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The Fear: Resurrection poster

THE FEAR: RESURRECTION

1999 • US
October 5, 1999

It's death-by-fear (aka scared-to-death) in this deceptively psychological thriller. The hero, Mike brings his friends to his grandparents' house for a Halloween party wherein they will all dress up as their innermost fears. Mike's fear is that he's inherited a homicidal legacy from his father. Mike's father was a serial killer who murdered his mother right in front of him when Mike was five before committing suicide. Mike's fear manifests itself in his inability to commit to his girlfriend of 4 1/2 years, Peg for fear that he will kill her too. Everything gets rolling when an ancient Indian totem wooden figure named Morty comes to life and starts killing off Mike's friends by making their worst fears come true. The ultimate confrontation comes when Mike has to face his greatest fear - his own father.

Directors

Chris Angel

Cast

Gordon Currie, Stacy Grant, Phillip Rhys, MYC Agnew, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Kelly Benson, Brendan Beiser, Rachel Hayward, Larry Pennell, Betsy Palmer
Horror Thriller
HMDB

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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Nella notte di Halloween i sogni prendono forma, e così anche gli incubi. Se ne accorge un gruppo di ragazzi che si mette a giocare con le loro paure. Ma quando c’è di mezzo riti indiani, manichini animati e spiriti malvagi c’è poco da scherzare. Quasi tutti i ragazzi faranno una brutta fine. Pessimo esempio di horror da home-video. Una trama appena accettabile è l’unica cosa da salvare del film, per il resto solo tanta tristezza ed alcune sequenze involontariamente ridicole; un manichino di legno che vaga uccidendo tutti coloro che gli capitano a tiro, ma non illudetevi non c’è neppure una scena di sangue né tantomeno paurosa. Brutto non vale assolutamente i soldi del noleggio.