Fear No Evil is a 1981 American horror film directed by Frank LaLoggia, and starring Stefan Arngrim, Elizabeth Hoffman, and Kathleen Rowe McAllen.

On the night of a school dance, Andrew arrives at the castle estate and invokes Leviathan and Beelzebub, and summons the undead from grave sites on the property.

At a local bar, Andrew's father drunkenly raves about his son being the devil before returning home and shooting his wife in the head.

During the scene of the crucifixion, the actor onstage playing Jesus begins exhibiting real stigmata, causing the audience to flee in horror.

Fear No Evil was shot in LaLoggia's hometown of Rochester, New York, with some scenes in Webster and Heart Island, in the late summer and fall of 1979 under the working title of Mark of the Beast.

[1] Special effects creator Peter Kuran worked with his company Visual Concept Engineering for a total of four months to complete the film's final sequence.

[1] LaLoggia commented after the film's release that making it "taught me important things about myself, and the considerable struggle of dealing with the dichotomy of movie-making, the commercial-business aspects versus the creative end.

Fear No Evil had an early screening in Long Beach, California, on November 24, 1980,[7] followed by a special pre-screening of the film for cast, crew, and local residents in Rochester in December 1980.

[2] The Fort Lauderdale News's Candice Russell praised the film as "an admirable debut...  Slick and handsome, Fear No Evil features nifty special effects like the emanations from the transmogrified Lucifer and the glittery beams from a laser-like gold cross.

"[9] Tom Buckley of the New York Times was not impressed, however, comparing it unfavorably to the films of George Romero, and writing, "The dialogue and characterizations are rudimentary.

"[10] Bill von Maurer of The Miami News noted that "there is a germ of a good idea in Fear No Evil," but felt that the plot "meanders and frequently plunges into the obtuse.

"[12] Robert Alan Ross of the Tampa Bay Times praised the film's cinematography, but added that "not even the most competent editor could improve Fear No Evil.

"[13] Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times made similar praises about the cinematography, writing that the film "contains sublime poetic imagery.