Point, the leader of the criminals, has suspicions about the women, while his younger brother Lemon and partner Diego are infatuated with them.

He steps on the blanket and falls into a deep pit; Virginia shuts the metal door.

Virginia then turns to Lemon (AKA Lemuel), luring him into the skin house and seducing him.

Tara, who doesn't speak, shyly goes into the skin room and shows Lemon a picture she made of him as he begs her to let him down.

In order to protect the outside world, the group decided to build the fort in their attempt to keep the creature in it.

Eventually, the vampire picked off each member of the town until only the three girls and their father, the Reverend, were left.

Point can't wait and knocks the creature in as Chelsea shuts the door.

Point uses an axe to make holes in the door, pours gasoline in, and throws a lamp on it as Virginia shrieks from being attacked and then burned.

Some criticism centered around the episode's story, which outlets such as Dread Central found underwhelming and overly familiar while also serviceable.

Club's Scott Tobias wrote that he was expecting more from the series as the "roster of directors is tantalizing", but that "Alas, tonight’s premiere episode, “The Sacrifice” turns out to be exactly the sort of middle-of-the-road fare that I'd feared this show would put out on semi-regular basis.

"[5] Variety's Phil Gallo was more favorable, stating that the episode "displays astute attention to detail and craft, even if it does not necessarily scare the bejesus out of viewers".

[6] In April 2020 ScreenRant posted an article discussing the cancellation of Fear Itself, noting that "The Sacrifice" "ended up being one of the weaker installments".