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Director:
Rockne S. O'Bannon
Writer (WGA):
Rockne S. O'Bannon (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 July 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Horror more
Tagline:
Your First Impulse Your Last Sensation
Plot:
Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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A pretty good thriller with a decent twist. more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ally Sheedy ... Cayce Bridges

Lauren Hutton ... Jessica Moreau

Michael O'Keefe ... Jack Hays
Stan Shaw ... Detective Webber
Dean Goodman ... William Tarr
Dina Merrill ... Catherine Tarr
Keone Young ... Detective William Wu
Pruitt Taylor Vince ... Shadow Man
Jonathan Prince ... Colin Hart
John Agar ... Leonard Scott Levy
Don Hood ... Holcomb

Marta DuBois ... Inez Villanueva
Raina Manuel ... Salesgirl (Mall Victim)
Helen Brown ... Agnes Reardon

Cyd Strittmatter ... Stewardess (as Cyndi Strittmatter)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1989) | Finland:K-16 (1993) | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Company:
Vestron Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Cayce Bridges: [watching through the minds of the shadow man] In the fridge there's left over pizza and a cup... some kind of kid's cup...
Detective Webber: [uneasy] What else?
Cayce Bridges: In the living room there toys scattered over the floor... there's a baseball in one of those display thing's on the coffee table...
Detective Webber: [scared cutting her off] Can you see a TV?
Cayce Bridges: Yeah.
Detective Webber: With a trophy... a football trophy?
Cayce Bridges: Yeah.
Detective Webber: [in full realization] He's in my house... the son of a bitch is in my house. The kids will be home any minute.
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A pretty good thriller with a decent twist., 13 January 2008
7/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Cayce Bridges (Ally Sheedy, just as pretty and endearing as ever) is a psychic who helps the police with their kidnapping and serial murder cases. While this is taking a toll on her mental and emotional well-being, she gets caught up in the search for the elusive "Shadow Man" (Pruitt Taylor Vince), who, as it turns out, has psychic powers of his own. When he realizes that Cayce is on to him, he takes a perverse delight in getting inside her head.

Originally made for theatres (and shot in Super 35), this found its debut on television instead. While it's not particularly imaginative or memorable, it's still reasonably slick, well made, and engrossing, even as it follows a fairly familiar story line. All of the psychic flashes are shot in a hazy, blue-hued fashion, lending a little bit of style to the proceedings. There's also the vicarious enjoyment of seeing "Shadow Man" lose his cool once the tables start getting turned on him. The amusement park finale adds quite a bit of color and flair, and the ominous score by Henry Mancini really hits the spot.

Best of all is a solid cast including Lauren Hutton as Cayces' manager and friend, Michael O'Keefe as her nice-guy fireman love interest, Stan Shaw and Keone Young as the detectives on the case, and it's especially fun for fans of 1950's sci-fi efforts to see old pro John Agar turn up as an elderly maniac in the eerie opening sequence. Vince easily steals the film, though, as the depraved, evil villain, and he and the easily sympathetic Sheedy prove to be entertaining adversaries.

"Fear" is overall an enjoyable film worth seeking out for thriller lovers.

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