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What if your anxiety literally murdered people? Asking for a friend who's definitely fine.
TMDB
40
IMDb
55
Rotten Tomatoes
17
Audience Score
48

A Problem with Fear (2003)

indie quirkanxiety-coreCanadian weird

Overview

ComedyDrama

A young man in Calgary, Alberta is multiphobic: nonetheless, he believes that he is the cause of the fear which is killing people around him.

Flag of USUSFlag of CACA
Content warning
fearphobiaovercoming fears

Standout Aspects

Acting

Paulo Costanzo's twitchy, committed descent into paranoid chaos

Direction

Gary Burns turns Calgary into a sterile dread machine

Writing

Bizarre premise played completely straight — somehow works?

Best for:Solo: Late night when you're already overthinking everything anyway·Streaming: Curiosity stream for obscure Canadian cinema deep cuts
Heads up:Disturbing: Death by fear is weirdly visceral despite zero gore
G

Director

Gary Burns

ReleasedJan 1, 2003
Runtime1h 32m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
micro_scope

Top Cast

Paulo Costanzo

Paulo Costanzo

Laurie

Emily Hampshire

Emily Hampshire

Dot

Willie Garson

Willie Garson

Erin

Camille Sullivan

Camille Sullivan

Michelle

Marnie Alton

Marnie Alton

Daphne

Keegan Connor Tracy

Keegan Connor Tracy

Vicky

Ben Immanuel

Ben Immanuel

Alan

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Shot entirely in Calgary's Core Shopping Centre, which gives the film its unnerving, liminal atmosphere — the mall becomes a character.

Cultural

Part of a weird wave of early-2000s Canadian films obsessed with urban anxiety and dead malls, reflecting post-dot-com economic dread.

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