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In Fear

Don’t fear the dark, fear what it hides.

2013 · 1h 25m · R Thriller
Directed by Jeremy Lovering

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Overview

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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All reviews
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Rarely have so few commonplace ingredients produced so many uncommon chills.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh

A wicked little horror film in which nearly all of the violence takes place in your head, "In Fear" expertly builds terror out of not much more than two people driving around in a car.

Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh

Lovering keeps "In Fear" visually absorbing through unsettling close-ups and a well-paced series of scares.

Inkoo Kang, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

Imagine Funny Games (either version) without the meta-movie aspect. Even those annoyed by Michael Haneke's hectoring in those pictures must admit that there wouldn't be much left but random, pointless sadism without it.

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Fresh

Logic is a torch we can use to fight our fears. If it flickers only dimly here, perhaps that's by design.

Rob Staeger, Village Voice

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