In Fear
In Fear

In Fear

2013Movie85 minEnglish

Driving to a music festival in Ireland, a young couple gets trapped in a country maze on their way to a remote hotel, where an unidentifiable sinister force torments them.

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IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Google Users68%
Director: Jeremy LoveringGenres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Plot Summary

A young couple, Tom and Lucy, driving through the Irish countryside on a romantic getaway, get lost in a dense, remote forest. As darkness falls and their GPS fails, they become increasingly disoriented and terrified by strange noises and unsettling occurrences. Their fear escalates when they encounter a menacing stranger who seems to be toying with them, blurring the lines between reality and their escalating paranoia.

Critical Reception

In Fear received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised its atmosphere, suspense, and effective jump scares. Some critics found the plot derivative or underdeveloped, but many commended its ability to generate palpable tension and fear through its minimalist approach and reliance on sound design and suggestion.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its intense atmosphere and effective use of sound to build suspense.
  • Acknowledged for its effective jump scares and unsettling mood.
  • Some noted a lack of originality in its horror tropes.

Google audience: Audiences generally appreciated the film's terrifying atmosphere and suspenseful build-up, finding it a genuinely frightening experience. However, a portion of viewers felt the plot was somewhat predictable and could have been more developed.

Fun Fact

The film was shot entirely in County Wicklow, Ireland, utilizing the dense forests to create the claustrophobic and disorienting setting.

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patient1

patient1

The Forest at night look terrifying, and I thought they were just spooky in daylight. Our actors are portraying their characters with great effectiveness, I'm having trouble not wishing them a terrifyingly horrible adventure. It just got ...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

"Tom" (Iain De Caestecker) and his girlfriend "Lucy" (Alice Englert) are heading to a music festival in Ireland when they manage to get themselves lost. The quiet and dark country lanes begin to seem more menacing, they see strange things h...
John Chard

John Chard

The Dead End Date! To be honest, I wasn't at all surprised to find that after viewing Jeremy Lovering's "In Fear" that the hatred for it on internet sites was large. It's that type of film, a film existing in the horror field of things t...