One can see why this independent UK thriller was named an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival, the acting from its two leads are utterly naturalistic and help convey a real sense of helplessness. In Fear is set in a realistic world with human forces at work behind the terrorization of the young couple. A few jump scares happen as they begin to venture outside their own vehicle and soon things start to get a lot more serious. The narrative is careful to lay the poor decision-making at the feet of their new relationship, though it gets tougher to suspend disbelief as the narrative proceeds. As it begins to get dark, Tom and Lucy start making questionable decisions as they start seeing people hiding in the bushes. Plot contrivances are introduced, removing the possibility of outside help via the cellphone or GPS. Tom and Lucy make for a completely believable couple as they drive around looking for a hotel that doesn’t seem to exist and trapped on a road that seemingly leads in a circle. Both Iain and Alice are actors with real futures ahead of them in Hollywood it’s rare that independent horror thrillers get talent of this caliber. It will try some of the audience’s patience but the first thirty minutes realistically detail the level of relationship the two share, that awkward stage in any new relationship as each person feels out the others personality. Attempting to follow the directions to the hotel, they quickly become lost in a maze of circular roads and misleading signs.
He’s booked a room at a local hotel for the pair, well off the beaten path in a remote Irish setting. Merely two weeks after meeting her, Tom talks Lucy into attending a music festival in the Irish countryside.
Tom (Iain De Caestecker of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD) and Lucy (Alice Englert of Beautiful Creatures) are a new couple in the first stages of their relationship. In Fear is carried by the fantastically believable chemistry between its two lead actors, Iain De Caestecker and Alice Englert. What it does do is create a real sense of terror that most people will be able to identify with.
It takes some thirty minutes before the real suspense begins, which might turn off some viewers. The genre flick has some of the usual plot twists and turns, with its basic narrative seen before in other films. In Fear is the tale of a young couple lost in the remote Irish countryside, and then being terrorized over the course of one night by unidentified assailants. Jeremy Lovering’s directorial debut is a sharp UK thriller with a genuinely surprising ending.
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