The Fear Inside (1992)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Okay, so this is a made for TV movie of 1992. It is based around the fear of being out of the house - called agoraphobia (sp). Christine Lahti is the lady in distress. Usually I like this lady's work, but this time around I was not only annoyed at her dramatics but tired after awhile of her screaming antics. Now you also have the good looks of Dylan McDermott as one of the home invaders. At first you really like him. And then when he begins to show his true colors, the plot thickens. McDermott gives a reasonably good performance. Unlike his supposedly wacky sister, overplayed by Jennifer Rubin. I couldn't wait for Rubin to get her uppance. She was that annoying. Both she and Lahti deserved each other. I was hoping that the two ladies would kill each other and Dylan goes free. He and the parrot that is. The house gets trashed along the way and our leading lady gets out of the house. Not surprising. This story was written by Alan Jay Gluickman and made into a screenplay by David Birke. Leon Ichaso directed this, but letting the two leading actresses go too far in my opinion.

My friend and I recently watched The Fear Inside. We thought it was a uniquely put-together movie, compelling and thrilling at the same time. Because it is a sort-of murder movie, it had a lot of heavy moments in it, but there was a bit of comic relief from the very insane killers. Christine Lahti was very convincing as the half-crazed agoraphobic who is held at the mercy of two murderers, a prisoner in her own house. She is torn, quite literally, between the fear of going out doors, and the fear inside.

This is a movie about Fears, Merideth is a agroaphobic...I guess that means she is afraid to go outdoors of her own house. So she is like a prison...and two people claiming to be brother and sister movie into her extra guest bedroom, for a little extra money. Janie comes along-claims to be a vet and Pete her supposedly brother a cop...These actors are very talented as they go from nice to psycho after Merideth catches them having sex out doors in the pool...she finds this strange, for being brother and sister so she goes and tries to search the bedroom for an idenity. She finds a womans finger with a ring on it...Pet sees a light come on and knows something is up. Merideth plays it out, until he catches her calling 911. I love the scenes when, Pete & Merideth are kissing and making out the first time...and how Janie gets jealous it is awesome and the part when Merideth convinces Pete that Janie is trying to steal the ring and that she wants him and he wants her...and they are making out about to do it, when Janie comes Slashing him on the back with a butcher knife calling him a traitor...Best performances I've seen in a movie for a while...Plus Dylan McDermott is FINE, His body is mmm mmm good :) and he has the most adorable eyes and eyebrows. I give this movie a 10 for sure.

Meredith Cole(Christine Lahti) is an agoraphobic and is constantly a prisoner in her home! Since her husband leaves, she leaves an ad in the paper for someone to rent her guest bedroom. But supposedly brother and sister Jane (Jennifer Rubin) and Peter (Dylan Mcdermett)come a long and are not what they seem. Jane claims she's a vet and her brother claims he's a cop. Things go to extremes when Meredith finds a ring in their bedroom from which they murdered a rich woman and stole it from her as it is worth thousands. When Jane kidnaps and threatens to kill Meridiths son she has no choice but to come over her fear!The only good thing about the mad couple terrorizing her is probably them getting her out the house to save her son!This film is very good and has a good plot it shows that a fear is something but what extremes you have to go through to get out of it. Jennifer is great as mad Jane, she is fab at playing Jane's childish and psychotic nature.