Three people move into a house where they are forced to grapple with terrifying entities uniquely designed to agitate their worst fears. Yes, that describes the FX fright-fest American Horror Story. But that’s also the new Animal Planet series My Extreme Animal Phobia. In this reality show, people don’t have to worry about the Rubber Man sneaking into their rooms at night. But they do have to sleep with a rubber snake before kissing a real one. The premiere episode (which aired last night) introduced us to Dr. Robin Zasio, a clinical psychologist who runs a treatment center...
- 10/22/2011
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
Plenty of people are moved to tears at the sight of an adorable puppy (or maybe we've just seen that Sarah McLachlan Aspca commercial one too many times), but how many grown men have you seen weep in fear at the sight of a baby pitbull?
Sure, fierce, fighting adult pitbulls can be scary -- but this little guy seems too cute to be a killer. However, to tattooed tough-guy Marvin, he's just as frightening as a 250-pound mastiff. Marvin's paralyzing fear of pitbulls causes him to turn to Sacramento psychologist Robin Zasio, star of the new Animal Planet series "My Extreme Animal Phobia."
Though it's not unusual to be scared of snakes, spiders or other slithery creatures, plenty of people have extreme phobias of everyday animals like puppies, moths or grasshoppers, and will be profiled as they seek treatment from Dr. Zasio in the new series.
In the clip below,...
Sure, fierce, fighting adult pitbulls can be scary -- but this little guy seems too cute to be a killer. However, to tattooed tough-guy Marvin, he's just as frightening as a 250-pound mastiff. Marvin's paralyzing fear of pitbulls causes him to turn to Sacramento psychologist Robin Zasio, star of the new Animal Planet series "My Extreme Animal Phobia."
Though it's not unusual to be scared of snakes, spiders or other slithery creatures, plenty of people have extreme phobias of everyday animals like puppies, moths or grasshoppers, and will be profiled as they seek treatment from Dr. Zasio in the new series.
In the clip below,...
- 10/20/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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