This is an awesome suspense/thriller from 1990. I remembered seeing it when it first came out and found the VHS for it about 6 months ago. My kids are all in their 20's now and they were blown away when we watched this together. They need to release it on Blu-Ray or at least DVD format.The action and suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat. What's great about this film is the content and storyline are relevant even today. The acting was pretty good, some cheesy parts that remind you of a 70's disaster film. But for the most part really good.Ally Sheedy plays her role well as does Lauren Hutton. Even the villain, who I'd never heard of did a great job. There are a few twists in the movie that will have you saying "No Way"!

Ally Sheedy plays a psychic, who assists the police with locating murderers and helping them to apprehended.In her spare time she writes books, flirts with firemen, and tells Stan Shaw all his memories.Then another psychic comes on the scene, but he's a serial killer, but gets Sheedy to feel the victims fears when they are being murdered. So now its up to her and the flirty fireman to catch him, but he's always one step ahead....For the most part, its a pretty tense movie, and the shadow man is a wondrous creation, but after a tantrum too many, Sheedy becomes a little tiresome, and her little outburst on the plane is deserved of a few choice words.But its a little rare movie. I found this on the horror channel late one night, as over here in the UK, its unavailable on DVD, unless you are willing to pay silly money for it.But overall the film does have a few tense moments, and the fear sharing scenes, are pretty unique, but usurped in Strange Days.The last act in the fair is wonderfully over the top, but just adds to the mix.But it's the best film ever where a woman's psychic ability can tell what her intended wants to eat...

Fear is written and directed by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It stars Ally Sheedy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael O'Keefe and Lauren Hutton. Music is by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Robert Stevens. Plot sees Sheedy as Cayce Bridges, a gifted psychic who aids the police in capturing serial killers. However, when she "tunes" into the elusive killer known as The Shadow Man (Vince), she finds that he too has the gift……Originally slated for a full theatrical release, Fear eventually made its bow on Cable TV. Following in the footsteps of other sub-genre psychic thrillers like The Eyes of Laura Mars, O'Bannon's movie is very efficient as a creeper, containing more than competent acting performances, a film with good ideas and visual touches, but ultimately undone by a weak ending.Film kicks into gear straight from the off as we join Cayce helping the police track a serial killer who is driving his latest victim to his place of slaughter. The effects used are blue tinted paranormal visions that put us in the car with the killer, this gives off the necessary unnerving vibe that O'Bannon manages to maintain right up until the finale. Picture is further boosted by its premise, a killer turning the psychic tables on his pursuer. This provides some quality moments of disquiet, notably an airport sequence that chills the blood. But then an ending, unimaginatively played out at a fair ground via the Hall of Mirrors, that insults the viewers who have been perched on the edge of their seats up till now. Problem is that the Shadow Man (played with wobbly eyed intensity by Vince) is a hulking brute who has terrorised and overpowered a number of women in the film. We are then asked to accept that Cayce, a wee slip of a girl (perfectly petite Sheedy), can fell said brute with the minimum of fuss. I'd have laughed if I didn't feel so annoyed.Shame because there's still more than enough good here to make it a comfortable recommendation to like minded adults. But it should have been so much better. 6.5/10

FEAR isn't the best thriller film around but it sustained my interest and kept me watching till the end.The best thing about the film is the performance of Pruitt Taylor Vince as The Shadow Man. Pruitt Taylor Vince is one the greatest actors around and although this part is not nearly meaty enough for an actor of his talents, it was nonetheless interesting to see one of his earlier roles.