Reviews

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 here

Tom, 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.

This film centres around 3 friends trapped in an ATM booth, in the middle of a deserted car park late at night, by a supposed killer. The story lacks in substance with no real storyline throughout. We see the 3 friends debate and agonise over how to escape from the booth (note that the door isn't locked or sealed shut). Due to situations arising in the booth, 2 of the 3 people end up dead. The end shows and tells us absolutely nothing about why the killer did what he did. There was no way in this film to establish a personal relationship with any of the characters. In my opinion, the acting was awful. The idea behind the film was actually quite good, it was the execution that spoiled it for me.

The Lost Boys is, in my opinion, the best film of the eighties. I was born during the 80s so only watched this later on but still haven't changed my opinion of this. The characters give a freaky subject perfect sex appeal and also add a comedic value to the macabre topic. Back in the 80s the only vampire films out where traditional drink your blood types and this has so much more to it. The director has made this film perfect. I would describe it as an early twilight style film but without the lovey dovey story line. Keifer Sutherlands character makes the film what it is. It's his best performance as far as I am concerned and he even outshines Jason Patrics character Michael. The film centres around Michael and his change to become a vampire. Keifers character is the leader of said vampire gang and torments Michael beyond belief. Michaels brother Sam makes friends with two comic book geeks (Corey Feldman is one) and becomes a vampire hunter only to find that their mum is dating the head vampire max. Did anyone else notice Laddie's picture on the milk carton close to the beginning of the film?