To me, this movie is perfection.

People are voting emotionally.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Hunted like an animal. Naked prey. Let me assure you, that is the good part of the movie, which was initially off to a precarious start, but Danielle De Luca came in and instantly turned it around whenever she was on the screen. Cute and with spark. The rest of the cast, well, early on I liked the Sheriff, but, okay, the lot couldn't carry a ten minute commercial.What a total letdown. At one stage, Our Heroine was doing applause-worthy well fighting back. Then, as she flees through the woods, she bumped into a hunter, and from that point onward, the movie became total total total junk. There was no point in having this victim rescued by an outside group. Perceived as just like the dumb, hapless animals as "worthless", she, naïve and vulnerable, had to conquer her foe alone, she had to overcome her fear and stand up for herself. THIS WAS DONE, but then, it really looks AS IF THE PROJECT WAS TAKEN OVER BY A SECOND TEAM and movie becomes a dumb gore-fest (badly done, I mean, gore fans wouldn't sit up - from their coffins - and notice).The stretch of the movie that is the NAKED FEAR is quite well filmed. It is exactly as the other reviewers here say it is, I would just add that the juxtapositioning of the beauty of New Mexico makes it hell in paradise.This particular movie, that last two reels of film really needs to be thrown away, and remade from there. Danielle gave a stellar performance, but it's really all for naught with this shambles of a letdown.That knife. The older boy goes into the pup tent with the knife. Why? And why would he leave it lying next to Diana? Besides facilitating the corny set-up, I mean.A near success, snatched from the jaws of victory.For how it should be done (albeit with less explicit nudity): Australian movie FAIR GAME, with Cassandra Delaney, one of The Raven's favorites.My score for the movie takes into account that Danielle De Luca is a must-see. Wow. All natural, long limbs, no tattoos, and suntan-free. Double wow.

A guy captures and hunts down prostitutes. How did this concept not get made in the 70s? Maybe because a very similar event actually happened in the 70s, but still surprising.Nevertheless, you're given this concept, and you naturally expect exploitation trash. It's actually way better than that, so maybe gets a higher score than it deserves just for so completely clearing the admittedly low hurdle of my expectations.--Minor spoilers-- There were some things that didn't make much sense. The woman is frightened and angry and confused, but still speaking English for the first day or two of her ordeal. Suddenly she's found by a hunting family, and she understandably freaks out, but then, even when it's clear they're trying to help her, she's unable to speak and tell them what's been going on. Really? Maybe this complete retreat into an animal nature would be easier to swallow if it was, like, months, up in the mountains, eating bugs and running from shadows.The killer seems like a pretty friendly guy, but everything that happens to him in this movie, he's got coming to him, and then some. Not very sporting of him to not leave the women shoes, at least. But I guess he really can't afford for any of them to get away.The ending was kind of amusing, and almost turned this whole thing into the 70s-style exploitation garbage I was expecting.

Naked Fear is one that sat on my Netflix Instant Queue for almost two months. Which I was shocked because when I first heard of it, I wanted to see it immediately, but couldn't find time. The only thing that drew attention to me was it read "Available until September 22, 2010" in big red letters. So I knew I had to watch it sooner rather than later. The thing I was fond of was for much of the second half of the movie it turns almost to a perspective Horror film. One I mentioned when reviewing Devil is hard thing to do. Films like Open Water utilize the perspective Horror feel to the fullest of capabilities. Without imaging yourself as the victim(s) in the movie the effect is small and you won't respond well to it most likely. Put yourself in the shoes (in this case our lead wears none) of the victim in this movie. How would you feel? That is the question.While having some impressive shots of landscape and open wood areas, the crew did one huge no-no when making this movie. Why in the holy hell did they use CGI for some of the scenery shots and airplane shot? It looks incredibly fake and just ruins the overall feel. I loved watching our victim run around helplessly in the very atmospheric, radiant, and breathtaking scenery we have in this film, but why did the creators choose CGI for somethings? I've spoke many times on CGI and say the same quote; "Excessive CGI is excessive. Well done excessive CGI is fluent and adds to the film." In this case the CGI isn't excessive (Thank God), but it's extremely unnecessary and embarrassing. They were in an open area. Where was the extreme full shot of the scenery? Why couldn't we get a unique aerial view of the landscape? Maybe because the plane was too CGI? The plot of the movie involves a stripper in a sleepy New Mexico town where various strippers are disappearing without a trace. The police department is perplexed and leads come at a molasses pace. New-coming stripper and protagonist Diana (Danielle De Luca) finally gets her turn at the deadly cat and mouse game after being kidnapped and stranded out in the middle of nowhere, naked, and desperate. She finds a man who she believes will help her, but he's the cat in this twisted game. A cat with a sniper who's goal is to kill Diana in the deserted area.It's a humble film. No big name stars or to my knowledge even had a mainstream release. So this movie is definitely an underrated gem. Plot wise it's amazing. I love the overall feel and the perspective Horror genre is utilized extremely well here. The only downside which I marked the movie off a full star rating was the God awful use of CGI. I've always hated to keep bringing up something I've said before, but it's just so unnecessary and almost docks the film halfway from four stars. While a majority of the film is made up by great acting and suspenseful scenes (which have some intense synth music by the way), some scenes can be picked out that I would call mediocre. Some scenes capture intensity better than others as well.Naked Fear combines a good plot with very well done acting and some amazing scenery when it's real. The portion of the film, unlike the film I reviewed recently Devil, takes place in an open field rather than half out of the setting, half back in town. Unlike Devil, the film takes place in most of the setting where the predator and prey are. In Devil we go in and out of the elevator frequently. All in all, Naked Fear is an interesting and very up and down movie as it is. Some parts made the movie and others just screwed the movie, but hey, I've gone into the CGI enough.Starring: Danielle De Luca and J.D. Garfield. Directed by: Thom Eberhardt.

Although character development is pretty spotty, and Joe Mantegna is mostly wasted, "Naked Fear" is the type of DVD gold you can occasionally stumble upon in the sea of bad exploitation movies. Danielle De Luca does a good job as the hunted, and the story never loses momentum, once the outdoor pursuit commences. Though her choices are not always logical, the great scenery and a few tense moments overcome any story weaknesses. Make no mistake this is not your typical hunted in the woods plot, but rather an exploitation film that pushes into some new territory. Concerning the controversial ending, just think of "Naked Fear" as a rural version of "Ms.45". - MERK