Fear, Itself

In which the Scooby gang face their fears at a Frat party gone horribly awry.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

House of Horrors - Buffy reluctantly agrees to join Willow, Oz and Xander at a Halloween party where they stumble into a real-life House of Horrors masquerading as an innocuous fraternity.

From the old WB Buffy website:

HOUSE OF HORRORS - Buffy reluctantly agrees to join Willow, Oz and Xander at a Halloween party where they stumble into a real-life house of horrors masquerading as an innocuous fraternity. Meanwhile, Giles is called upon to help out the college crowd when all he wants is to get into the spirit of the holiday. Tucker Gates directed the episode written by David Fury.

Links:

This episode's page at http://www.restlessbtvs.com/, the Restless BTVS Trivia Guide

This episode's page at http://www.vrya.net/bdb/, the Buffyverse Dialog Database

Cross-reference:

episodes featuring literary references:

• Some Assembly Required
  "Thank you, Cyrano" -- Giles responds to Buffy's val-speak advice on wooing Jenny
• Band Candy
  The gang are getting "all Willy Loman" with the candy
• Bad Girls
  Faith, Lady-MacBeth-like, scrubs away at an already-clean shirt
• Enemies
  Faith is less punctual than Godot
• The Prom
  Buffy quotes Frost -- "miles to go"
• New Moon Rising
  Buffy threatens to get William-Burroughsy with Colonel MacNamara
• Crush
  Dru riffs on Othello: "We can love quite well. If not wisely."
• The Gift
  Spike's "we band of buggered" echoes Henry V
• this episode
  Willow calls Oz "Brutus" and then has to explain the reference...

episodes in which people wear amusing clothing:

• Inca Mummy Girl
  The Cultural Exchange costume dance
• Reptile Boy
  Xander in drag
• Halloween
  Some of the clothing is deadly serious, but Caspar!Willow and Pussycat!Cordy are unforgettable
• Doomed
  Spike in Hawaiian shirt and boardshorts. Somehow he's still sexy.
• No Place Like Home
  Giles is in a Wizard costume. Buffy is speechless.
• All The Way
  Pirate Xander, Charlie's-Angel Anya
• Hells Bells
  Those bridesmaid dresses...
• this episode
  Mexican Giles, Bunny Anya...

Cast:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander
  

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• Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
• Kristine Sutherland as Joyce
• Seth Green as Oz
• Emma Caulfield as Anya
• Marc Blucas as Riley
• Lindsay Crouse as Professor Walsh
• Adam Kaufman as Parker
• Marc Rose as Josh
• Sulo Williams as Chaz
• Walter Emmanuel Jones as Edward
• Adam Bitterman as Gachnar
• Aldis Hodge as Masked Teen
• Darris Love as Hallmate
• Michele Nordin as Rachel
• Adam Grimes as Lobster Boy
• Larissa Reynolds as Present Girl