# A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)

> A paranoid crime novelist spirals through a darkly comic nightmare of serial-killer research, domestic disorder, and self-confrontation.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/68781

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Horror
- Director: Crispian Mills
- Cast: Simon Pegg, Paul Freeman, Clare Higgins, Amara Karan, Alan Drake, Michael Feast, Mo Idriss, Elliot Greene
- TMDB rating: 5.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006040/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: anxious, macabre, surreal, simon pegg binge, dark comedy night

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