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Summary: "Do you like to watch?"-Not if it's junk.
Review: Junk. Totally written by a 15 year old. Every aspect of this mess is a [copy]of other much better films. Get 'The Ring' and watch it twice instead of suffering through this disaster witch pitifully borrows way too much plot from that great flick. JUNK.
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Summary: Disturbingly poor horror film
Review: Granted, my expectations were extremely low before viewing film director William Malone's "Fear dot com" due to scathing critical reviews the movie received. Much to my surprise, this horror film was even worse than I could have possibly imagined. I suppose one could start with the muddled screenplay, the mimicking of better films and directorial styles, the waste of the talented actor Stephen Dorff, and a complete disregard for viewer sensibilities. But I think what truly offended me about "Fear dot com" was the lack of a single original idea drenched and camoflauged with pop psychology when dealing with voyeurism and perversion.An absolute ..... of the superior "The Ring," which in turn was a remake of the Japanese cult classic "Rungu," "Fear dot com" tells the story of a police detective (Dorff) and health inspector (Natascha McElhone) stumbling across a series of unusual deaths linked by the victims having logged on to a website. After viewing this site, unlucky Internet surfers die within 48 hours. Naturally, Dorff and McElhone log on, and then must solve the mystery within the allotted time. Throw into this mix an especially sadistic serial killer (Stephen Rea) who tortures and kills women for Internet viewing pleasure. It's doubtful "Fear dot com" will ever play as a double feature with "The Yearling," but I suppoose anything is possible in Hollywood. I appreciate William Malone's reverance for past horror films, noted by his interesting, if over-the-top remake of "The House on Haunted Hill" and the casting of old-time horror stars (Udo Kier, Jeffrey Combs, Michael Sarrazin) in supporting roles. But the world he recreates in "Fear dot com" is far too reminiscent of David Fincher's "Seven." In fact, Fincher's unique style (also seen in "The Game" and "Fight Club") has been completely stolen by Malone. Darkness of vision (and the soul) comes natural for Fincher. For Malone, it's forced and rather heavy handed. I also do not particularly enjoy scenes (mostly insinuated) of young innocent women being kidnapped and tortured. When watching "Fear dot com," I was reminded of a very old film directed by William Friedkin in 1980 called "Cruising." An appalling movie experience which also dealt with a serial killer, it chose to immerse itself in filth and degradation in order to prove a point to us uneducated viewers. Such arrogance offended me then, and it offends me now. "Fear dot com" is laughably bad. It shamelessly borrows from other films (all of them superior), producing a patchwork quilt of filmmaking laziness masquerading as high art.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: I wanted to see this because I actually loved "House on Haunted Hill", I thought it was one of the scariest movies produced recently. This was a huge disappointment, though. It is a complete ripoff of "The Ring" (which is much much scarier than both of Malone's) with some tiny changes. That wouldn't have bothered me THAT much (after all, there is nothing new under the sun, is there?) except that none of the imagery is especially scary either. Malone uses a similar technique in "Fear" as he did in "House", quick flashes of supposedly shocking, gruesome scenes. This was very effective in "House", mainly because he lingered just long enough on it for you to register it in your mind. In "Fear", these flashes have been cut in half, so they come so fast you have no time to figure out what you are looking at, let alone be scared by it.(Maybe I am old-fashioned, but I don't enjoy using freeze-frame to watch a movie frame by frame.) I kept feeling like I SHOULD be scared, this is a horror movie, isn't it? But my adrenaline simply never got going and I never could muster enough interest in the story or the characters. An easily forgettable movie.
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Summary: Flawed but Somewhat Slick & Stylish flick.
Review: When People goes on a Creepy, Voyeurism Website on the Internet called FearDotCom, once those People enter that Website, they mysterious Die in 48 Hours. A Police Detective (Stephen Dorff) & a Health Inspector (Natascha McElhone) try to fine a Sick Serial Killer (Stephen Rea), who was an Ex-Medical Student, who Murders his Victimes on-line but there's something on that Website, that is more Dangerous & Deadly than the Serial Killer. Directed by William Malone (House on Haunted Hill-Remake) made a Clever, Sometimes Eerie Thriller with Supernatural Elements. There's Good Performances from the Cast. Slick Cinematography Work by Christian Sebaldt, Fine Editing by Alan Strachan, Good Music Score by Nicolas Pike & The Last Half-Hour are the Best Thing about this Flawed Film. This Flick is somewhat Based on the Japanese film-Ringu (1998). DVD's has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer & an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an Commentary Track by the Filmmakers, Deleted Scene, Featurette & More. Jeffery Combs (From the Re-Animator & The Frighteners fame) has an Supporting Role & Udo Kier has a Cameo in the Opening Scene. Super 35. Grade:A-.
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Summary: Fell asleep
Review: i fell asleep during this one. it is sad to see these good actors slumming. this is not even worth seeing for "dumd fun." it has not entertaing ...at all. The Ring was better, a little.
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Summary: Just read below
Review: There are two types of "scary" movies. You have your horror movies which consists of good character developement, plot, and interesting twists and turns ("Halloween" is an excellent example). Then you have your slasher movies which have been made to show as much as possible to the public ("Friday the 13th Part VII"). This is one of the latter. This movie has little plot, a used up story, and does for the genre what "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" did. If you like graphic violence and torture, it's for you. If your like me, you want sophistication in a movie, so look someplace else. The only good scene in the movie was the ending, which seemed reminisant to "Insomnia."
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Summary: This movie is so SCARY!
Review: If you're looking for a horror film to revitalize the genre, keep looking. If you're looking for a horror movie with believable characters...yes, you're gonna have to keep looking. But if sudden loud noises, relentless strobe lights, digital hallucinations and mutilated corpses make you jump, and you believe that nothing more is required for a good time at the movies, welcome to Fear Dot Com. This movie is so scary! What it is, is somehow related to a Web site all the victims logged onto, the redundantly named Feardotcom.com (the domain name fear.com is already owned by a site specializing in phobias, and fear.net or fear.uk just don't have the same impact). Forty-eight hours after visiting the site, you die, thus making it more lethal than the killer videotape in the recently remade Japanese cult fave The Ring, which took seven days. The Ring is better than this, but this I like. See it in the dark!
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Summary: This movie is so DUMB!
Review: If you're looking for a horror film to revitalize the genre, keep looking. This isn't worth your time. Cool visuals don't make a horror movie. See The Ring instead.
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Summary: mess dot com
Review: This film has a promising eerie start but the plot which borrows from " The Ring" and David Cronenberg's classic "Videodrome" make no sense. Visually the movie looks great and there is one disturbing scene with some nasty bugs that will make you cringe. But the serial killing doctor is embarrassing- too bad they cut out the mush room factory sequence which is part of the DVD extras.
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Summary: this WAS HORRIBLE
Review: the concept of this movie was intriguing and it caught my attention and i wanted to see it for awhile , well i just bought it last week ( which was a big mistake) cause its one of the worst films i ever saw.its the most stupid non scary ((horror)) movie ever , let me leave it at that , just dont rent or buy this movie - youll regret it.
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