Fatal Attraction
Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a positive review, further accrediting the comparisons to "Fatal Attraction", writing: ""Fear" is a teen "Fatal Attraction", and — surprise — it isn’t bad." He did, however, criticise the finale: "[Director] James Foley does a fine job evoking the sexual tensions between father, daughter, and rogue suitor, but he has less luck with the (inevitable) garish climax, which is so unconvincingly staged it never even makes it over the top".