FeardotCom (2002)

Director:

William Malone

Writers:

Moshe Diamant (story)
Josephine Coyle (written by)

Release Date:

30 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Crime

Tagline:

Want to see a really killer website? It's the last site you'll ever see.

Plot:

Four bodies are found in New York City. Why, why, why? The coincidence? They all died 48 hours after logging on to a site named feardotcom.com...

Plot Keywords:

Gagged And Bound | Scalpel | Videotape | Operating Table | Internet

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Stephen Dorff	...	Detective Mike Reilly
Natascha McElhone	...	Terry Huston, Dept. of Health
Stephen Rea	...	Alistair Pratt, 'The Doctor'
Udo Kier	...	Polidori
Amelia Curtis	...	Denise Stone
Jeffrey Combs	...	Sykes
Nigel Terry	...	Turnbull
Gesine Cukrowski	...	Jeannine
Michael Sarrazin	...	Frank Bryant
Jana Güttgemanns	...	Little Girl
Anna Thalbach	...	Kate
Siobhan Flynn	...	Thana Brinkman
Evie Garratt	...	Albino Woman
Lex Kreps	...	Tenant
Joan McBride	...	Mrs. Richardson
Isabelle Van Waes	...	Victim
Derek Kueter	...	Officer #1
Elizabeth McKechnie	...	Alice Turnbull
Arnita Swanson	...	Barlow
Gordon Peters	...	Rooney
Nils Brunkhorst	...	Prisoner
Sven Pippig	...	Henry
Anja Van Greuningen	...	Ashley
Anjelika Khromova	...	Ashley's Mother
Sigal Diamant	...	Nurse
Matthias Schweighöfer	...	Dieter Schrader
Birthe Wolter	...	Nina Blank
Frances Potasnik	...	Nurse #1
Mascha Litterscheid	...	Nurse #2
Dean Gregory	...	Maintenance Man #1
Chris Bearne	...	Warehouse Attendant
Emma Campbell	...	Goth-Chick
Kwasi Songui	...	Young Detective
Astrid Skuyat	...	Alistair's Victim

Directed by
William Malone

Writing credits
Moshe Diamant		(story)
Josephine Coyle		(written by)

Produced by
Yoram Barzilai	....	line producer
Rudy Cohen	....	executive producer
Mark Damon	....	executive producer
Limor Diamant	....	producer
Moshe Diamant	....	producer
Jan Fantl	....	co-producer
Jean-Marc Félio	....	producer: Canada
Frank Hübner	....	executive producer
Elie Samaha	....	executive producer
David Saunders	....	executive producer
Romain Schroeder	....	executive producer
Andrew Stevens	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nicholas Pike

Cinematography by
Christian Sebaldt

Film Editing by
Alan Strachan

Casting by
Rosina Bucci
Anja Dihrberg

Production Design by
Jérôme Latour

Art Direction by
Regine Freise
Markus Wollersheim

Set Decoration by
Mona Kino
Michaela Quast
Louise Tremblay

Makeup Department
Zoltan Elek	....	key makeup artist
Claudine Moureaud	....	hair assistant
Claudine Moureaud	....	makeup assistant
Evelyne Sittig	....	special makeup effects assistant

Production Management
Reinhild Gräber	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Marc Grewe	....	unit production manager
Tim Grover	....	post-production supervisor
Christopher P. Kibbey	....	post-production supervisor
Rudolf Kurz	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Patrick Raymond	....	unit manager: Montreal
Tony Tromp	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexandre Bernard	....	third assistant director
Hélène Coker	....	third assistant director
Suzanne Nicell	....	second assistant director
Sébastien Pelland	....	second second assistant director
Thomas Piepenbring	....	second unit director
Jim Probyn	....	third assistant director
Charlie Watson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sulamith Ater	....	head painter
Sulamith Ater	....	scenic artist
Klaus Bienen	....	on-set stand-by carpenter
Alain Cadieux	....	swing gang
Denis Chabot	....	assistant art director
Manuel Demoulling	....	stand-by props
François Dickes	....	prop buyer
Tomislav Findrik	....	storyboard artist
Hugh Fottrell	....	propmaker
Catherine Gauthier	....	assistant set decorator
Frank Godt	....	art department coordinator
Annett 'Gogo' Golinski	....	set dresser
Toby Hawkes	....	propmaker
Svet Hrouchoff	....	set dresser
Joe Kotroczo	....	art department trainee
Paul Purdy	....	property master
Jan Rott	....	prop buyer
Uwe Steckhan	....	swing gang
Uwe Steckhan	....	underwater set decoration: Berlin
Richard Tassé	....	art director: Canada
Bruno Zenatello	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Nick Adams	....	sound designer
Howard Bargroff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dirk Bombey	....	boom operator
Robert Bourke	....	foley editor
Robert Burke	....	foley editor
Steve Cook	....	sound supervisor
Colin Cooper	....	adr mixer
Colin Cooper	....	foley mixer
Martin Evans	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Jean Francois	....	cable guy
Susan French	....	adr editor
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kath Pollard	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	foley mixer
Carlo Thoss	....	production sound mixer
Lauren Ana Walker	....	foley editor (as Roger Walker)

Special Effects by
Igor Chevalier	....	conceptual illustrator
Igor Chevalier	....	visual effects art director
Ryal Cosgrove	....	special effects coordinator: Canada
Roland Goddijn	....	special effects technician
Harrie Wiessenhaan	....	special effects supervisor (as Harry Wiessenhaan)
Rick Wiessenhaan	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Nastuh Abootalebi	....	Inferno artist: das werk
Jaume Arteman	....	digital compositor: previz
Dan Ashton	....	scanning and recording: Cinesite
Andreas Beck	....	shake artist: das werk
Roger Beck	....	system administration: das werk
Francesco Canonico	....	digital effects artist
Alan Church	....	visual effects producer: Hypnosis, London
Peter Connelly	....	Domino artist: das werk
Peter Connelly	....	shake artist: das werk
Mark Dollery	....	scanning and recording assistant: das werk
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Das Werk
Michele Fabbro	....	technical director
Derek Flood	....	character technical director: das werk
Andrew Francis	....	telecine operator
Gianfranco Gaioni	....	technical director
Simon Giles	....	visual effects producer: Hypnosis, London
Melanie Göggelmann	....	visual effects supervisor assistant: das werk
Philip Hahn	....	visual effects production assistant: das werk
David Hofmann	....	head of 3D: das werk
Katja Hollmann	....	scanning and recording operator: Cinesite
Marco Iozzi	....	CG artist
Lorraine Johnson	....	film recording: Cinesite
Simon Johnson	....	film recording: Cinesite
Daryl Jordan	....	visual effects editor
Christof Kasper	....	3D Artist: das werk
Tim Ketzer	....	special effects animator: das werk
Stephan Klotz	....	computer graphics art director: DoRo department
Colin Laski	....	visual effects supervisor
Nir Loewenberg	....	special effects animator: das werk
Martin Markert	....	system administration: das werk
Tim McGovern	....	visual effects supervisor
Claire McGrane	....	digital lab producer: Cinesite Europe
Marius Mohnssen	....	post production supervisor: QI
Catherine Nelson	....	digital compositor
Alexander Nowotny	....	effects technical director: das werk
Marco Olivares	....	visual effects supervisor assistant: Mediacube
Stuart Pearson	....	head scanning and recording
Enrico Pieracciani	....	visual effects supervisor: GM Italy
Paul Poetsch	....	shake artist: das werk
Gunter Puszkar	....	CG supervisor
Andrew Quinn	....	CG artist
Cristiana Rumori	....	visual effects producer
Carlo Scaduto	....	digital artist
Matthias Scharfenberg	....	head of scanning and recording: das werk
Abraham Schneider	....	shake artist: das werk
Mark Slade	....	digital compositor: Hypnosis, London
Gerhard Spring	....	scanning and recording assistant: das werk
Alessandro Tibiletti	....	visual effects supervisor
Courtney Vanderslice	....	head of production: Cinesite
Frank Wegerhoff	....	visual effects supervisor: Das Werk
Patrick Wilfert	....	CG editor/flame-artist
Trevor Young	....	digital compositor: Hypnosis, London
Andrea Zimbaro	....	visual effects
Christopher Otto Gallagher	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	....	stunts
Nathalie Girard	....	stunts (as Natalie Girard)
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunts
Babetta Schimanek	....	stunts
Vanessa Wieduwilt	....	stunt double: Natascha Mc Elhone
Xin Xin Xiong	....	stunt coordinator
Wing Kin Yip	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	camera operator
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	steadicam operator
Etienne Braun	....	still photographer
John Donoghue	....	gaffer
Sven Fink	....	focus puller
Helmfried Kober	....	assistant camera
Mario Matic	....	grip
Nunes Neto Ornei	....	grip
Mike Roberts	....	video assist operator
Jean-François Roqueplo	....	key grip
Théodore Theodorides	....	assistant camera
Emiliano Topai	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Frank Wegerhoff	....	additional photographer

Casting Department
Brendan Donnison	....	voice casting
Carolyn McLeod	....	casting assistant: UK
Jean-Luc Ristic	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chantal Cerruti	....	dresser: Stephen Dorff
Vesna Libric	....	wardrobe assistant
Magdalena Marczynska	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Paul Ensby	....	color timer
Madeleine C. Schnell	....	post-production coordinator: Motion Picture Bond Company (uncredited)

Music Department
Stuart Balcomb	....	orchestrator
Owen Bartholomew	....	trainee music editor
Andrew Glen	....	music editor
Stan Jones	....	music editor: USA
Ashley Miller	....	music consultant

Transportation Department
Réal Hamel	....	picture car coordinator
Svet Hrouchoff	....	driver: props
Igor Pecirep	....	driver: Natasha McElhone

Other crew
Catherine Allinson	....	script supervisor
Chani Anderson	....	assistant to producers
Marcus Bauer	....	on-screen designer
Markus Brand	....	on-screen designer
Sascha Brossmann	....	on-screen designer
Laurie Cardonick	....	assistant: Mr. Dorff
Pascal Charlier	....	location manager
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Birthe Danielsen	....	assistant: Mr. Felscher
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production coordinator
Bennett Fidlow	....	additional legal services
Christian Frohn	....	assistant: Mr. Fantl
Stuart Fyvie	....	datacine operator
Gus Gouldsborough	....	facilities coordinator
Kristjan Hardarson	....	assistant accountant
Kristjan Hardarson	....	post-production accountant
Jack James	....	datacine supervisor
Jolantha Jeserick	....	assistant accountant
Kai Kalkbrenner	....	on-screen designer
Andrea Kruschner	....	on-screen designer
Mascha Litterscheid	....	assistant to director
Annick Lockman	....	assistant production coordinator
Samia Mainz	....	assistant: Mr. Hübner
Sheila McNaught	....	script supervisor
Philip James Morgan	....	location manager
Philipp Orgassa	....	on-screen designer
Laurence Parker	....	assistant accountant
Holly Payberg-Torroija	....	assistant: Mr. Diamant
Igor Pecirep	....	production assistant: Natasha McElhone
James Portolese	....	production executive
Nadine Schäfer	....	assistant: Mr. Westerkamp and Mr. Becker
Lars Stock	....	on-screen designer
Estelle Tourscher	....	production assistant
Tobias Troll	....	on-screen designer
Stephane Wasila	....	assistant location manager
Gerard Bechard	....	photo double (uncredited)
Melissa Brown	....	assistant to executive producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• ApolloMedia
• Carousel Picture Company, The
• Fear.Com Productions Ltd.
• DoRo Fiction Film GmbH
• Film Fund Luxembourg
• Filmyard Underwaterdeco
• Franchise Pictures
• Luxembourg Film Fund
• MDP Worldwide
• Milagro Films
• Signature Pictures

Distributors

• MDP Worldwide (2002) (worldwide) (all media)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinergia (Ukraine)
• Columbia TriStar Film
• Columbia TriStar Films
• Columbia TriStar Films
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Italia
• Columbia TriStar (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Fear.Com Productions Ltd.
• GAGA Communications
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• West

Special Effects

• Cinesite Digital Laboratory
• Das Werk (visual effects)
• DoRo Fiction Film GmbH
• General Screen Enterprises (additional digital effects)
• Green Movie Group (visual effects)
• Hypnosis VFX Ltd. (digital effects)
• K.N.B. Effects Group
• MediaCube Studios
• QIX Quality International Effects

Other Companies

• Bollux  film stock provided by
• Bollux  grip rental company
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  Avid AudioVision systems supplied by
• Roundabout Entertainment  adr stage

Also Known As:

Fear Dot Com (Germany) (USA) (promotional title)
Fear.com (USA) (alternative spelling)
Parallax (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including grisly images of torture, nudity and language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

UK | Germany | Luxembourg | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG | Indonesia:Dewasa | USA:R (certificate #39006) | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:R18 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:R | France:-16 | Germany:16 (nf) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:11 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Dommeldange, Luxembourg

Company:

ApolloMedia

Trivia:

feardotcom.com is/was the address of the movie's official Web site.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Terry and Mike find the doctor, Terry gets injected with a drug in the neck, but a couple of seconds later she runs to comfort Mike acting as though there are no effects of the drug.

Quotes:

[to her cat as she watches a violent video]
Terry: Turn around, Bennie. I don't want you watching this.

Movie Connections:

References Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Badlands

Wow. . I could have watched paint dry instead!

I've seen my fair share of bad movies. But I can honestly say that this is in my top 3 worst movies. Usually, when I see an extremely bad film, it's so awful that it's funny - which makes it somewhat entertaining. But this film went into another and far worse category. A film so awful that I got a headache - not because the plot was so complex and intelligent, but because the plot was so ridiculous and unrealistic.

It's simple: when you go in search of a killer, call for backup. Don't go alone into an empty building. Have some common sense! Unfortunatelt, all the characters in FeardotCom, seem to have been born without the common sense gene.

I could suffer through dozens of cheesy horror flicks where the victim getting chased by a killer conveniently trips and falls down while the killer get increasingly closer. . . I could even suffer through poor acting in a horror flick if the plot is entertaining and at least scary.

But, when the plot of a film is neither logical nor entertaining you get one movie: FeardotCom