Feardotcom (2002)

A New York City detective investigates mysterious deaths occurring 48 hours after users log onto a site named feardotcom.

Director:

William Malone

Writers:

Moshe Diamant (story), Josephine Coyle

Stars:

Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea

Bottom Rated Movies #51 | 3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephen Dorff	...	Mike
Natascha McElhone	...	Terry
Stephen Rea	...	Alistair
Udo Kier	...	Polidori
Amelia Curtis	...	Denise
Jeffrey Combs	...	Styles
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

Storyline

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. Tough detective Mike Reilly collaborates with Department of Health associate Terry Huston to research these mysterious deaths. The only way to find out though what really happened is to enter the site itself...

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | snuff film | vengeful ghost | bound and gagged | website | 

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Taglines:

The last site you'll ever see.

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Media 8 Entertainment Warner Bros. [United States]

Country:

UK Germany Luxembourg USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 August 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fear Dot Com

Filming Locations:

Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,087,457, 1 September 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$13,208,023, 27 October 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

MDP Worldwide,ApolloMedia Distribution,Fear.Com Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The basis of the movie is a woman who has hemophilia. Although this is generally a condition which affects men, there are documented cases of female hemophiliacs.

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Goofs

During the interview with Turnbull's wife, the cigarette ash becomes shorter, without her knocking any ash off.

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Quotes

Alistair: How enticing the smell of cheap perfume can be... or is that fear?

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Connections

References Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)

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Soundtracks

Sonne
Performed by Rammstein
Courtesy of Motor, a division of Universal Music GmbH

User Reviews

Incomprehensible

About halfway through the movie, I was actually considering giving this a 4, but the complete and utter lack of reasoning in this movie that made me give it a 1 I will now try to sum up.

The ghost made a website that people can log (and start hallucinating from) onto only 48 hours later they will be dead unless they find her body so she can exact revenge on someone who killed her on another website that people subscribe to, even though she kills other people in car crashes and train accidents who had no involvement with her death.

Things I learned from FearDotCom:

-Ghosts are capable of creating websites.

-The internet is inherently evil.

-People who use the internet are freaks.

-People who use the internet are incapable of closing their eyes.

-A bunch of weird images on a computer can drive someone crazy and make them hallucinate.

-A bunch of weird images on a movie can drive someone so crazy that they hallucinate so they think what they are watching makes one ounce of logical sense.

Obviously the producers of this movie wanted the audience to be driven insane by the film and have shut off our brains by the time the "ending" has arrived. Sadly, I was still conscious at the end which didn't explain anything and only dropped my score from a 4 to a 1.

And it's a very boring movie too. Did I mention this movie sucks?