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In Fear

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United Kingdom · 2013
Rated R · 1h 25m
Director Jeremy Lovering
Starring Alice Englert, Iain De Caestecker, Allen Leech
Genre Thriller

After dating for just two weeks, Tom invites his new girlfriend Lucy to go with him to a festival. As they drive the remote roads of the Irish countryside searching for the hotel they booked, they get lost and their satnav stops working. A man with a white mask appears on the side of the road.

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Total Film by

A taut, chilling little horror-thriller making maximum use of minimal resources to tap into our primal fears of the unknown.

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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

A compact, effective thriller set in way-rural Ireland, Jeremy Lovering's In Fear makes the most of three actors, a car and a network of narrow roads winding through the woods.

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The Dissolve by Jordan Hoffman

All the pieces are in place for a gripping indie horror flick, but this pointless, motivation-free film just goes around in circles.

60

Empire by Kim Newman

It may be contrived and nothing new plot-wise, but In Fear has atmosphere and enough proper scares to deliver on the promise of its title.

58

The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo

In Fear takes place almost entirely inside a moving car, severely limiting both the cast’s isolation (a big factor in Blair Witch’s strategy) and the extent to which they could wander off in an unexpected direction. Instead, the film simply goes in circles.

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Time Out London by Nigel Floyd

Lovering’s taut direction and editor Jon Amos’s skilfully modulated cutting wring the maximum suspense from cinematographer David Katznelson’s multi-camera set-ups, tapping into deep-rooted psychological and primal fears.

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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

Lovering coolly sticks to a rule often disregarded by horror movies looking for an instant scare: the weird, tense build-up is just as disturbing as the reveal.

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Variety by Peter Debruge

Jeremy Lovering’s tense debut might have worked better had it left more to the imagination. Still, crisp camerawork and amplified sound yield paranoia aplenty.

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Village Voice by Rob Staeger

In Fear traffics in suspicion, ratcheting tension, and shocks — including a few really effective ones — more than in satisfying explanations.

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The Telegraph by Tim Robey

Writer-director Jeremy Lovering, in his feature debut, keeps a skilful handle on technique — his film is a calling card that could give you paper cuts.

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