Rating: Summary: Unwatchable Review: While I adore Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, I should preface this review by warning you that I'm not the biggest fan of horror movies, so it's possible there are connoisseurs who can appreciate Feardotcom on levels I cannot. Possible, but not probable, judging by the vast ocean of negative feedback the theatrical release received.My partner wanted to see this film and talked me into seeing it. The preview didn't look all that bad, the title amused me, and Stephen Rea happened to be in it, the talented star of The Crying Game. How bad could it be? Astonishingly bad is the answer, and not in an "oh, but I love bad movies" kind of way. This is a monotonous, dull, confusing trainwreck of a film with nothing to redeem it but the occasional atmospheric camera shot. The plot has something to do with a website that contains a subliminal advertisement which triggers hallucinations of a little girl bouncing a ball. Somehow, these hallucinations lead to the characters' deaths, which didn't happen quickly enough for my liking, as none of them were particularly interesting. Even Stephen Rea fails to generate any real sense of emotion, momentum or (heavens forbid) danger, despite playing as macabre a villain as any in recent memory. After apologizing for dragging me to it, my partner proceeded to kill the rest of our evening by fuming about what a terrible waste of film it was, and how shamelessly it ripped off The Ring, Poltergeist, Seven, etc. I can safely say I've had better evenings. Derivative, rambling and incoherent, Feardotcom tries to be genuinely frightening, but succeeds only at being unpleasant. Not recommended.
Rating: Summary: I fear you will be disappointed. Review: I like Stephen Dorff as an actor, but why he accepted this role is beyond me. This film and Cecil B. Demented confirm he is not concerned about building a positive Hollywood image. Oh and then there's Space Truckers... *twitch*...I'll stop. Anyway this movie strives to become mysterious, but somehow fails miserably. Stephen Rea a genius of the acting world comes off as stale and unemotional (even for a psycho.) The shots were filmed to create a feeling of things being surreal, but it simply comes off as mingled and put together buy a drunk. It's simply a bad movie. Pass on it.
Rating: Summary: More giggles than goosebumps. Review: Silly not sinister. Dimly lit scenes do not a horror film make. Sure there are plenty of grisly images designed to make you squirm, but they never really deliver a knock out punch. And why Steven Rea affected that silly voice throught the movie I'll never know. At least now I've discovered my greatest fear...having to watch feardotcom again.
Rating: Summary: Very Bad Review: This Movie Is not even worth your 4 dollars at a movie rental store, The spose thriller doesnt even come close to the movie it copyed off of , "The Ring", My Advice to you DO NOT watch this movie, Waste of time.
Rating: Summary: Zzzzzzz,,,,,, Review: I could barely wait for this movie to be over. It was putting me to sleep, it's cheesy, mostly because the killer "mad doctor" is a bad actor who was more absurd than scary. The whole concept is not bad, but the movie was long and stupid and really annoying, and not that scary. Fear for your money......
Rating: Summary: what a Stinker! Review: I didn't think it was possible to make a movie worse than Showgirls or Dark City, but someone out there really pushed the envelope to create The Worst Movie Of All Time. Yucks.
Rating: Summary: 'Fear dot com' vs. 'Ring' Review: 'Fear dot com' IS based on 'Ring'. Dreamworks' 2002 hit, 'The Ring' is a remake of an earlier Japanese movie made in 1998 named simply 'Ring' or 'Ringu'. 'Fear dot com' uses elements of the Japanese hit but puts them into a different context. Poop.
Rating: Summary: Wrong Review: Ringu was released before FearDotCom was. The Ring came out afterward. So it's inaccurate to say that Fear Dot Com ripped off of The Ring. Ringu, yes. FearDotCom took its inspiration from Ringu and Kairo, among other, possible.. BETTER.. flicks. This is a rather poor movie. The acting is dry, the plot incomprehensible, and the logic baffling. One of the victims is a woman who is 'afraid of drowning'. How do they know this fear, and why is it that she did not look like she was 'drowning'? At least the visuals are murky and bleak, suitable for the scenario.
Rating: Summary: Ugly movie!!! Review: This producers can't do something better than this??? I just lost my money in this movie...let me tell you that people and critics told me that this film was bad but i was very corious with the film so i decided to rent it!!! It's an awfull copy of the ring but this time you die 2 days later after enter in a web site www.feardotcom.com 4 bodies are founded and a policeman and a doctor something like that i don't remember are discovering the mistery but to discover it they probably have to enter in the site A regular idea but an awfull screenplay all is bad, bad acting, bad direction, bad deaths, etc Dont rent it or buy it a very bad movie!!!
Rating: Summary: Fear Dot Com verses The Ring Review: If any of you rocket scientist would take the time to think about both the ring and fear dot com, you would realise fear dot com is not copying the ring at all. In fact fear dot com was released before the ring was, meaning if anything was copying anything, the ring would be a copy of fear dot com. Dont get me wrong i think the ring is a exceptionally great movie, i would give fear dot com 4 stars. Stephen Dorff was great as always, and the whole plot is rather creative. Some parts of the movie are very very similar to the ring, i would give both movies 4 stars..
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