The Horror Show
Fear, Inc.
by Vincent Masciale
Have you ever been afraid? I am talking truly afraid. No Halloween haunt, late night movie scared. I mean psychologically damaged. This is what Fear, Inc. is all about or at least it wants to be.
This film kinda hits close to home. I am very much like our main character, Joe. I am obsessed with horror movies and being scared. Also like Joe, I am always on the look out for a real good scare. While on a date night out to a haunted attraction Joe and his girlfriend, Lindsey, are approached by one of the workers. He tells them if they really want to be scared they should give Fear, Inc. a call. They specialize in tailoring a custom scenario of terror guaranteed to make you wish you had never called them in the first place. Joe is intrigued by this and mentions it to his best friend, Ben, who is visiting with his wife. Ben relays the story of one of his co workers that called Fear, Inc. and was never heard from again. So of course Joe calls.
This is where the movie becomes fairly predictable. Joe calls, his friends start “dying” and everything gets messed up when Joe kills one of the members of Fear, Inc. and hi-jinks ensue. I think the film makers wanted to make the reveal of the twist to be more like April Fool's Day. Unfortunately they went one twist too many and everything was pretty much obvious by the time the climax happened.
I think they should have called this Character Actor: The Movie. It has some decent talent but it's like they're just on screen for a few and then they're gone. How do you cast Leslie Jordan in anything and only show him for two minutes? That man is too much awesome for just two minutes!
Honestly, Fear, Inc. isn't bad. It just feels like it wanted to be so clever with all it's twists and fake outs. Unfortunately it was just predictable. It may be fun to watch with a group of friends who want more of a soft scare than psychological damage.
Robin Thompson, HMS
The Horror Show Menu.