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Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

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Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Toronto85 Richard takes a group of his friends up to a secluded cottage to discuss their fears as a part of his university report. He finds an old wooden life-size dummy which is named "Morty". It was in his family for years. Anyways, they decide to tell Morty their fears. Some of their fears include bugs, water, heights, growing old, etc. Eventually, Morty begins to pop up in places scaring the group. And it isn't long before Morty comes to life and begins killing a few of them by using their fears.There are some subplots involved in the movie such as the identity of the campus rapist. We see a woman attacked on campus by an unknown assailant and discover that someone has been raping girls at the college. It is quickly obvious that the rapist is among the group of friends. And we also follow the individual relationships between each of the couples, which are mostly dysfunctional. There is also some weird borderline incest scene which was unnecessary. A lot of it just seemed to over the place. The acting is decent enough to not ruin the movie. And there are some interesting twists regarding some of the character's pasts (especially Richard's), but the film is too all over the place. The Fear never sticks to one plot for long periods of time. We've got this wooden person roaming around, but we are also trying to figure out the identity of the campus rapist. I think The Fear would have been better if it focused more on the creepy wooden dummy Morty. It trailed off too much onto other story lines and failed to provide any scares or frightening moments. Interesting twists, but this did not scare me in the slightest which is what a horror movie should do.4/10

Boba_Fett1138 This movie is seriously lacking in its one fundamental ingredient; horror. It's amazingly shocking to see what weird choices the film-makers made with this movie, that all go at the expense of the quality of the movie.The main concept and idea behind this movie certainly deserved to get a better treatment. And I also must admit that when the true horror/slasher aspects of the movie kick in, the movie is actually still quite good and enjoyable to watch. But only problem is that it isn't until the last 20 minutes or so that the movie truly becomes a slasher and 10 minutes later it has all ended again already. And what an horrible sudden ending it has. So there is actually very little to enjoy for the horror lovers among us, myself included.The movie is basically all build up and no pay off. The movie keeps dragging on with its character development and only throws in some fake scares to help you to remind that this is supposed to be an horror movie you're watching.This movie is some real wasted potential. I really liked the killer and the whole idea behind him, which makes me wish that this movie was given into the hands of someone more capable, or someone with some more experience with the genre at the very least. This was the first and only, as of yet, movie that Vincent Robert directed. Prior to this he also had very little experience with the movie making business, so why he ever was given the opportunity to directed this movie is a bit of a mystery to me. Wes Craven was in the cast, couldn't he at least had given the film-makers a couple of tips on film-making as well.The movie has a cheap video look over it but hey, that's what you get from an '90's movie. It tries to be like a good genre movie from the '80's but it basically only does this by throwing in a bunch of unlikeable persons, who are also all sleeping with each other, or at least are busy trying to.Granted that this is far from the worst thing I have ever seen but it unfortunately ain't much good, original or interesting enough either.4/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

slayrrr666 "The Fear" is certainly flawed for what could've been a lot of fun.**SPOILERS**In order to get a better understanding of psychological aspects, student Richard, (Eddie Bowz) is assigned a group of students, Ashley, (Heather Medway) Troy, (Darin Heames) Gerald, (Antonio Lewis Todd) Mindy, (Monique Mannen) and tag-alongs Leslie, (Ann Turkel) and Vance Cooper, (Leland Howard III) to a cabin in the woods for an experiment on fear. As he begins his sessions, his Uncle Pete, (Vince Edwards) and daughter Tanya, (Anna Karin) show up to ask for a room for the weekend, and he takes them in on his sessions. As they start to overcome their fears one by one, they have an idea that an Indian statue is more than just that, and when it eventually is proved true, they all have to face their individual fears to survive.The Good News: There was a couple of things that stood out in this. Morty looks quite freaky. The actor did a good job of portraying the fact that he is a wooden dummy and so he couldn't walk or move like a normal person. We get stilted, almost comical, walking and movement but it's quite realistic and incredibly creepy the first time around. He doesn't say anything here either so his creepiness is enhanced by not having him turned into the wise-cracking killer he could've been. There is some effective moments of dread and suspense, especially the scenes inside the carnival ride. The designs on the statues around the walls, the darkness of the location, and the way their filmed make for some great moments. The first scare attempt, using a dummy and a pool did get a little jump out, even though it's pretty much expected, but the timing of the scene wins it out. The original premise is rife with potential and has some interesting set-ups possible that would lead to believe it had a chance. To bad it wasn't founded up as good as it could've.The Bad News: There really wasn't a whole lot of good things, which means that there must be a lot more negative aspects. It would take a lot of coffee to stay awake during the running time, as it's too long. There is way too much running around talking in this film, or unnecessary moments placed within that really test viewers patience. The film needed some livening up and death scenes usually do that, but this one cheats us out even more as most of the deaths don't happen on screen. Just before it gets ready to have someone done away with, the scene cuts to someone talking, then the dead body is found later and more talking happens. Without on screen deaths, we don't get any blood or gore either. These are all bloodless kills, leaving the gore-hound without that much to really invest in it. The chase scenes are only really spectacular due to the dummy, but beyond that, there really isn't much to them. They just sort of happen and pass over without scoring that much in the suspense department. So without action, without gore and without any true suspense, the film is pretty boring and hollow. The perfectly potential-filled plot is also wasted at times, as the kills come so late in the film half the viewers won't care, but also, as most of them were supposed to be based on fears, only a scarce few actually are. A really big cheat there, as that just opens up tons of different scenarios to work and explore, yet this one doesn't really do any of them.The Final Verdict: An interesting premise with a great killer spoiled by a long period of inactivity and not playing out the full of it's potential. Worth it mainly for those that like to get a little deeper into films, but advance with caution if you like a fast pace with lots of stuff going on.Rated R: Graphic Language, Violence, Brief Nudity, a mild sex scene and an attempted Rape

HumanoidOfFlesh I wasn't expecting this one to be good and I was right."The Fear" isn't the worst horror movie I have ever seen,but it surely comes close.The acting is awful,the gore is non-existent as well as suspense.Wes Craven is completely wasted here as Dr.Arnold but it is nice to see Ann Turkel from cult exploitation/horror film "Humanoids from the Deep"(1980).There are some interesting shades of Jung's philosophy floating in "The Fear",but I wouldn't recommend this film to anybody.2 out of 10-a total trash!