Alicia I love this movie so much

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Spikeopath Fear is written and directed by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It stars Ally Sheedy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael O'Keefe and Lauren Hutton. Music is by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Robert Stevens. Plot sees Sheedy as Cayce Bridges, a gifted psychic who aids the police in capturing serial killers. However, when she "tunes" into the elusive killer known as The Shadow Man (Vince), she finds that he too has the gift……Originally slated for a full theatrical release, Fear eventually made its bow on Cable TV. Following in the footsteps of other sub-genre psychic thrillers like The Eyes of Laura Mars, O'Bannon's movie is very efficient as a creeper, containing more than competent acting performances, a film with good ideas and visual touches, but ultimately undone by a weak ending.Film kicks into gear straight from the off as we join Cayce helping the police track a serial killer who is driving his latest victim to his place of slaughter. The effects used are blue tinted paranormal visions that put us in the car with the killer, this gives off the necessary unnerving vibe that O'Bannon manages to maintain right up until the finale. Picture is further boosted by its premise, a killer turning the psychic tables on his pursuer. This provides some quality moments of disquiet, notably an airport sequence that chills the blood. But then an ending, unimaginatively played out at a fair ground via the Hall of Mirrors, that insults the viewers who have been perched on the edge of their seats up till now. Problem is that the Shadow Man (played with wobbly eyed intensity by Vince) is a hulking brute who has terrorised and overpowered a number of women in the film. We are then asked to accept that Cayce, a wee slip of a girl (perfectly petite Sheedy), can fell said brute with the minimum of fuss. I'd have laughed if I didn't feel so annoyed.Shame because there's still more than enough good here to make it a comfortable recommendation to like minded adults. But it should have been so much better. 6.5/10

lost-in-limbo Since it's fallen into the cracks it's not to be confused with the more popular mid-nineties teen thriller of the same title starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg. Director Rockne. S O'Bannon's 1990 'Fear" is a by-the-numbers, but highly intriguing and low-key psychic / detective thriller with a maturely inspired and gallant lead performance by 80s brat pack star Ally Sheedy. There's no denying it's systematic with its developments, but the escalating psychological tension that's brewing between the two psychics' (the psychotic killer and the renowned tracker) unsettling connection is impulsively gripping and disorienting. The telepathic communication between the two is mentally nail-biting, and so is the linking POV imagery (blue tinting) of seeing what each other is doing. The harrowing material really does toy us around, drawing upon the threatening nature and adrenaline rush of creating a real sense of fear. Henry Macini's stomping, but eerie score truly gets under the skin and Robert Stevens' cinematography is sharply shot. O'Bannon keeps it sure-footed and taut; as he lets the story leisurely unfolds (giving time to explore the characters) to only break the ice with hysterically intense and twisted short pockets. Pruitt Taylor Vince's unnervingly immoral performance as the psychic murderer is nothing but convincingly good. The supporting cast featuring Michael O'Keefe, Lauren Hutton and Stan Shaw give collected and likable portrayals. Occupying an interesting cameo role at the beginning is the iconic John Agar.

The_Void The thriller genre isn't exactly short of films that feature a psychic tapping in to the mind of a serial killer, and to be honest; I find them rather boring, but Fear isn't too bad as it makes up for it's overused plot with some fairly original ideas. The lead character is not your usual thriller protagonist, due to the fact that Ally Sheedy is not stunningly beautiful. This gives the film something in the originality department...although it loses a lot in the 'eye candy' department, especially since the cinematography isn't all that nice to look at either. The plot focuses on Cayce Bridges; a psychic who helps the police look for serial murderers. When she is brought in to a new case, there is scepticism at first; but after she reveals some intimate details about the detectives, they start to believe her. She does her usual thing with giving them crime scene and evidence details, but the killer 'links' to her without her linking to him. It becomes obvious that Cayce isn't the only one with psychic powers - and pretty soon the killer won't let her go...The film never really tries to be brilliant, and so what we end up with is a merely decent thriller that is happy to play out along the same lines as similar films. This does, however, allow the film concentrate on its own strengths. Director Rockne O'Bannon does a good job of building the suspense, and the fact that the murderer is portrayed through a gritty, sleazy voice makes sure that the film is always creepy and foreboding. The acting is nothing special, Ally Sheedy going through the motions alongside a support cast without a standout performance. The cinematography is nothing special either, and Rockne O'Bannon doesn't really seem to care about the look and feel of the film as the locations don't add anything, and the film doesn't have much in the way of atmosphere when the killer isn't on screen. Overall, Fear isn't terrible in spite of the fact that most of it is lacklustre. There are too many films like this already, so this one was always going to have a hard time standing out. However, there are worse films out there and Fear is almost worth watching.

Vince-6 FEAR isn't the best thriller film around but it sustained my interest and kept me watching till the end.The best thing about the film is the performance of Pruitt Taylor Vince as The Shadow Man. Pruitt Taylor Vince is one the greatest actors around and although this part is not nearly meaty enough for an actor of his talents, it was nonetheless interesting to see one of his earlier roles.