The night before, Tom plans to take Lucy to the Kilairney House Hotel, which he booked online and is hidden away on a series of remote roads in the Irish countryside.

Strange things begin happening, including Lucy spotting a man in a white mask and someone attempting to grab her from the darkness.

She opens the boot and discovers Tom bound inside, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning from the tube forced into his throat.

[1] Actors Alice Englert and Iain De Caestacker were not told what would happen to their characters during filming, other than the basic setup of the story, with many of their shocked reactions therefore being genuine and not acted.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Compact and effective, In Fear offers discerning horror fans a smart and disturbing plunge into the depths of cinematic anxiety.

[5] Much of the film's praise centered around the camerawork,[6][7] and The Hollywood Reporter commented that "Lovering's camera setups turn an already tight car into an increasingly claustrophobic setting".

[8] Empire gave a mixed review for In Fear, remarking that it had "atmosphere and enough proper scares to deliver on the promise of its title" but that it was also "contrived and nothing new plot-wise",[9] called it "up there with some of the best (worst?)