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		List Price: $9.98		Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Salesrank: 41373 Released: July 22, 2003
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		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 07/22/2003 Rating: R

Fear No Evil Reviews:
Don't listen to the crowd!!!!
2008-12-04 - I saw this movie as a teenager and it gave me the creeps. I don't understand all the bad reviews on this movie so I guess there must be a lot of agnostics and atheists out there who like horror movies. For those of us who know that the Devil is real, this movie is scary. Don't listen to these weirdos and buy this movie and watch it in the dark by yourself if you're not a sissy.

A classic example of "inspired mediocrity"
2008-06-20 - Well, it's different - you have to give Fear No Evil that, at least. As soon as I saw a reference to "Lucifer in high school," I knew I had to watch this movie. I actually found it to be a rather interesting film, but it's actually the film's weaknesses and faults that make it interesting. Had there been any real cohesiveness to the plot, I suspect this would have been a really boring movie. You know a movie's weird when its greatest strength is actually a product of its faults. Some of the most memorable scenes here revolve around story elements that aren't really connected to the main plot and sometimes seem as if they were just thrown in for the heck of it (or perhaps for padding). Take the dodgeball scene, for example, a bit of surreal theatre that virtually ever viewer will remember long after he's forgotten the actual premise of the film. At one point, the film even goes zombie on us for no apparent reason whatsoever. Maybe the filmmaker put these scenes in to distract the viewer from dwelling on the gaping holes in the overall plot. Then there's the whole homoerotic element, including a surprising amount of male nudity -I don't even want to know why director Frank LaLoggia pushed the envelope in that direction.

Filmed in 1979, Fear No Evil was released in 1981, when "demonic" movies were still all the rage in American culture. This film owes more to The Omen (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) than it does The Exorcist (25th Anniversary Special Edition), though, as the whole thing revolves around Lucifer being incarnated in human form. I don't know why Lucifer would need to be born to human parents in order to come into his power, but there you go. God, of course, isn't going to let his rebellious former archangel run amuck on Earth, so he sends a trio of archangels down to thwart the devil's plans. The three can only keep their "promise" by working together, but for some reason one of the three was born in human form several decades after the first two. That seeming lack of foresight on the Lord's part does much to explain why Andrew Williams (Stefan Arngrim of Land of the Giants - The Full Series (The Giant Collection) fame) - Lucifer in his most recent incarnated form - is able to grow into his powers at age 18 without being identified by any of the three angels (one of whom suffered and died in prison years earlier, while another had yet to show up at all) - despite the fact that word of baby Andrew's disastrous christening must have surely spread all over the small town, where the other archangel in human form lived. Of course, no one would look at Andrew and suspect him to be evil incarnate, as he's basically a big sissy super-geek that gets picked on at school. Anyway, it's up to poor Mikhail / Margaret Buchanan (Elizabeth Hoffman) to find the MIA Gabrielle (Kathleen Rowe McAllen), link up with the spirit of Rafael (John Holland), find Lucifer, and destroy him.

Director Frank LaLoggia does succeed in producing some very interesting iconographic moments, none more so than those juxtaposing a now-vamped up Lucifer calling forth his army of the undead with a traditional reenactment of the Passion of Christ that goes horrifyingly wrong. I can't complain about the soundtrack, either, as it features cuts from such punk and new wave artists as The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and Talking Heads. Unfortunately, the plot really is quite a mess, much of the acting is below par (although Elizabeth Hoffman turns in what I consider an inspired performance), and LaLoggia goes overboard with what are now some really cheesy special effects in the final part of the movie (up until that point, the special effects had actually been surprisingly good).

In this, his rather daring directorial debut, Frank LaLoggia does manage to do some really nice things with a very limited budget, particularly in the cinematography and lighting departments. In the end, though, he just tries to do too much with too few resources. Still, despite its many problems, Fear No Evil does have some kind of unquantifiable "it" factor (which I'm going to dub "inspired mediocrity") going for it, which makes it worth watching even today.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNINNNNNNNNNNG!!!!!!!!
2008-02-24 - I just bought this movie yesterday.& I'm returning it today.This movie SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED more D. then a prostitute.Dont EVEN waist your money.Even though I'm not gonna get all my money back when I return it that's fine.There aint NO way in HELL this movie is going in my 80's horror collection.& TO THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE THIS MOVIE A GOOD REVIEW.YOU HAVE NOOOOOOO TAISTE IN HORROR AT ALL!!!!!!I should of listen to my friend when he read the reviews to me over the phone.NEXT TIME I WILL. P.S. I would've gave this movie 0 stars.But UNFORTUNATLY the lowest I can give is 1 star :(

Lucifer on Earth
2007-11-10 - This film depicts the story of Lucifer in high school who gets revenge on the local jocks. Totally 80s clothes, reminiscent of AIP or Amicus. This is the best version I've seen, a right here now 80s evil drama depicting church life in the inner cities. Like it or not, it is the best I could find that night at the movie store. No big stars, cheap sets or phony acting, a realistic bombast in the Exorcist tradition. A far cry away from the original concept of the Unholy Trinity.

See It Once Then Never Watch Again In Life
2007-09-28 - The premise of the movie was great but was poorly executed. I tried to like this movie but soon it just gave me a headache and ultimately felt like a waste of time by the time it ended. Like another poster said this was a confused movie and I totally agree. It left me confused. The directing, acting, makeup, special effects, character development, and editing was very poor. This movie is supposed to be similar to "The Omen" but failed tremendously probably due to the $150,000 budget for the movie. There was just a mish mash of everything thrown together from the homoerotic undertones, the bleeding baby, the Atari light show, the dog killing, etc. that nothing made any sense. I was going to say avoid this movie at all costs but I recommend a person to see it once but never watch it again in life after that.