Nice effects though.

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The first must-see film of the year.

If you enjoy movies that are filled with mindless torment and pain than this is your movie! This movies is basically about a couple that have only know each other for 2 weeks and want to go on some kind of vacation and them everything goes to hell! They get stuck in back roads that are like a maze and get lost and go someone puts them through horrible crap to drive them crazy and maybe kill them while they are trying to get away to safety and get where they were originally planning to go/visitAgain this movie is garbage unless you like mindless torment and pain to helpless innocent people this is the perfect movie for you!

I'd heard tell that this minimalist British horror flick was one of the "scariest ever" or some such nonsense, so I knew that I'd end up either loving it or hating it. Unfortunately it's the latter, because I found IN FEAR to be one of the worst films I've seen in a while, a no-budget copy of THE HITCHER and HUSH with zero thrills or atmosphere to recommend it.The entire film consists of an annoying, unpleasant couple driving around in the countryside in their vehicle. They bicker, they argue, and you end up completely hating them and hoping they'll die after about 10 minutes. Not a good start. It doesn't help that Iain de Caestecker is completely dull as the lead, while Alice Englert's shrill, histrionic acting is irritating in the extreme.Eventually, the pair find themselves menaced by some kind of nefarious villain, although given the script's minimalist nature you're never quite sure what's going on. Neither do you care: I found this hellish to sit through. If I wanted to see somebody driving their car around the country side I'd go and do it myself! Back to film school, guys...

SOME SPOILERSI was scanning the TV pages and this film had a great write up so I thought I would give it a chance as I rate the reviewer and although it was a 'smaller' film than I expected, I was not disappointed.The IMDb fan base scores this as 5.5 at time of writing which I think is far too low.I have scored this as a 7 because for a long time I found a true chiller that had me on the edge of my seat. Far bigger budgets try to fill the screen with CGI and sudden shocks and fail because of the compromise to sell to the market.The film is produced by Big Talk whose TV CV is high end but that does not always transfer to the big screen. That this film debuted at Sundance speaks highly of its aspirations and it certainly would have made a good B flick in the days when you used to get two solid films for your money at the cinema. It was not that long ago either.The story surrounds a young man and a young woman who are heading to an isolated hotel for an engagement. The fact the engagement is celebrating two weeks rather than any thing extensive becomes clearer as the film unravels and the lack of intimate knowledge becomes key to how they react to each other, especially as the hotel is more non existent than isolated.Travelling by car our two young friends are guided on their path by a faceless person in a land rover. All seems good after the land rover departs and the couple head towards the hotel, but not long into the journey 'sat navs' and maps become pointless and the road signs seem to just direct them in circles.As darkness descends and it becomes clear that they are being targeted by one if not more unsavoury characters the couple try and escape the tight country lanes but without any joy as the car's fuel tank heads towards empty.This was the first time I had seen Alice Englert on screen and I found her performance very good adding layers of emotion and complexity in a very easy manner as the film became a roller-coaster of fear towards its conclusion. The young man is played by Iain De Caestecker who many will know as 'Fitz' from 'Agents of Shield' but who first came onto my radar in a BBC production called 'The Fades'. He can often play many of his roles with a wide mouth had a certain intensity that he kept just under the his main performance making a final scene somewhat surprising.The film has a third player whose role is well beyond spoilers so I will merely mention that Allen Leech, yes he of Downton fame, is suitably nasty and very believable.I've checked through IMDb and have no real knowledge of the writer/director's (Ian Lovering) previous work, other than an episode of Sherlock, but that really is a Moffat/Gattis affair to be honest. I just hope that Lovering did not base this on reality.The ending provides a few unexpected twists and overall, as I mentioned I think the IMDb scores are too low.Worth a watch.

In Ireland, Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert) are traveling for a music festival. They have been together for a couple of weeks only and Tom decides to make a surprise to Lucy and spend the night with her in a remote hotel in the woods. They follow the signs on the narrow and winding road and soon they realize that they are lost and the backwoods road is a maze. Soon they are frightened by a stranger that threatens them and Tom realizes that their car is running out of gas. While escaping from the stranger, they hit a man on the road and they bring him to their car. The stranger is called Max (Allen Leech) and soon they discover that he is the man that is tormenting them along the night. What is the motive for Max to torture them?"In Fear" is a tense thriller with good performances. Unfortunately the good acting is wasted by a terrible story full of holes and awful conclusion. Who would go to a remote place without filling the tank of the car? How could one guy bring so many people to a derelict hotel in the middle of nowhere without any investigation from the police? The plot has a promising beginning but in a certain moment it becomes annoying. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "Uma Noite Para Esquecer" ("One Night to Forget")