A corpse in its own right: It's filled with the rotting ideas of far better movies.
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01/13/03
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Fear Dot Com (2002)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:3
Rotten:85
Average Rating:2.6/10
Consensus: As frustrating as a 404 error, Fear Dot Com is a stylish, incoherent, and often nasty mess with few scares.
Theatrical Release:Aug 30, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $13,138,876
Synopsis: "Do you like to watch?" A woman's voice beckons from the computer. Images flash across the screen - parted lips, bound wrists, flesh. Her seductive tone summons you closer, inviting you... [More]
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Reviews for Fear Dot Com
Of all the trash I had to watch in 2002, the insipid FearDotCom easily ranks among the worst.
01/13/03
In this case, a viewer's apathy to images of suffering and degradation are not a pointed comment on contemporary desensitization to violence -- it's just the proper response to a really crappy movie.
01/10/03
About as cutting-edge as Pet Rock: The Movie.
01/02/03
What little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting, macabre sets, and endless rain is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else.
12/31/02
There really is no reason to see this film at all. Not even some of the cool, creepy imagery saves it.
12/08/02
Talk about a dot com failure.
12/08/02
Even if FearDotCom wasn't a good five years behind the curve, it would still be saddled with a ludicrous script, nonsensical direction and wince-inducing performances.
10/14/02
As directed by William Malone, the man who nailed the “condemned” sign to the front of 1999’s “The House on Haunted Hill,” “Feardotcom” is essentially a showcase for the humiliation, mutilation and sadomasochistic torture of women.
10/03/02
Build some robots, haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show, and put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year.
10/02/02
The result is the equivalent to a roller coaster missing pieces of its track.
10/01/02
A depraved, incoherent, instantly disposable piece of hackery.
09/27/02
Once again this shows that whilst the internet is a great way to promote films, its not something which films should base their stories on.
09/22/02
It cannot be enjoyed, even on the level that one enjoys a bad slasher flick, primarily because it is dull. Yes, dull.
09/18/02
The big mystery is how Malone convinces name casts to appear in his semi-competent fare.
09/09/02
The movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase 'fatal script error.'
09/09/02
Top CriticThis is rote spookiness, with nary an original idea (or role, or edit, or score, or anything, really) in sight, and the whole of the proceedings beg the question 'Why?'
09/09/02
May just be the stupidest suspense thriller I have ever seen.
09/09/02
Some fine European actors are caught slumming in this piece of glittery trash, including Stephen Rea (with a flat upstate accent), Udo Kier, and Nigel Terry. Now that’s scary.
09/09/02
Log on to my imaginary website: www.this-movie-sucks.com.
09/09/02
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