brilliant actors, brilliant editing

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This movie is seriously lacking in its one fundamental ingredient; horror. It's amazingly shocking to see what weird choices the film-makers made with this movie, that all go at the expense of the quality of the movie.The main concept and idea behind this movie certainly deserved to get a better treatment. And I also must admit that when the true horror/slasher aspects of the movie kick in, the movie is actually still quite good and enjoyable to watch. But only problem is that it isn't until the last 20 minutes or so that the movie truly becomes a slasher and 10 minutes later it has all ended again already. And what an horrible sudden ending it has. So there is actually very little to enjoy for the horror lovers among us, myself included.The movie is basically all build up and no pay off. The movie keeps dragging on with its character development and only throws in some fake scares to help you to remind that this is supposed to be an horror movie you're watching.This movie is some real wasted potential. I really liked the killer and the whole idea behind him, which makes me wish that this movie was given into the hands of someone more capable, or someone with some more experience with the genre at the very least. This was the first and only, as of yet, movie that Vincent Robert directed. Prior to this he also had very little experience with the movie making business, so why he ever was given the opportunity to directed this movie is a bit of a mystery to me. Wes Craven was in the cast, couldn't he at least had given the film-makers a couple of tips on film-making as well.The movie has a cheap video look over it but hey, that's what you get from an '90's movie. It tries to be like a good genre movie from the '80's but it basically only does this by throwing in a bunch of unlikeable persons, who are also all sleeping with each other, or at least are busy trying to.Granted that this is far from the worst thing I have ever seen but it unfortunately ain't much good, original or interesting enough either.4/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

***Three Out of Ten Stars*** A serial killer possesses a Native American wooden statue named Morty, because the serial killer committed suicide and just cant rest! The serial killer's son convinces a bunch of his friends to spend Halloween at his grandparent's estate in the country. Their plan is to complete a ritual on Halloween night that will bring Morty, the wooden statue, to life. All of this to bring peace to the serial killer! It seems the serial killer's son instigated this activity, perhaps because he's a psycho himself? All we do know for sure is that these friends are unaware that the statue is possessed by a serial killer's spirit.What this all has to do with Halloween, I don't know. And that's why I rented the film, because I thought it had something to do with Halloween. The only thing this film has to do with Halloween is that there are some lighted pumpkins in the background, and that the events supposedly take place on Halloween night. That's one of the biggest disappointments here, the film tickets itself as a Halloween scare, but there's no feeling of Halloween whatsoever. The filmmakers clearly tacked their crappy plot onto Halloween to trick people into seeing this debacle. Wow! That's all I can say, is wow! This film is a complete disaster... I gave it every chance but it failed on every level. The only slightly redeeming quality of this film is the cinematography: There is nothing lazy about the cinematography; the shots progress rapidly and are probably the only thing that kept me from falling asleep. Besides rapid shot cuts, there's nothing redeeming in regards to the acting, directing, or plot. The sound and lighting are sufficient, but nothing to write home about.It's really frustrating, because it seems as if the filmmakers had the financial means to produce a somewhat respectable film. The basic idea of a mystical figure stalking and killing people based on their inner most fears is a great idea. Unfortunately, the filmmakers delve into ridiculous relationship sequences and obnoxious youth group gatherings that have no impact on the core story. The serial killer's son's friends have no personalities and are extremely unlikeable. Let me also mention Mitch, the douche bag boyfriend with an obviously fake English accent and the resident Native American who acts as the guardian for the wooden statue Morty for some unbeknownst reason.I could go on and on with the negatives of this film, but why? It's simply horrid. I really don't know what the bottom line plot of this film is? The jump scares don't work. There's no gore. There's NO nudity. There's no graphic violence. What the hell is the point of this film? The climax is non-existent. Morty is supposed to be made of wood but looks like some ham actor in a rubber jump suit. It's really just one asinine film making error after another. Just stay away!

What a horrible movie! I won't even go into how bad it was, because this movie doesn't deserve it. What I will say is that if that stupid mannequin, Morty, was chasing me, I'd throw water on him and he'd warp! End of story.

I wasn't expecting this one to be good and I was right."The Fear" isn't the worst horror movie I have ever seen,but it surely comes close.The acting is awful,the gore is non-existent as well as suspense.Wes Craven is completely wasted here as Dr.Arnold but it is nice to see Ann Turkel from cult exploitation/horror film "Humanoids from the Deep"(1980).There are some interesting shades of Jung's philosophy floating in "The Fear",but I wouldn't recommend this film to anybody.2 out of 10-a total trash!