Cart Chicken/Fear Factor Basketball/Water Rotisserie, 5.8
  23. S3 E23 Las Vegas Show, 5.8
  24. S3 E24 Miss USA Fear Factor, 6.3
  25. S3 E25 Semi Finals: Part 1, 6.3
  26. S3 E26 Semi Finals: Part 2, 6.5
  27. S3 E27 Fear Factor Finals, 6.3
  28. S3 E28 Animal Themed Clip Show, 4.9
  29. S3 E29 15 Most Outrageous Moments, 5.5
  1. S4 E1 Million Dollar Season Premiere, 6.9
  2. S4 E2 Las Vegas: Part 1, 6.1
  3. S4 E3 Las Vegas: Part 2, 6.3
  4. S4 E4 Heli Crawl Flag Grab/Maggoty Madness/Head on Pipe Ramp, 6.2
  5. S4 E5 Heli Water Drag/Cow Eye Juice/Truck to Truck Transfer, 6.1
  6. S4 E6 Halloween Fear Factor, 6.4
  7. S4 E7 All Female #1, 6.7
  8. S4 E8 Submerged Bus/Dirty Kitchen/Brain Surgery/Falling Beam Walk, 6.3
  9. S4 E9 Water Sack/Beetle Roach & Worm Transfer/Spinning Ledge, 6.0
  10. S4 E10 Truck to Helicopter/Table Clearing/Under the Semi, 5.9
  11. S4 E11 Family Fear Factor, 6.4
  12. S4 E12 Boat to Boat Transfer/Worm Wine/Matrix Truck Straddle, 6.1
  13. S4 E13 Christmas Fear Factor, 6.4
  14. S4 E14 Twins, 5.8
  15. S4 E15 Couples: Part 1, 6.5
  16. S4 E16 Couples: Part 2, 6.5
  17. S4 E17 Couples: Part 3, 7.1
  18. S4 E18 Couples: Part 4, 6.4
  19. S4 E19 Couples: Part 5, 6.3
  20. S4 E20 Couples: Part 6, 6.6
  21. S4 E21 Couples: Part 7, 6.9
  22. S4 E22 Heli Crawl & Rope Slide/Suspended Floor Drop/Intestine Chew/Milk & Chug/Mini Motorcycle Plank, 6.1
  23. S4 E23 Heli Flag Snag/Fondue Party/Eel Hang/Two Wheel Truck Ramp, 5.8
  24. S4 E24 All Female #2, 6.5
  25. S4 E25 Siblings, 6.5
  26. S4 E26 Twirling Misery/Eat Live Snails/Car Jump Out of Back of Semi, 6.2
  27. S4 E27 Extreme Building Plunge/Bug Windshield/Rotating Beam to Platform, 5.9
  28. S4 E28 Tunnel Flag Snag/Potato Bug Bazooka/Tractor Car Roll, 5.5
  29. S4 E29 Miss USA, 6.1
  30. S4 E30 Team Fear Factor, 6.2
  31. S4 E31 Models Edition Fear Factor, 6.2
  32. S4 E32 Second Chance, 6.4
  33. S4 E33 All Female #3, 6.3
  34. S4 E34 Family Fear Factor #2, 6.3
  1. S5 E1 Couples #1, 6.9
  2. S5 E2 All Female #4, 6.6
  3. S5 E3 Best Friend Fear Factor, 6.2
  4. S5 E4 Favorite Winners, 6.5
  5. S5 E5 Jet Ski to Float Plane Transfer/Underwater Cage Escape/Siphon Dump Transfer, 6.4
  6. S5 E6 Sibling Fear Factor, 6.2
  7. S5 E7 Water Paddle/Fear Factor Bar/Heli Surfing, 6.5
  8. S5 E8 Halloween: All Gross Fear Factor, 7.0
  9. S5 E9 100th Episode: New York, 6.9
  10. S5 E10 Season Premiere: Couples Reunion, 6.2
  11. S5 E11 Rolling Flag Snag/Sand Crab Panning/Suspended Car Rotisserie, 6.1
  12. S5 E13 Co-Ed Models, 6.2
  13. S5 E14 Thanksgiving 4 Stunt Show, 6.6
  14. S5 E15 Christmas Fear Factor, 6.3
  15. S5 E16 Tarzan Semi to Semi/Fear Factor Donut Shop/Falling Beam Maze, 6.5
  16. S5 E17 Couples Premiere, 7.0
  17. S5 E18 Couples #2, 6.7
  18. S5 E19 Couples #3, 6.6
  19. S5 E20 Couples #4, 6.3
  20. S5 E21 Couples #5, 6.5
  21. S5 E22 Couples #6, 6.5
  22. S5 E23 Couples Finale, 6.5
  23. S5 E24 Reality Stars, 6.7
  24. S5 E25 Submerged Car Rotisserie, Sushi Bar, Wall Sweeper, 6.2
  25. S5 E26 Twins, 6.5
  26. S5 E27 Las Vegas Pairs, 7.0
  27. S5 E28 Orlando Newlyweds, 6.2
  28. S5 E29 Miss USA, 6.6
  29. S5 E30 Best Friends #3, 6.2
  30. S5 E31 NY vs. LA, 6.5
  31. S5 E35 Best Friends No. 2, 6.4
  1. S6 E1 Heist Fear Factor, 7.7
  2. S6 E2 Blind Date Fear Factor: No.1, 6.7
  3. S6 E3 Crane Cannon Launch/Trash Scavenger Hunt/Heli Body Drag, 6.3
  4. S6 E4 Psycho Fear Factor: Part 1, 7.4
  5. S6 E5 Psycho Fear: Factor Part 2, 7.1
  6. S6 E6 Psycho Fear Factor: Part 3, 6.3
  7. S6 E7 Heli Platform to Platform Jump, Barber Shop, Container Launch, 6.5
  8. S6 E8 Mother/Son, 6.8
  9. S6 E9 Freaks vs. Geeks, 6.7
  10. S6 E10 Reality Stars: Part 1, 7.7
  11. S6 E11 Reality Stars: Part 2, 6.3
  12. S6 E12 Reality Stars: Part 3, 6.9
  13. S6 E13 Family Fear Factor, 6.9
  14. S6 E14 Military Fear Factor, 7.2
  15. S6 E15 Fire Fear Factor, 6.7
  16. S6 E16 Burger King Viewer's Choice, 6.2
  17. S6 E17 Young vs. Old, 6.9
  18. S6 E18 Disaster Fear Factor, 6.8
  19. S6 E19 Blind Date Fear Factor No. 2, 6.4
  20. S6 E20 Farm Fear Factor, 7.0
  21. S6 E21 Ex Factor, 6.6
  22. S6 E22 Celebrity Fear Factor, 6.7
  1. S7 E1 Scorpion Tales, 7.2
  2. S7 E2 Broken Hearts & Blood Baths, 7.5
  3. S7 E3 Tall Crappaccino, 7.3
  4. S7 E4 Snake Bite, 7.4
  5. S7 E5 Roach Coach, 7.8
  6. S7 E6 The Bees Are Angry, 8.0
  7. S7 E7 Leeches & Shaved Heads & Tear Gas, Oh My! Part 1, 7.6
  8. S7 E8 Leeches & Shaved Heads & Tear Gas, Oh My! Part 2, 7.8

Cast

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Crew

Directors
J. Rupert Thompson, Randall Einhorn
Produced by
John de Mol

Everyone

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Facts

June 11, 2001 · July 16, 2012 · Ended

First aired
June 11, 2001
Last aired
July 16, 2012
Status
Ended
Length
7 seasons · 156 episodes
Age rating
TV-PG
Content
Disturbing Imagery, Violence
Genres
Reality
Original language
English
Made in
United States
Available in
28 countries

Tropes

Fanservice, All or Nothing, Product Placement +9

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream Fear Factor?"

Questions about Fear Factor

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Is Fear Factor worth watching?

61
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 61 (IMDb 5.7).

Does Fear Factor get better after season 1?

Yes: season 1 has an IMDb average of 6.2, and season 7 peaks at 7.6. The highest-rated episode is The Bees Are Angry (season 7, episode 6) at 8.0, and the lowest is Animal Themed Clip Show (season 3, episode 28) at 4.9.

Is Fear Factor okay for kids?

TV-PGDisturbing imageryViolence

Not for young kids: it's rated TV-PG in the United States for disturbing imagery and violence, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.

How long does it take to watch Fear Factor?

156 h

About 156 hours: 156 episodes in 7 seasons of about 60 minutes each, aired from 2001 to 2012.

Can I half-watch Fear Factor?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 3 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it drop-in friendly.

Will Fear Factor scare me?

Not scaryTerrifying

Yes, it's frightening: scares are rated 8 of 10.