History Film / FearInc

* AnArmAndALeg: Joe is forced to cut off Ben's hand in a recreation of a scene from ''Film/{{Saw}}''.

''Fear, Inc.'' is a 2016 American comedy horror film directed by Vincent Masciale and written by Luke Barnett. The film stars Lucas Neff, Caitlin Stasey, Chris Marquette, and Stephanie Drake.

* AnArmAndALeg: Joe is forced to cut of Ben's hand in a recreation of a scene from ''Film/{{Saw}}''.
* BatterUp: The balaclava-ed figure pursuing the woman in TheTeaser is carrying a spiked baseball bat.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Joe Foster is a horror movie buff who complains that he doesn't find anything in real life scary. Enter Fear, Inc., who proceed to give him a ''real'' scare. The ending in particular, in which [[spoiler: the company invokes Joe's favorite death scene - The Red Wedding - on the main characters, as they wanted to be ''sure'' Joe appreciated their efforts]].

* CouldntFindAPen: A note written in blood in left pinned the wall of Joe's sauna with a knife.
* DangerTakesABackseat: It opens with a PursuedProtagonist being chased through a high rise carpark. She reaches her car and thinks she is safe, but when she starts the car she hears voices on the radio saying her pursuers know exactly where she is. Then she is garotted by someone hiding in the backseat.

* ForInconveniencePressOne: A woman is desperately phoning the title company to call off the psycho who is stalking her with [[BatterUp a spiked baseball bat]]. The operator who takes her call places her on hold--complete with inappropriately jaunty hold music--as the psycho advances.

* TheGameNeverStopped: Zigzagged. First of all, Joe believes that attacks are part of a game organized by Fear, Inc. Then he finally comes to believe the attacks are real, and kills one of the MalevolentMaskedMen. Then, [[spoiler:Lindsey tells him that it was just a game, and he has just murdered an actor.]] He and Lindsey take the body out to the desert to bury it, but Fear, Inc. catches up with them. Fear, Inc. [[spoiler:kill Lindsey]] and leave Joe in the desert. He eventually finds his way to a diner and tries to call the police only to discover [[spoiler:it really was all a game and everyone is still alive]]. But, in a final twist, Fear, Inc. [[spoiler:announces they are horrible people for wanting to play such a game in the first place, [[AssholeVictim and murders them]]]].

** He notes that [[InspirationNod the premise itself]] - a private company being hired to give one of the IdleRich a thrill for a price - is straight out of ''Film/TheGame''. He even invokes Creator/DavidFincher multiple times throughout his session as a way to compliment the company's thoroughness.

* InspirationNod: Joe calls the premise of the company (and the film itself) as evoking ''Film/TheGame''

* GrievousBottleyHarm: When Joe decides he needs a weapon, he attempts to smash a bottle against the wall. RealityEnsues, and he winds up with a handful of broken glass, cutting open his hand. Lindsey then shows that she is much better at it, and breaks a bottle into a jagged dagger and hands it to him.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Joe Foster is a horror movie buff who complains that he doesn't find anything in real life scary. Enter Fear, Inc., who proceed to give him a ''real'' scare.
** The ending in particular, in which [[spoiler: the company invokes Joe's favorite death scene - The Red Wedding - on the main characters, as they wanted to be ''sure'' Joe appreciated their efforts]].

* PhoneBooth: After being abandoned in the desert, Joe manages to make it to a phone booth at an old gas station, only to discover the phone isn't working.

* TheGameNeverStopped: Zigzagged. First of all, Joe believes that attacks are part of a game organized by Fear, Inc. Then he finally comes to believe the attacks are real, and kills one of the MalevolentMaskedMen. Then, [[spoiler:Lindsey tells him that it was just a game, and he has just murdered an actor.]] He and Lindsey take the body out to the desert to bury it, but Fear, Inc. catches up with them. Fear, Inc. [[spoiler:kill Lindsey]] and leave Joe in the desert. He eventually finds his way to a diner and tries to call the police only to discover [[spoiler:it really was all a game and everyone is still alive]]. But, in a final twist, Fear, Inc. [[spoiler:announces [[YouBastard they are horrible people for wanting to play such a game in the first place]], and murders them]].

* TheGameNeverStopped: Zigzagged. First of all, Joe believes that attacks are part of a game organized by Fear, Inc. Then he finally comes to believe the attacks are real, and kills one of the MalevolentMaskedMen. Then, [[spoiler:Lindsey tells him that it was just a game, and he has just murdered an actor.]] He and Lindsey take the body out to the desert to bury it, but Fear, Inc. catches up with them. Fear, Inc. [[spoiler:kill Lindsey]] and leave Joe in the desert. He eventually finds his way to a diner and tries to call the police only to discover [[spoiler:it really was all a game and everyone is still alive]]. But, in a final twist, Fear, Inc. [[spoiler:announces they are horrible people for having played the game, and murders them]].

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: During the traffic stop, Joe becomes suspicious when the sheriff refers to him as 'Joe Foster', despite Joe not having told him his name or given him his licence.

** First, he's appreciate of their [[PersonAsVerb pulling a]] Creator/DrewBarrymore on [[spoiler: his neighbor, Bill]] a la ''Film/{{Scream}}''

** He notes that [[InspirationNod the premise itself]] - a private company being hired to give one of the IdleRich a thrill for a price - is straight out of ''Film/TheGame''.

* DangerTakesABackseat: Opens with a PursuedProtagonist being chased through a high rise carpark. She reaches her car and thinks she is safe, but when she starts the car she hears voices on the radio saying her pursuers know exactly where she is. Then she is garotted by someone hiding in the backseat.

* GrievousBottleyHarm: When Joe decides he needs a weapon, he attempts to smash a bottle against the wall. RealityEnsues, and he wind up with a handful of broken glass. Lindsey then demonstrates that she is much better at it, and breaks a bottle into a jagged dagger and hands it to him.

* ParkingGarage: Opens with a woman being chased by a psych with a [[BatterUp spiked baseball bat]] through a parking garage; trying desperately to reach her car which is on the top level.