Fear | |
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Directed by | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
Written by | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
Produced by | Richard Kobritz Mitchell Cannold Diane Nabatoff Henry Kline |
Starring | Ally Sheedy Lauren Hutton Michael O'Keefe Keone Young Stan Shaw Jonathan Prince |
Cinematography | Robert M. Stevens (credited as Robert Stevens) |
Edited by | Kent Beyda Lorraine Salk |
Music by | Henry Mancini |
Distributed by | Vestron Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fear is a 1990 American thriller/horror/suspense film. It is directed by Rockne S. O'Bannon and stars Ally Sheedy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael O'Keefe, Lauren Hutton, Keone Young, Stan Shaw, Dean Goodman, Don Hood and Jonathan Prince.
Cayce Bridges (Ally Sheedy) is a psychic gifted in a form of psychometry that allows her to mentally link with murderers enabling police to catch them. That is until she encounters the mysterious and elusive Shadow Man (Pruitt Taylor Vince), who is not only similarly blessed, but is more powerful than she is.
Originally intended for a theatrical release, the film made its premiere on Showtime on July 15, 1990.
The film has been released on DVD by Lions Gate as a double feature with Parents . [1] Both films are presented in widescreen.
Writing in Radio Times , critic Alan Jones described the film as an "unusual thriller" with Sheedy displaying "an unexpected steely side," and that although there is "little in the way of mystery [...] there's plenty of unnerving action." [2] Critic Rick Kogan wrote in The Chicago Tribune that the film was "interestingly textured and graced by a bold performance" from Sheedy, and that it "will keep you interested, offers an interesting variation on its theme and rarely dips into predictability." [3] A review in the Sun Sentinel , reported that although the film is "billed as a psychological thriller, [it] is really a color-by-number, blood-and-guts crime story with a better-than-average gimmick." [4]
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