Aside from instigating a sexual awakening for a generation thanks to the rollercoaster scene, this murky, messy erotic thriller features a bad boyfriend AND a bad dad, a madonna/whore complex and a very savvy younger brother.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 11, 2023

Fear is so bad that it's good. It provides no scares, but quite a few laughs.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 22, 2022

If there isn't room for a big, dopey teen thriller in your movie-watching life, then the only thing you have to fear is Fear itself.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2020

It's not great. An interesting way to spend an hour-and-a-half, that's for sure. The performances were fine, but it was so twisted.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 4, 2020

It's well-paced, a little crazy and creepy, but that's how it built up the character and the tension...

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2020

... one of the sexiest, most dangerous films of the early '90s.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 9, 2019

Below its surface, Fear is focused on how damaging the protective nature of fathers can become when young women are treated as property.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2019

A consistently superior '90s thriller...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 8, 2019

One of the all-time goofiest movies, avoiding a tough inspection of troubling emotional speeds and stunted communication to sneeze out a confused, half-realized story of obsession.

| Original Score: D- | Feb 18, 2013

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

A throwback to the psycho-sexual thrillers of the 1980s, Fear is sort of a male version of Fatal Attraction

| Original Score: C | Jul 18, 2011

Violent creepy-boyfriend thriller without helpful takeaways.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 17, 2011

A fun nineties thriller in the league of fodder like “Crush,” “Poison Ivy,” and “Devil in the Flesh.”

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 7, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 8, 2005

Corny but cool...Wahlberg has presence

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 27, 2005

Wahlberg's creep-tastic slow-burn makes this predictable potboiler a little bit scary and a lot more entertaining.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 3, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Sep 3, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2004