"A mad genius (Stephen Rea) has created a live-cam site that determines a person's deepest fear and then brings that fear to brutal life 48 hours later
unless someone finds a way to cut off the site at its source. An investigating detective (Stephen Dorff) and a city health inspector (Natascha McElhone) know the danger of logging on to the site, but they're determined to solve the mystery. They think they can endure the terror that awaits. But, that's where they might go dead wrong," according to the film's official synopsis.
Wretched horror, with too much focus on Mr. Rea's torturing mad scientist, and not enough time spent on the much more interesting "Jeannie Richardson" character, played (most of the time) by Sharon Stone-like Gesine Cukrowski. Ms. Cukrowski makes a beautiful and creepy villain. Director William Malone manages an eclectic cast, with notable "cameo" appearances from Matthias Schweighöfer (as punkish videographer Dieter Schrader) and a rarely seen Michael Sarrazin (as alcoholic writer Frank Bryant). Alas, the film isn't too frighteningly plotted.
**** FeardotCom (8/9/02) William Malone ~ Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea
Wretched horror, with too much focus on Mr. Rea's torturing mad scientist, and not enough time spent on the much more interesting "Jeannie Richardson" character, played (most of the time) by Sharon Stone-like Gesine Cukrowski. Ms. Cukrowski makes a beautiful and creepy villain. Director William Malone manages an eclectic cast, with notable "cameo" appearances from Matthias Schweighöfer (as punkish videographer Dieter Schrader) and a rarely seen Michael Sarrazin (as alcoholic writer Frank Bryant). Alas, the film isn't too frighteningly plotted.
**** FeardotCom (8/9/02) William Malone ~ Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea