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Title: Fear Dot Com (2003) |
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Review of Fear Dot Com
- Four people all died 48 hours after logging on to a website named feardotcom.com. Tough detective Mike Reilly (Stephen Dorff) collaborates with Department of Health associate Terry Huston (Natasha McElhone) to research these mysterious deaths. The only way to find out though what really happened is to enter the site itself.
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- Fear Dot Com is a total-dot-mess, but it's a stylishly graphic frightfest that horror buffs will probably appreciate. As he did with his 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill, director William Malone favors trippy atmosphere at the expense of acting, character development, and plot. Belatedly jumping on the Internet-thriller bandwagon, the film follows a brooding detective (Stephen Dorff) and a public health inspector (Natascha McElhone) as they investigate the deadly influence of the titular Web site, which channels the innermost fears of its visitors until they die of fright 48 hours later. Why 48 hours? Don't ask; Josephine Coyle's screenplay is as incoherent as Malone's grasp of narrative momentum, leaving Dorff and McElhone with little to do but look frightened and doomed. But Fear Dot Com has its moments, especially after mad doctor Stephen Rea's gruesome villainy is fully revealed, and the proceedings take on the monochrome pallor of silent German expressionism. Too bad these fantastic visuals weren't servicing a better movie. --Jeff Shannon
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- Posted on 2008-04-02
Medicore Horror Film
FearDotCom is another medicore horror film that come out in 2002. The cinematography is okay but the film is confusing, full of plot holes and has no redeming values to it. William Malone who directed the vastly superior House On Haunted Hill should be ashamed of hisself and Stephen Dorff(good actor) whose last film Deuces Wild (good movie) bombed at the box office has another flop on his hands. Skip this one
Score: 1
- Posted on 2007-11-27
Lousy
This was cheesy and boring. I wouldn't say it was totally unwatchable, but unless you get this dirt cheap somewhere, you can find something much better to spend your money and time(which is irreplaceable)on.
Score: 1 - Posted on 2007-08-25
where's the "no stars" rating?
I love a good horror film. When I saw this one I knew a classic had been born. Not of horror, though. A classic in that for the first time ever assembled in one place are all the things a producer doesn't want to do with a film. The non-existent story develops into something so inane and not scary that I briefly contemplated suing them for the minutes of my life that were wasted. Why don't some of these vendors offer to pay us to take this movie! As I think of this movie saying that it sucks offers too high of a praise.
Score: 1 - Posted on 2007-07-27
Horrible.
Absolutely horrible. Boring/confusing and could only watch about 30 minutes of it.. 30 minutes that were very forced.
Score: 1 - Posted on 2007-01-21
A mix between SAW and traditional ghost/monster horror
Fear Dot Com is an interesting mix of the human monster horror (Saw, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and more `traditional' monster horror (Pulse, House on Haunted Hill). The plot is interesting, corpses appearing with red eyes that died of fear. A couple hard luck cops and a city health inspector start to investigate and find a grisley trail of torture and supernatural revenge.
The acting is good, engaging without being over the top. Most of the supernatural horror happens toward the end of the movie, and before that it is mostly horrific torture. Sitting through this is worth it, just because of the end graphics, which are almost a perfect copy of the ghostly graphics of House on Haunted Hill, which was also directed by William Malone.
Over all, the mystery unfolds at a good pace, enough to keep you engaged without being too fast and the story is both classic and just novel enough. Though some of the technology already seems dated, though it is just 4 years old, it isn't so bad you can't watch the movie. It is still a fun, scary movie with some great graphics and a twisted plot.
Recommended, especially for fans of House on Haunted Hill or William Malone.
Score: 4