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Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, Udo Kier, Amelia Curtis ... see more see more... , Jeffrey Combs , Nigel Terry , Gesine Cukrowski , Michael Sarrazin , Jana Güttgemanns , Anna Thalbach , Sigal Diamant , Evie Garratt , Elizabeth McKechnie , Gordon Peters , Kwasi Songui , Sven Pippig , Matthias Schweighöfer , Chris Bearne , Nils Brunkhorst , Siobhan Flynn , Dean Gregory , Anjelika Khromova , Lex Kreps , Derek Kueter , Mascha Litterscheid , Joan McBride , Frances Potasnik , Astrid Skuyat , Arnita Swanson , Anja Van Greuningen , Isabelle Van Waes , Birthe Wolter , Emma Campbell

Terror is lurking online in this thriller directed by William Malone, who also helmed the 1999 remake of House on Haunted Hill. Mike Reilly (Stephen Dorff) is a NYPD detective who has been assigned to... read more read more... look into a string of murders which have taken place in Manhattan, with Terry Houston (Natascha McElhone), a researcher from the city Department of Health, lending her assistance whether Reilly likes it or not. Reilly discovers that all four victims have one thing in common -- they were all men who logged on to the same Internet website exactly 48 hours before they were killed. It seems the website features a sexy woman offering kinky fun to those who enter her domain, but clicking the wrong icon takes users on a journey into fear. Reilly decides the only way to find out the truth is to head into the website and find out what follows for the next two days -- if he can make it out alive. Fear dot com also stars Stephen Rea, Jeffrey Combs, and Udo Kier. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: William Malone

Release Date: August 30, 2002

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DVD Release Date: January 14, 2003

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    April 2, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Fear Dot Com has often been dismissed as one of the worst horror films to be seen. Well I can say with that it's a fact that there are far worst films the Horror genre has produced over the years. Obviously the main reason that this film is dismissed so easily is that it shares s... read moreimilar plot lines to The Ring (which came out the same year, the American remake that is). Getting back to this film, I thought it was enjoyable enough to kill time and it was entertaining. However like everyone else, I thought the plot and acting was pretty thin. But as a popcorn horror film, this film works. Obviously not the best film, but with putting into focus all the other horror films that have come out in recent times, Fear Dot Com doesn't deserve all the flack it has received. The ideas presented in the film have been used before, but still the concept seems interesting. I personally think that the idea of dying in seven days has many angles to a good story. With The Ring it was a video cassette with Fear Dot Com, it's a website. Both films are good and very entertaining in my book. I wouldn't call Fear Dot Com great, but I would call it a pleasant time waster, which is what it is. This film is way better than a lot of trash in horror nowadays, most notably My Soul To Take. Fear Dot Com is the type of that you have to shut your brain off to enjoy. Mindless entertainment.
  • TheGame90
    July 9, 2010
    TheGame90
    A good idea....Aweful result. It stinks...And guys in the truck....guess what...It doesn't get scarier just because it's darker. Was the lightning crew on vacation or what? Ridiculous...Like in the scene when what's-his-name looks at the clock and says "it's noon"...I guessed mid... read morenight....lights out for sure....overall....didn't make the grade
  • thmtsang
    December 14, 2008
    thmtsang
    A detective and Dept of Health officer investigate four murders after they realise the victims all used the same web site before they died.
  • liquidchick76
    September 3, 2007
    liquidchick76
    disappointing yet again when a good concept goes terrible awry.
  • 76Majikat
    August 13, 2007
    76Majikat
    Better than I remember this film being, although the first half seemed more promising, than the second. There were a few boring bits and a lot of the film was filmed very dark, so in parts it was difficult to follow, however I do like Steven Dorff and I'm surprised that he's not... read more been in some better films.

    VERDICT: Worth a watch if it's on tv, do not rush out and rent or buy
  • fb100002023516744
    July 28, 2011
    fb100002023516744
    A very scary\twisted horror flick about a killer website with very good scares\scenes.
  • fb100001266995067
    March 20, 2011
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    This is truly the worst movie ever made
  • liquidstone14
    June 14, 2009
    liquidstone14
    There might be some shocking imagery and startling flashbacks here and there, but feardotcom is a dry, lifeless horror bore that gets sucked up its own ass about thirty minutes in. Almost everything here is deja vu, and the result is an endless flow of yawn-inducing dialogue, pep... read morepered with some intermittently affecting scares. McElhone clearly does her best not to worsen the whole deal, but it's to no avail. Her performance, like the rest of the film, is just plain... blah.
  • roseypie
    April 5, 2009
    roseypie
    Promising plot but execution just fell flat. There was no air of mystery or suspense. The two leads didn't have chemistry either and worse, character development was poor. This is one of those horror flicks that you can watch before going to bed because it's so boring you'd be so... read more sleepy after watching it, that is, if you even reach the end of it.
  • Lemure
    October 22, 2007
    Lemure
    Godawful bilge

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Critic Reviews

Christy Lemire
January 6, 2007
Christy Lemire, Associated Press

It's bad in a sickening, disturbing way, with its gratuitous mixture of sex and violence. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
September 27, 2002
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

A depraved, incoherent, instantly disposable piece of hackery.

Liam Lacey
September 9, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'fatal script error.' Full Review

Richard Roeper
September 3, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Fear Dot Com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
August 31, 2002
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

What could have been a pointed little chiller about the frightening seductiveness of new technology loses faith in its own viability and succumbs to joyless special-effects excess. Full Review

Scott Foundas
August 30, 2002
Scott Foundas, Variety

With any luck, most moviegoers trying to log on to FeardotCom will find themselves confronted by a busy signal or an internal server error. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
August 30, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

What we get in FearDotCom is more like something from a bad Clive Barker movie. In other words, it's badder than bad. Full Review

John Anderson
August 30, 2002
John Anderson, Newsday

It misses the big picture, the story is impossibly lame, but you can't say it doesn't have style. Full Review

Michael Rechtshaffen
August 30, 2002
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

The only upside to all of this unpleasantness is, given its Labor Day weekend upload, FearDotCom should log a minimal number of hits.

Roger Ebert
August 30, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The screenplay is a mess, and yet the visuals are so creative this is one of the rare bad films you might actually want to see. Full Review

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