Infamousta
brilliant actors, brilliant editing
Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Raymond Sierra
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
greenacres-90342
As others have (rightly) said, the main character is way too annoying to invoke any audience-sympathy. The two friends are equally annoying and the acting is awful generally. In the case of the friends, the actors may have been trying to behave like non-actors trying to act out the Fear Inc thing but it's still very annoying to watch.
Horror aside, it sends the wrong message to people: you can act like a complete fool (the guy is a total slacker who thinks it's cool to throw water-bombs into the street that cause damage to vehicles), drink and party all the time even after you have left college and life will always deal you a good hand ...WRONG.
Stephen Abell
Not all independent films are good or worthy of cult status. This movie falls solidly into that category. It tries so hard, too hard, to be worthy of cult status, it's so evident it's trying; though, it just turns out to be very trying.What you have is a sound premise a horror fan who has become desensitised to horror. He's such a fan he takes his girlfriend to haunted houses on Date Night and predicts when and where the scares are going to come while laughing continuously. The character is very annoying and rather humourless, if he was to resemble snot-girl from The Blair Witch Project then Lucas Neff does a fantastic job of creating a lead character you're just praying and hoping to be killed. If not, then his acting skills are lacking or the Director, Vincent Mascaile, had a warped vision for this movie.So the writer Luke Barnett adds the element of Fear Inc. a company who, when hired, come to scare the proverbial crap out of you. This now lands in the "The Game"'s field of expertise, which actually gets a mention in the movie. If you're going to carry out a movie in the same magnitude of that film it should be just as good and as convoluted, however, it isn'tThere are a lot of missed opportunities in this movie, which could have elevated it to at least watchable, if not enjoyable, and possibly to cult status, though a lot of work needed to be done to get to that destination.Once you realise what Fear Inc. do, which is given away at the start and in a monologue before the scares even begin then the surprise and possibility of the situations being real plummet into the farcical. You can see the twists coming as the director and writer call their punches before they throw them. The film would have been stronger had the viewer not known Fear Inc.'s agenda. This would have led them to continually wonder if our hero's the victims were in any danger. It's pretty much impossible to create tension when you know nothing is at stake as it's all playacting.Apart from Lucas Neff's character, all the other cast have believable and relatable characters, with the exception of Caitlin Stacey, who portrays Joe's girlfriend, Lindsey. Even though Stacey is one of the strongest actors in the line-up, I couldn't help but wonder why this strong woman was still attached to the waste-of-space Joe. There was no chemistry between them and this causes an imbalance in the plausibility of the movie; even more so when you learn it's her and his friends who have hired Fear Inc.This movie is labeled as a Horror - it's not - a Comedy - it's not - a Thriller - it's not that thrilling, but this is as close to a decent description as any.Should you watch this movie? No go and watch The Game, The Scream box set, The Saw box set, Deliverance, and Southern Comfort, which seems to be the movies this is roughly based on. All of which are better than this film... even the SAW series from III upwards.
shawnblackman
A cool horror that that has a company that caters pure horror to paying customers who like to be scared. This off the grid company goes all out creating your ultimate nightmare. A horror movie buff and his friends sign up and have their lives changed forever.This was awesome. It felt like The Game (1997) on steroids with some April Fool's Day (1986) mixed in brought to a whole new level. Slick writing as well which kept the film interesting. Twist after twist kept you wondering what was real and what wasn't.Don't miss this one. It was a change from the zombies, ghosts, vampires and any found footage film.
againstmoth
The main actor is like high all the time, he thinks is funny but he actually is not. It Is all obvious. I hate when something like this happens because it is a waste of time. Im tired of movies that are not good, I'm tired of movies that the end is not understood. In this case, i watched it for 1 hour and i stopped it. I swear i couldn't finish it. They have a awesome house to get high and get laid (terrific), but they should have done a drama movie instead of a comedy-horror movie. I don't know how a movie like this has 6 points of review. I don't remember me laughing with anything that has passed in Fear, INC. I think the idea is good but the actors are not for this movie.