Fear Dot Com

Feardotcom

This film is all about piercing your psyche and i think that it really is a good movie (for about the first 45 minutes)then it just completely changes track and spins out of control to a very anti climactic ending, a waste of Good actors both Stephen Dorff and Natascha McElhone are actors who deserves much better, feardotcom was a good movie if you only watch it once or just watch for 45 minutes as i've said before, it just spins out of control and you don't make sense out of anything. the only reason that i gave it a two is that Stephen Sorff and Natascha McElhone, have great screen chemistry, don't watch this one unless you haven't seen the ring or the grudge which both rock in comparison to this one , a waste of time is the only thing i can think of

I'd rather watch Anti-Smoking Commercials than this because at least you'd see real horror. I saw this film when it was fresh in theaters. Hearing no negative feedback (or any for that matter) I thought it looked interesting so I went to see it. Considering I was one of about 4 people in the whole theater I jumped to the conclusion that this movie was bad, and was it. The whole movie is very dark in scenery and in acting. The movie is about a website (feardotcom.com) that if you go there some dead chick asks you if you want to play a game, and then eventually kills you. Behind the website is a snuff film maker that shows footage of him killing people 'erotically.' The director of this movie must has some screws loose in his head. It's like a cheap cheesy very poorly done 8mm ripoff. I'm all for movies in the 'Bottom 100' of IMDB. I enjoy movies that the critics hate. But this movie just makes you wonder, who would put out money to release this?

After some mysterious deaths showing the same symptoms in the victims, Terry Huston (Natascha McElhone), from the Department of Health, investigates the possibility of a virus in the city with Homicide Detective Mike Reilly (Stephen Dorff). However, they realize that all the victims have visited an Internet site called 'www.fear.com' forty-eight hours before dying. A further investigation shows that there is a ghost on the web killing its users. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Reilly is also investigating a murderer called Alistair Pratt, 'The Doctor' (Stephen Rea). This movie has good and bad points. The story is plagiarized from the excellent and original Japanese 'Ringu', but the American 'The Ring' was a copy and became a success. There are some flaws along the confused plot. But there are also interesting points. For example, the dark and rainy atmosphere recalls 'Seven'. There is a sort of contrast between the modern (computer, Internet, cars) and life in the 30's or 40's (old buildings, classic costumes and furniture), recalling a film-noir, with a beautiful photography and style. There are also some reasonable special effects. The cast is slightly above average, with Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea and Stephen Dorff. Therefore I dare to say that it is a watchable movie and I do not agree with the User Rating. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): 'MedoPontoCombr' ('FearDotCom')

I've seen my fair share of bad movies. But I can honestly say that this is in my top 3 worst movies. Usually, when I see an extremely bad film, it's so awful that it's funny - which makes it somewhat entertaining. But this film went into another and far worse category. A film so awful that I got a headache - not because the plot was so complex and intelligent, but because the plot was so ridiculous and unrealistic. It's simple: when you go in search of a killer, call for backup. Don't go alone into an empty building. Have some common sense! Unfortunatelt, all the characters in FeardotCom, seem to have been born without the common sense gene. I could suffer through dozens of cheesy horror flicks where the victim getting chased by a killer conveniently trips and falls down while the killer get increasingly closer. . . I could even suffer through poor acting in a horror flick if the plot is entertaining and at least scary. But, when the plot of a film is neither logical nor entertaining you get one movie: FeardotCom

If anyone can honestly make any sense out of this urban nightmare, then, I'd sure like to hear about it. I really would. And - Yeah-Yeah - I know-I know that "Fear Dot Com" was, indeed, just another horror movie, but - C'mon! Like, why does it always seem to me as though a horror movie's story is being written to specifically target an utter moron, or something? 'Cause - Believe it, or not - Many fans of horror movies are actually "thinking" people, too, you know. Dark, gloomy, and tres' gory, "Fear Dot Com" was certainly "visually" well-realized, but the sheer incoherent idiocy of its story left a whole-whole lot to be desired.

Bottom of the barrel thriller about four people logging into the titled website and mysteriously dying from their worst fears within 48 hours. It's up to a tough New York detective (Stephen Dorff) and a Department of Health worker (Natascha McElhone) to investigate and stop these bizarre deaths, but it won't be easy as an evil doctor (Stephen Rea) is coincidentally broadcasting his grisly murders of young women on the same site. An OK start goes downhill thanks to slow pacing, false scares, poor acting and directing. Very gruesome and disgusting. My evaluation: (no stars).

This movie was awesome. It was a great horror movie. Sure soem areas were confusing, and soemthign could have been better explained, but its a horror movie! Name one horror movie that makes perfect sense, that could happen, and isn't devoid of all logic, and it would not be horror. The point of horror is to escape reality and watch something totally off the wall and out there. If you want logic, watch gone with the wind. Want to be entertained, watch this movie. The acting was good, pacing was good, pretty gruesome, and had a killer ending. I suggest people that get queasy fast, don't watch this, go rent The Ring.

Y'know, I went into this film expecting another generic horror film, but when it was over, I was feeling great! This movie is a great old-fashioned horror movie. There's no cheap heroics that seem unfeasible, there's no virgin teenagers, there's just a good old horror flick. I must say the character of The Doctor was probably my favorite in the film. He was humorous at times, twisted at others, but always made you feel like he was a sick puppy that needed to get his. All in all, I give this movie a 9 out of 10. I laughed through the whole thing, but then again I have a rather odd sense of humor....

This film is all about piercing your psyche and i think that it really is a good movie (for about the first 45 minutes)then it just completely changes track and spins out of control to a very anti climactic ending, a waste of Good actors both Stephen Dorff and Natascha McElhone are actors who deserves much better, feardotcom was a good movie if you only watch it once or just watch for 45 minutes as i've said before, it just spins out of control and you don't make sense out of anything. the only reason that i gave it a two is that Stephen Sorff and Natascha McElhone, have great screen chemistry, don't watch this one unless you haven't seen the ring or the grudge which both rock in comparison to this one , a waste of time is the only thing i can think of