A Fantastic Fear of Everything
2012 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Chris Hopewell, Crispian Mills |
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| Writer: | Bruce Robinson, Crispian Mills |
| Staring: |
| Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 07, 2012 |
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| Director: | Chris Hopewell, Crispian Mills |
| Writer: | Bruce Robinson, Crispian Mills |
| Genres: | Comedy, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | paranoia, holiday season, personal demons |
| Production Companies | Voltage Pictures, Indomina Productions, Keel Films, Pinewood Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $96,948
Budget: $1,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Simon Pegg | Jack |
| Paul Freeman | Dr. Friedkin |
| Clare Higgins | Clair De Grunwald |
| Amara Karan | Sangeet |
| Alan Drake | Perkins |
| Michael Feast | Disgruntled Diner |
| Mo Idriss | Disgruntled Diner |
| Elliot Greene | Biggie |
| Harley Kierans | Tiny |
| Kamal Onyiukah | Noodles |
| Bernard Cribbins | The Voice (voice) |
| Henry Lloyd-Hughes | PC Taser |
| Anna Madeley | WPC Taser |
| Pamela Cundell | Ivy |
| Jane Stanness | Sheena the Punk Rocker |
| Tuyet Le | Laundrette Warden |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bruce Robinson | Novel |
| Chris Hopewell | Co-Director, Production Design |
| Simon Chaudoir | Director of Photography |
| David Bryan | Art Direction |
| Surya Buck | Set Decoration |
| Fran Cooper | Set Decoration |
| William Philip | Set Decoration |
| Dan Roberts | Editor |
| Lou Foley | Costume Design |
| Sylvia Atkins | Makeup Artist |
| Laura Blount | Makeup Artist |
| Michael Price | Original Music Composer |
| Sandy Buchanan | Sound |
| Glen Gathard | Foley Editor |
| Brendan Nicholson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Adam Scrivener | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crispian Mills | Screenplay, Director |
| Nadia Stacey | Makeup Designer, Hair Designer |
| Karen Lindsay-Stewart | Casting |
| Peter Burgis | Foley Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Johnny Fewings | Executive Producer |
| Jasbinder Singh Mann | Executive Producer |
| Geraldine Patten | Producer |
| Steve Norris | Executive Producer |
| Mick Southworth | Executive Producer |
| Crispian Mills | Producer |
| Simon Pegg | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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It all hinges on Simon Pegg, and for me, he makes it work. _A Fantastic Fear of Everything_ will not be for everyone, indeed, it's darker than even your average horror comedy, but I am happy to have seen it. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._ ...
Bad watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend unless you're ona Simon Pegg binge or an eccentric writer. I like Simon Pegg, but this doesn't feel like one of his movies, and maybe that was the point. It has an interesting premise, and maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind for ... the movie, but I don't find the paranoia and mental afflictions of the character funny: I don't even feel they're presented as jokes. There is some heavily worked situational comedy, but the movie doesn't feel like a comedy itself. Long story short: it was kind of a depressing watch with some mildy interesting psychology to it and rather little criminology.