Fear Dot Com (2002)
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3% of critics liked it
(87 reviews) -
27% of users liked it
(57,488 ratings)
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 look into a string of murders which have taken place in Manhattan, with Terry Houston (Natascha… More 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 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
- Directed By
- William Malone
- Written By
- Josephine Coyle
- Genres
- Horror
- In Theaters
- Aug 30, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Christy Lemire, Associated Press
It's bad in a sickening, disturbing way, with its gratuitous mixture of sex and violence.
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, Time Out
The clunking exposition, narrative incoherence and abysmal dialogue might find favour with aficionados of bad films, but even they won't forgive the sheer nasty mindedness of this lurid mess.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
A depraved, incoherent, instantly disposable piece of hackery.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'fatal script error.'
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fear Dot Com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds.
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Cast
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Stephen Dorff
as Mike Reilly
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Natascha McElhone
as Terry Houston
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Stephen Rea
as Alistair Pratt
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Udo Kier
as Polidori
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Amelia Curtis
as Denise
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Jeffrey Combs
as Styles
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Nigel Terry
as Turnbull
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Gesine Cukrowski
as Jeannine
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Michael Sarrazin
as Frank Bryant
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Jana Güttgemanns
as Little Girl
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Anna Thalbach
as Kate
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Sigal Diamant
as Nurse
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Evie Garratt
as Albino Woman
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Elizabeth McKechnie
as Alice Turnbull
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Gordon Peters
as Rooney
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Kwasi Songui
as Young Detective
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Sven Pippig
as Henry
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Matthias Schweighöfer
as Dieter Schrader
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Chris Bearne
as Warehouse Attendant
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Nils Brunkhorst
as Prisoner
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Siobhan Flynn
as Thana Brinkman
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Dean Gregory
as Maintenance Man #1
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Anjelika Khromova
as Ashley's Mother
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Lex Kreps
as Tenant
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Derek Kueter
as Officer #1
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Mascha Litterscheid
as Nurse #2
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Joan McBride
as Mrs. Richardson
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Frances Potasnik
as Nurse #1
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Astrid Skuyat
as Alistair's Victim
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Arnita Swanson
as Barlow
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Anja Van Greuningen
as Ashley
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Isabelle Van Waes
as Victim
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Birthe Wolter
as Nina Blank
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Emma Campbell
as Goth-Chick





