When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly teams with ambitious Department of Health researcher Terry Huston to uncover the cause behind their violent and inexplicable deaths. The only common factor shared by the victims? Each died exactly 48 hours after logging onto a website called feardotcom.
FearDotCom was made with just enough craft to keep it from being the instantly dated camp howler its title promises, but it's quickly apparent that there's no thought or originality under its grim, familiar surface.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
29 May 2013
rotten:
While such artlessness doesn't inspire shivers, it's definitely worth a few cheap laughs.
– Manohla Dargis,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2013
rotten:
Feardotcom is the cinematic equivalent of spam in your e-mail inbox.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
29 May 2013
rotten:
The pity is that there's an interesting thriller buried inside this concept.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jul 2014
rotten:
The story is a mess, some of the images offensive, the acting under par and the dialogue silly.