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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Originally made for theatres (and shot in Super 35), this found its debut on television instead.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.7/10
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