Fear Itself (film) explained

Fear Itself
Director:	Charlie Lyne
Music:	Jeremy Warmsley
Editing:	Charlie Lyne
Runtime:	88 minutes^[1]
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Fear Itself is a 2015 British documentary film about horror cinema, directed by Charlie Lyne and narrated by Amy E. Watson.

Summary

The film is constructed entirely from existing films with the exception of its opening and closing sequences.^[2]

Release

The film debuted on the BBC iPlayer service in October 2015, becoming the second film to be released on the platform after Bitter Lake. Its festival premiere took place at International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2016.

Films featured

• 4 mosche di velluto grigio (1971)^[3]
• 8mm (1999)
• Alive (1993)
• Altered States (1980)
• Amber Alert (2012)
• (1982)
• Antichrist (2009)
• The Birds (1963)^[4]
• Blow Out (1981)^[5]
• Brazil (1985)
• Carnival of Souls (1962)
• La casa dalle finestre che ridono (1976)
• Christine (1983)
• Code inconnu (2000)
• Cure (1997)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• The Dead Zone (1983)
• Der Todesking (1990)
• Don't Look Down (1998)
• Don't Look Now (1973)
• Elephant (1989)
• Elephant (2003)
• Enduring Love (2004)
• El espíritu de la colmena (1973)
• Et mourir de plaisir (1960)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Exorcist III (1990)
• Frankenstein (1931)
• Gravity (2013)
• Hollow Man (2000)
• Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002)
• House of Dracula (1945)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• It (1990)
• It Follows (2014)
• Jaws (1975)
• Ju-rei: Gekijôban – Kuro-ju-rei (2004)
• Kyôfu kikei ningen (1969)
• The Leopard Man (1943)
• Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
• Logan's Run (1976)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• M (1931)
• The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
• Mahal (1949)
• Martyrs (2008)
• Midnight Lace (1960)
• Môjû (1969)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)^[5]
• Night of the Demon (1957)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• (1988)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
• No profanar el sueño de los muertos (1975)
• Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
• (1979)
• Outrage (1950)
• Parents (1989)
• Patrick (1978)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Pig (1998)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• (1986)
• Poltergeist III (1988)
• Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
• Psycho (1960)^[5]
• Raat (1992)
• Repulsion (1965)
• Ringu (1998)
• Scanners (1981)
• Sette note in nero (1977)
• Somos lo que hay (2010)
• Suspiria (1977)
• The Strangers (2007)
• (1989)
• (1983)
• Uwakizuma: Chijokuzeme (1992)
• Uzumaki (2000)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Village of the Damned (1960)
• Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - Fear Itself . . 18 October 2015 . 1 February 2016.
2. Web site: Review: Fear Itself (2015) . The Horror Show . 1 February 2016.
3. Web site: Films featured in Fear Itself . . 1 February 2016.
4. https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/200263/fear-itself-2016/ Dread Central
5. https://www.bkmag.com/2017/01/06/fear-itself/ Fear Itself: The Ultimate Horror Film - Brooklyn Magazine