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''Fear'' is a 1996 psychological thriller film directed by James Foley, starring Creator/MarkWahlberg and Creator/ReeseWitherspoon.

Nicole Walker (Witherspoon) is a teenage girl who, while at a cafe, meets a handsome and mysterious young man named David [=McCall=] (Wahlberg). The two end up together and within a couple of weeks, Nicole realizes that David is becoming possessive of her and ultimately breaks up with him. David tries everything to get Nicole back, but when that doesn't work, he and his group of friends break into Nicole's home by holding her and her family hostage, which leads to some nasty consequences.

The film costars Creator/WilliamPetersen as Nicole's father Steven, Amy Brenneman as her stepmother Laura, and Creator/AlyssaMilano as her best friend Margo.

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!This film provides examples of:

* ActionDad: Steven realizes what's going on and eventually has a showdown with David.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: David decapitates the family's dog, which just adds more fuel to Nicole's rage.
* BadassBoast: David's note to Steven after trashing his car: "[[DoubleEntendre Now I've popped both your cherries!]]"
* BadGuysPlayPool: The first time Nicole sees David, he is playing pool.
* BarBrawl: The rave party quickly degenerates into a fight scene.
* CarFu: The youngest member of the family runs over a member of David's gang.
* CarvedMark: David carves "Nicole 4 Eva" into his chest.
* ChekhovsGift: The PeacePipe David wins for Nicole at a fair is used to stab him in the back.
* CoolCar: Steven's 1966 Ford Mustang and David's 1965 Chevrolet Corvair.
* CrazyJealousGuy: David goes above and beyond this trope.
* CutHimselfShaving: Nicole tells her stepmother that she got her black eye in gym class.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:At the end of the climactic home invasion, David is fatally thrown out of a window by Nicole's father Steven.]]
* EvilOrphan: It's eventually explained that David was an orphan who went from home to home and shelter to shelter cause he was too crazy to take care of.
* FanService: Reese Witherspoon and Alyssa Milano wear revealing clothes for a good portion of the movie, Milano is seen in a thong at one point.
* FauxAffablyEvil: David sure knows how to win people over. He doesn't even display any animosity towards Nicole [[spoiler:while he's trying to rape her.]] But he's otherwise a pure scumbag.
* GenderFlip: One of the few ''FatalAttraction'' knock-offs where the psycho lover is male.
* HateSink: David [=McCall=] is an AxCrazy sociopath who believes himself deserving of total ownership of Nicole. He starts out engaging in relatively minor rebellious behaviors but escalates when he beats up Gary for hugging Nicole and hits her in the process. Once he wins her back over, he proves himself to be just as detestable as ever, stealing Margo away from her boyfriend to rape her and threatening her when he suspects she told Nicole. Later, he murders Gary, and he and his gang break into Nicole's house with the intention of killing her entire family and Margo, then taking Nicole with him.
* IGaveMyWord: Earlier, David told Nicole that he'd kill any guy who'd dare touch her when he was explaining to her why he went crazy over her and Gary hugging. He keeps his word and kills Logan when Logan tried to rape Nicole.
* GutPunch: The film starts off as a typical teen romantic drama. Then David sees Nicole hugging Gary and David reveals his true colors, after which the tone just keeps getting darker.
* InTheBack: David gets stabbed with a peace pipe in that area.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: David's speech to Gary comparing him to a wall (since Gary's standing between Nicole and himself)
-->'''David:''' Did you know I grew up in a lot of different places?
-->'''Gary:''' Uh, no. Actually, Nicole told me that...
-->'''David:''' Oh, yeah. Bridgewater, Spaford, Rikers, you name it. You know what they have in common?
-->'''Gary:''' No.
-->'''David:''' Weak walls. Actually, that's why they moved me around so much. I'd pound on the wall, it'd break. They'd move me to the next one and the next one... until finally they got sick of buildin' walls and showed me the door. Pretty useful upbringing it turned out, though, Gar. There's always walls. Usually the moist, fleshy kind that try to get in the way of me and it, whatever it may be. Silly, silly people, though. They're only to be knocked down. ''(knocks Gary to the ground, who runs away from him)'' Gary!
* MidlifeCrisisCar: Steven's Red Corvette.
* MoralMyopia: Oh, sure David, you [[spoiler:rape your girlfriend's best friend thinking she won't find out, but when she rejects you, it's perfectly acceptable to kill her friend and try to murder her own family.]]
* MrFanservice: David being shirtless before sexing it up with Nicole.
* NeckSnap: David does this to [[spoiler:Gary]] after the aforementioned ImpliedDeathThreat.
* NotGoodWithRejection: David, to say the ''very'' least. The entire climax of the film is a consequence of Nicole telling David off.
* PapaWolf: Steven goes into this mode towards the end.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with; the security guard for the Walker family is smart enough to stop the thugs and disarm them, but one sneaks up behind him.
* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:After Nicole stabs David, Steven shouts at David, "Now, you get out of here!" before throwing him out the window and onto a rock outcropping below.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: David.
* SurpriseCreepy: Margo, fresh from a night of debauchery at David's crack house, asks Toby "When are you gonna grow up so I can ravage you?" Nicole, who had just seen Margo willingly passed around like a party favor, is not amused.
* TheModestOrgasm: Nicole has one while getting fingered by David on a roller coaster.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Steven's cherry red Mustang gets absolutely trashed by David.
* ThisIsADrill: One of the thugs attacking the house gets drilled in the hand and immediately leaves for the hospital.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: David punches himself in the chest and blames it on Steven to have Nicole confront him about it.
* {{Yandere}}: David is ''seriously'' possessive of Nicole, to CrazyJealousGuy degrees.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: David shoots his friend Logan in the head right before the final battle due to him trying to rape Nicole.

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''Fear'' is a 1996 psychological thriller film directed by James Foley, starring Creator/MarkWahlberg and Creator/ReeseWitherspoon.

Nicole Walker (Witherspoon) is a teenage girl who, while at a cafe, meets a handsome and mysterious young man named David [=McCall=] (Wahlberg). The two end up together and within a couple of weeks, Nicole realizes that David is becoming possessive of her and ultimately breaks up with him. David tries everything to get Nicole back, but when that doesn't work, he and his group of friends break into Nicole's home by holding her and her family hostage, which leads to some nasty consequences.

The film costars Creator/WilliamPetersen as Nicole's father Steven, Amy Brenneman as her stepmother Laura, and Creator/AlyssaMilano as her best friend Margo.

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!This film provides examples of:

* ActionDad: Steven realizes what's going on and eventually has a showdown with David.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: David decapitates the family's dog, which just adds more fuel to Nicole's rage.
* BadassBoast: David's note to Steven after trashing his car: "[[DoubleEntendre Now I've popped both your cherries!]]"
* BadGuysPlayPool: The first time Nicole sees David, he is playing pool.
* BarBrawl: The rave party quickly degenerates into a fight scene.
* CarFu: The youngest member of the family runs over a member of David's gang.
* CarvedMark: David carves "Nicole 4 Eva" into his chest.
* ChekhovsGift: The PeacePipe David wins for Nicole at a fair is used to stab him in the back.
* CoolCar: Steven's 1966 Ford Mustang and David's 1965 Chevrolet Corvair.
* CrazyJealousGuy: David goes above and beyond this trope.
* CutHimselfShaving: Nicole tells her stepmother that she got her black eye in gym class.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:At the end of the climactic home invasion, David is fatally thrown out of a window by Nicole's father Steven.]]
* EvilOrphan: It's eventually explained that David was an orphan who went from home to home and shelter to shelter cause he was too crazy to take care of.
* FanService: Reese Witherspoon and Alyssa Milano wear revealing clothes for a good portion of the movie, Milano is seen in a thong at one point.
* FauxAffablyEvil: David sure knows how to win people over. He doesn't even display any animosity towards Nicole [[spoiler:while he's trying to rape her.]] But he's otherwise a pure scumbag.
* GenderFlip: One of the few ''FatalAttraction'' knock-offs where the psycho lover is male.
* HateSink: David [=McCall=] is an AxCrazy sociopath who believes himself deserving of total ownership of Nicole. He starts out engaging in relatively minor rebellious behaviors but escalates when he beats up Gary for hugging Nicole and hits her in the process. Once he wins her back over, he proves himself to be just as detestable as ever, stealing Margo away from her boyfriend to rape her and threatening her when he suspects she told Nicole. Later, he murders Gary, and he and his gang break into Nicole's house with the intention of killing her entire family and Margo, then taking Nicole with him.
* IGaveMyWord: Earlier, David told Nicole that he'd kill any guy who'd dare touch her when he was explaining to her why he went crazy over her and Gary hugging. He keeps his word and kills Logan when Logan tried to rape Nicole.
* GutPunch: The film starts off as a typical teen romantic drama. Then David sees Nicole hugging Gary and David reveals his true colors, after which the tone just keeps getting darker.
* InTheBack: David gets stabbed with a peace pipe in that area.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: David's speech to Gary comparing him to a wall (since Gary's standing between Nicole and himself)
-->'''David:''' Did you know I grew up in a lot of different places?
-->'''Gary:''' Uh, no. Actually, Nicole told me that...
-->'''David:''' Oh, yeah. Bridgewater, Spaford, Rikers, you name it. You know what they have in common?
-->'''Gary:''' No.
-->'''David:''' Weak walls. Actually, that's why they moved me around so much. I'd pound on the wall, it'd break. They'd move me to the next one and the next one... until finally they got sick of buildin' walls and showed me the door. Pretty useful upbringing it turned out, though, Gar. There's always walls. Usually the moist, fleshy kind that try to get in the way of me and it, whatever it may be. Silly, silly people, though. They're only to be knocked down. ''(knocks Gary to the ground, who runs away from him)'' Gary!
* MidlifeCrisisCar: Steven's Red Corvette.
* MoralMyopia: Oh, sure David, you [[spoiler:rape your girlfriend's best friend thinking she won't find out, but when she rejects you, it's perfectly acceptable to kill her friend and try to murder her own family.]]
* MrFanservice: David being shirtless before sexing it up with Nicole.
* NeckSnap: David does this to [[spoiler:Gary]] after the aforementioned ImpliedDeathThreat.
* NotGoodWithRejection: David, to say the ''very'' least. The entire climax of the film is a consequence of Nicole telling David off.
* PapaWolf: Steven goes into this mode towards the end.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with; the security guard for the Walker family is smart enough to stop the thugs and disarm them, but one sneaks up behind him.
* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:After Nicole stabs David, Steven shouts at David, "Now, you get out of here!" before throwing him out the window and onto a rock outcropping below.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: David.
* SurpriseCreepy: Margo, fresh from a night of debauchery at David's crack house, asks Toby "When are you gonna grow up so I can ravage you?" Nicole, who had just seen Margo willingly passed around like a party favor, is not amused.
* TheModestOrgasm: Nicole has one while getting fingered by David on a roller coaster.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Steven's cherry red Mustang gets absolutely trashed by David.
* ThisIsADrill: One of the thugs attacking the house gets drilled in the hand and immediately leaves for the hospital.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: David punches himself in the chest and blames it on Steven to have Nicole confront him about it.
* {{Yandere}}: David is ''seriously'' possessive of Nicole, to CrazyJealousGuy degrees.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: David shoots his friend Logan in the head right before the final battle due to him trying to rape Nicole.

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* HateSink: David is an AxCrazy sociopath who believes himself deserving of total ownership of Nicole. He starts out engaging in relatively minor rebellious behaviors, but escalates when he beats up Gary for hugging Nicole and hits her in the process. Once he wins her back over, he proves himself to be just as detestable as ever, stealing Margo away from her boyfriend to rape her and threatening her when he suspects she told Nicole. Later, he murders Gary, and he and his gang break into Nicole's house with the intention of killing her entire family and Margo, then taking Nicole with him.

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* HateSink: David [=McCall=] is an AxCrazy sociopath who believes himself deserving of total ownership of Nicole. He starts out engaging in relatively minor rebellious behaviors, behaviors but escalates when he beats up Gary for hugging Nicole and hits her in the process. Once he wins her back over, he proves himself to be just as detestable as ever, stealing Margo away from her boyfriend to rape her and threatening her when he suspects she told Nicole. Later, he murders Gary, and he and his gang break into Nicole's house with the intention of killing her entire family and Margo, then taking Nicole with him.
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* HateSink: David is an AxCrazy sociopath who believes himself deserving of total ownership of Nicole. He starts out engaging in relatively minor rebellious behaviors, but escalates when he beats up Gary for hugging Nicole and hits her in the process. Once he wins her back over, he proves himself to be just as detestable as ever, stealing Margo away from her boyfriend to rape her and threatening her when he suspects she told Nicole. Later, he murders Gary, and he and his gang break into Nicole's house with the intention of killing her entire family and Margo, then taking Nicole with him.

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* MoralMyopia: Oh, sure David, you [[spoiler:rape your girlfriend's best friend thinking she won't find out, but when she rejects you, it's perfectly acceptable to kill her friend and try to murder her own family.]]



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* FauxAffablyEvil: David sure knows how to win people over. He doesn't even display any animosity towards Nicole [[spoiler:while he's trying to rape her.]] But he's otherwise a pure scumbag.
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''Fear'' is a 1996 psychological thriller film directed by James Foley, starring Creator/MarkWahlberg and Creator/ReeseWitherspoon.
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The film costars William Petersen as Nicole's father Steven, Amy Brenneman as her stepmother Laura, and Creator/AlyssaMilano as her best friend Margo.

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