It looks like a new audience, and maybe those looking to take a nostalgic trip down memory lane, have made a 1996 thriller ascend on the Netflix streaming chart.Fear, which starsMark WahlbergandReese Witherspoon, was recently added to the platform and its tale of obsession gone wrong is steadily rising on the charts.
When 16-year-old Nicole Walker (Reese Witherspoon) meets 23-year-old David McCall (Mark Wahlberg) at a Seattle nightclub, she falls in love. David is exciting and charming, and despite the wide age gap, he wins over Nicole’s family – except for her workaholic father, Steven (William Petersen), who’s suspicious of David from the start. His concerns are realized when David turns out to be a violent sociopath who sees Nicole as his possession, and her family home a fortress to be invaded.
Like many other older movies arriving on the platform,Fearhit the Top 10 on the Netflix streaming charts in the United States. It’s easy to tell when a film is starting to make an impact on the streamer because it soon begins to trend on social media and that appears to be the case withFear, as many are discovering that the movie is now available on the platform.
Fear Helped Turn Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon into Movie Stars
Fearis a psychological thriller directed by James Foley and written by Christopher Crowe. The film centers around a family whose seemingly perfect life is threatened when their teenage daughter Nicole (Witherspoon) begins dating a mysterious older man named David (Wahlberg) who turns out to be an obsessively violent sociopath. The movie also stars William Petersen, Alyssa Milano, and Amy Brenneman.
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The film received negative reviews from critics upon its release, scoring a 46 percent rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus reads,“Fear has an appealing young cast, but their efforts aren’t enough to consistently distract from an increasingly overblown – and illogical – teen stalker story”. Despite poor reviews, the film became a modest sleeper hit at the box office, grossing $20.8 million on a slim $6.5 million budget. The movie also went on to become a cult classic, especially for curious viewers wanting to see early films starring Wahlberg and Witherspoon. Wahlberg was ultimately nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for his role in the movie.
Fearis now streaming on Netflix.
