JustineAssad Tom (Iain de Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert) get themselves lost in the Irish countryside while trying to find an isolated hotel. Their fear deepens when they realise they are perhaps not as alone as they may have thought when things start to go wrong as the night creeps in.Oh shame. What a pity. This started really, really good – it was building some nice tension with the setting and the fleeting appearances of shadowy figures; the anxiety continued to build when, at the beginning, they took turn after turn only to end up at the same little shack from which they departed - the creepiness that slithered across my skin made me smile. It was that good. I continued to smile when Lucy's hair was pulled by invisible hands, and my smile just about became a grin when they found her clothes strewn over and across the bushes. I felt, at that time, that I was in for one thrilling, thrilling ride.Unfortunately – the thrills sorta kinda fizzled out after that, which was disappointing to say the least when the filmmakers had done such an exemplary job in building the suspense. It felt almost as if they failed to capitalise on everything good they had created and had run out of inspiration, just ever so slightly unable to take the film to that next level – and I really believe there was a next level, and that it could have been amazing because there was a lot of potential here. A lot. There was a taut atmosphere, and the fear and unease was almost palpable.Negativity aside, it wasn't the worst film I've seen, but neither was it the scariest especially given its early promise. And also on the plus side, it had some nice photography that greatly benefited the atmospherics. While I felt the performance were good I can't say I liked Lucy all too much – she wasn't the most proactive and I was sorta kinda swearing at her to get out of the car and DO SOMETHING while Tom got the pesh beat out of him. What also bugged me was the fact that she just took off – literally, got into the car and took off – without bothering to even try and find him when Max (Allen Leech) came after them in the woods. Speak of looking out for number one...Anyway: while I can't deny I was disappointed, In Fear is more than watchable, and the first half of the film definitely does deliver on shivers and scares, and perhaps on a second viewing I might appreciate more, knowing what it is, flaws and all.

jomyers2010 Jeremy Lovering's directorial debut, In Fear, is a British horror/thriller set in the countryside of Northern Ireland. A young couple, Tom and Lucy, have only been together for two weeks. They are on their way to join some friends at a music festival when Tom announces he has booked a hotel for the night as a surprise. Things start to go wrong on their way to the hotel as they get lost, and strange things start to happen.Lucy, played by Alice Englert (better known to me from Beautiful Creatures, and also starred in Ginger & Rosa) was excellent in this movie. I found her presence to be entertaining, in that she managed to execute each scene perfectly. In an interview with The Telegraph, Englert admitted that filming the scenes for In Fear left her feeling a little distraught. She was quoted as saying "When the director said "cut" I started sobbing and sobbing and sobbing,' Englert says. 'It got a little bit too real. I was so distraught." check out the full article hereTom, played by Iain De Caestecker (Known for Coronation Street and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) also put on a convincing performance as the male protagonist. He didn't stand out as much as Englert, I felt she really stole the movie to be fair.Allen Leech (since appearing in In Fear, he has been in The Imitation Game and Downton Abbey) played Max, the movie's antagonist. Leech only came into the movie about half way through it, but his character portrayal was amazing. He gave the impression that he really was a deranged psychopath. Hats off to Leech for this movie.The first half of the movie, is excellent. The low budget isn't an issue at all, as most of it is set on rural country roads. The ending had so much potential, but didn't cut the mustard for me. I felt like I was left without a definitive answer as to 'why'. Anyone that knows me and my movie tastes will know that I either need the ending to be hidden, so I have to go back and look for it or completely obvious to see. I have no time for movies that don't seem to come together with some sort of explanation. Apart from that fact, it was a relatively good movie.

Michael O'Keefe A couple of friends, Tom(Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy(Alice Englert)are planning to meet friends at a music festival. They have yet to make it official that they are a couple and Tom decides to surprise Lucy by making reservations at a remote hotel to spend the night before the festival. This British road trip flick soon becomes pure torment. The young couple end up driving through a maze of country roads to get to the hotel. A relaxing getaway soon becomes a nightmare as Tom and Lucy realize they are lost. It is getter closer and closer to nightfall and the car is riding near empty.There is really no decent scenery. A one lane muddy road that keeps twisting and turning. Signs giving directions have somehow been changed thus the couple, that is hard to like, are trapped. Nothing actually scary, but an atmosphere that will fray your nerve endings.

ICanNeverThinkOfAGoodUsername This was bad. Even when I was watching it I had hope that it would get better. It didn't. The film consists of two characters driving around in circles trying to a find a hotel, but it seems someone/something is after them. That's it. Nothing more and nothing less. That sentence pretty much sums up the film. I will also add to that the film is extremely long, it's not interesting yet drags on.SPOILERS AHEAD: 1. Around 1 hour into the film we find out who is behind this... After this point onwards I don't see the point of the film. I see the point if the film makers had a background story to why this was happening - they didn't thus making it a waste of time. The film unnecessarily dragged on.2. The start of the film was extremely stupid and unrealistic. Since when do hotels send someone out for you to follow them so you can find the hotel. The hotel would give the person directions. What didn't make sense is the guy had a SatNav so surely he could have entered the postcode in? If the hotel was in the middle of no where and a SatNav couldn't reach it... Why would the guy book such a hotel? Surely alarm bells were ringing when they said they'd send a car for him to follow.3. The film consisted of them just driving round and round in circles. It was boring. It was worse because they'd only just met each other so there was no interesting conversation either.4. It was Max. So what? Who is Max? And why is he doing this? If the film didn't drag on for so much and it just ended... It may have even added suspense that we didn't know why Max was doing this.Overall. An extremely long film which had no storyline what so ever.