The Fear

1995

Action / Horror

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 26% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 26% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 3.9/10 10 1713 1.7K

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Plot summary

Richard, a college student who has decided to focus his attention on the study of fear, invites a group of friends up to his family's secluded mountain cabin for the weekend. Soon, a lifelike, wooden carving of a man begins stalking and killing them.

Director

Vincent Robert Photo
Vincent Robert

Top cast

Wes Craven Photo
Wes Craven as Dr. Arnold
Anna Karin Photo
Anna Karin as Tanya
Ann Turkel Photo
Ann Turkel as Leslie
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Bill Winkler as Real Estate Agent
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936.75 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 2
1.7 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Stereo-zombiephonic 3 / 10

Wooden, like its main character...

I liked "The Fear", but not that much. It seemed to waste the few elements it had that might have made it a better film. It does not deliver many chills, and the opportunities it has slip by in what ultimately comes across as a poorly thought out and chaotic film. I found the best moments took place in Uncle Pete's Christmas Village. This sequence showcases some of the movies only eerie scenes, turning familiar Christmas elements into a strangely spooky backdrop. Nevertheless, one feels that Vincent Robert (making a directorial debut), allows too many chances to develop his story slip away. He fails to make use of the generally interesting masks and tree carvings that plague Richard's (Eddie Bowz) dreams as anything more than dream fluffery. The legend of Black Peter, another interesting idea, also fails to get more attention. One may surmise that this motif somehow has entered Richard's subconscious (thus explaining the similarities between Black Peter's face and those of the masks in Richard's dreams). Instead, the director moves along ploddingly, showcasing characters stumbling along forced conflicts which feel contrived. When Ashley (Heather Medway) decides to call off her engagement to Richard because he tries to help Tanya (Anna Karin) the audience gets left wondering what they missed. Most of the character interactions feel this artificial. Watch this movie as part of horror marathon, or at the very least, with its sequel `The Fear: Halloween Night', but do not expect too much from it.
Reviewed by BloodTheTelepathicDog 5 / 10

Creepy film

Granted, I've seen better horror flicks in my day, but this is a solid outing. Morty, the life-sized wooden doll, redefines creepy. Throw him in a dark wooden setting, and you get some solid terror.The plot centers around a student Richard, well played by Eddie Bowz, who invites some friends to a wooden cabin to analyze their fears as study for his thesis papers. While there, Richard must confront his own inner demons which become magnified when he sees his childhood toy Morty at the cabin.Soon Morty begins to terrorize the group, using their darkest fears as a weapon.The cast was solid. Bowz handles the lead quite well and genre oddball Darin Heames(Night of the Demons 2 & Dr. Giggles) shines as his best pal with questionable morals. Heather Medway, portraying Bowz' love interest was the best actress involved, outshining Ann Turkel.I recommend this for people who like to be creeped out. Has a dark atmosphere and the use of the foley artists as Morty chases people was handled well also.
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