The Fear: Resurrection (1999)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Director:

Chris Angel

Writer:

Kevin Richards (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

It's death-by-fear (aka scared-to-death) in this deceptively psychological thriller. The hero, Mike...

Plot Keywords:

Fear | Halloween | Costume | Person On Fire | Tombstone

Cast

Gordon Currie	...	Mike Hawthorne
Stacy Grant	...	Peg
Phillip Rhys	...	Mitch Maldive
Myc Agnew	...	Chris
Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Jennifer
Kelly Benson	...	Lisa Ann
Brendan Beiser	...	Ned
Rachel Hayward	...	Trish
Larry Pennell	...	Grandfather
Betsy Palmer	...	Mams
John Paul Fedele	...	Morty (as Jon Fedele)
Garvin Cross	...	Stephen
Byron Chief-Moon	...	Crow (as Byron Chief Moon)
Ingrid Tesch	...	Louise
Riley Newort	...	Young Mike (as Riley Newport)

Also Known As:

The Fear 2 (USA) (working title)
The Fear II: Happy Halloween (USA) (working title)
The Fear: Halloween Night (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, language and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

87 min | Argentina:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Ubiquitous Productions Inc.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mike breaks the mirror, it cracks into small fragments. Later, when he looks into it, the broken pieces are much larger.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Wisher (2002)

Silly horror film

A young boy sees his mother getting killed and his father hanging himself. 20 years later he gets a bunch of friends together to perform an exorcism on himself so he won't turn out like his father. All the stock characters are in place: the nice couple; the "funny" guy; the tough (but sensitive) hood; the smart girl (she wears glasses--that's how we know); the nerd and two no-personality blondes. It all involves some stupid wooden statue that comes to life (don't ask) and kills people. I knew I was in trouble when, after a great opening scene, we jump to 20 years later--ALL bad horror movies do that!

The dialogue is atrocious, the acting is bad (except for Betsy Palmer--why Betsy?) and the killings are stupid and/or unimaginative. My favorite scene is when two people are supposedly having sex and the statue knocks the guy off the bed to show he's fully dressed! A real bad, stupid incoherent horror film. Avoid at all costs.