FeardotCom (2002)

Director:

William Malone

Writers:

Moshe Diamant (story)
Josephine Coyle (written by)

Release Date:

30 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Crime

Tagline:

Want to see a really killer website? It's the last site you'll ever see.

Plot:

Four bodies are found in New York City. Why, why, why? The coincidence? They all died 48 hours after logging on to a site named feardotcom.com...

Plot Keywords:

Bondage Gear | Serial Killer | Bound And Gagged | Location Scout | Naked Dead Woman

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Stephen Dorff	...	Detective Mike Reilly
Natascha McElhone	...	Terry Huston, Dept. of Health
Stephen Rea	...	Alistair Pratt, 'The Doctor'
Udo Kier	...	Polidori
Amelia Curtis	...	Denise Stone
Jeffrey Combs	...	Sykes
Nigel Terry	...	Turnbull
Gesine Cukrowski	...	Jeannine
Michael Sarrazin	...	Frank Bryant
Jana Güttgemanns	...	Little Girl
Anna Thalbach	...	Kate
Siobhan Flynn	...	Thana Brinkman
Evie Garratt	...	Albino Woman
Lex Kreps	...	Tenant
Joan McBride	...	Mrs. Richardson

Also Known As:

Fear Dot Com (Germany) (USA) (promotional title)
Fear.com (USA) (alternative spelling)
Parallax (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including grisly images of torture, nudity and language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

UK | Germany | Luxembourg | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS | Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

Indonesia:Dewasa | New Zealand:R18 | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #39006) | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18SG | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:R | France:-16 | Germany:16 (nf) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:11 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Dommeldange, Luxembourg

Company:

MDP Worldwide

Trivia:

The 'mutilated' bodies in Pratt's apartment are real bodies, transformed into art by the German sculptor Gunther von Hagens.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Girls can only have hemophilia if their mothers carry it AND their fathers have it. Boys can only have it if their mothers carry it. It seems unlikely the little girl would have a carrier mom AND a hemophiliac dad.

Quotes:

Alistair: Joseph Stalin said that the death of one person is a tragedy. The death of a million, a statistic.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Hills Run Red (2009)

Soundtrack:

Badlands

Your Fears Are Justified!

This movie has one of the best titles I remember lately, but unfortunately there are not too much more good things to say about it. A good idea turns into a completely absurd story, and I challenge somebody (maybe the script author) to explain me the logic behind what happens on the screen. OK, one should not expect too much logic from a horror movie, but the rest is poor quality as well - bad acting, a lot of cheap violence, and very little real thrill. There is some hidden quality and good pace in the filming, but it gets lost because of the lack of coherence of the story. Avoid this film, unless you are one of these guys who never lose any horror movie. 5/10 on my personal scale.