Uriah43 Broke and down on her luck, "Diana Kelper" (Danielle De Luca) takes a job at a strip club in the small town of Santa Paula, New Mexico. It turns out that the job isn't quite what she thought it would be but since she doesn't have any money to return home she's pretty much forced to stay on. Along with that a new deputy sheriff named "Dwight Terry" (Arron Shiver) has also recently arrived in Santa Paula and one of the first things he discovers is the large number of people who have been reported as missing. Most of them are young women. Dwight wants to investigate but the Sheriff, "Tom Benike" (Joe Mantegna) doesn't think it's necessary. Anyway, what really surprised me about this film was the performance of Danielle De Luca who was absolutely sensational as the stripper who became the prey of the sadistic hunter named "Colin Mandel" (J. D. Garfield). The ending was also quite good. However, I didn't much care for the repetitive drama involving Deputy Terry with both his wife, "Karley" (Jenny Marlowe) and Sheriff Benike. Neither situation was that interesting. Additionally, I would have preferred to have seen Colin being given a more sinister personality. Again, what made this film interesting was the excellent performance by Danielle De Luca. The supporting cast did adequately but with a better script this film could have been very exceptional. All things considered then, I rate it as slightly above average.

TdSmth5 In the intro we see a naked woman out in the fields while a stranger shoots at her. He's hunting her like an animal.The lovely Diana arrives in a small New Mexico border town for a job. Little does she know it's to be a stripper. She has no money and is now indebted to the "talent agency manager". She has to share a room with a fellow stripper who's also a prostitute at night and a junkie.Parallel to this story we meet the local law enforcement, the corrupt Sheriff and his hunting buddies, as well as the new deputy who arrived from LA. The local cops are corrupt and the new guy is not quite used to that.Diana's salary as a stripper doesn't really amount to much. Junkie stripper tells her all the ways she can make more money- take off more clothes, interact with patrons, and offer other services. At first Diana isn't interested but she needs the money so she gives it a try. It yields her more money and the night she meets a patron and drives away with him she ends up changing her mind about offering him other services. But he won't have none of it. He ends up kidnapping her.Next, she wakes up out in the desert nude...as prey for our hunter. He gives her a 15 minute head start. He catches up with her but he likes a challenge so he doesn't make it that easy for himself. And Diana, is also a bright girl. She tricks him and escapes from him repeatedly, bloody and bruised. Eventually she gets the upper hand and runs into a family camping, the dad and his two teenage sons, who are stunned to see a mostly naked girl who now is in shock. Dad does the right thing and leaves to get help. But the hunter isn't done yet. Nor is Diana.Naked Fear is an excellent movie for what it is- a well-done B movie with a great story and good acting. Of course seeing the lovely Danielle De Luca run around naked for a good while doesn't hurt a bit. Her performance overall is remarkable, downright award-worthy, given what she has to go through. It obviously suffers from B-movie weaknesses- low budget, not so good acting by secondary characters, an unpolished look indoors, etc. It's a tad bit too long, certain things could have been cut out or shortened. At the same time another victim should have been added, just to make our villain more despicable.The movie succeeds at presenting the hardships of small town life and the risks of trying to make it elsewhere pretty well. And it does so without being condescending and offensive. You do end up empathizing with the main character. The movie is never exploitative but manages to humanize our characters and give the story a lot of meaning. Naked Fear is admirable for the risks the filmmakers took and how they managed to deliver their vision perhaps without compromise.

kenjha A psycho lets naked women loose in the wilderness so he can hunt them down like animals. This thriller, inspired by the actions of Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen, is nothing to write home about, but it's not as bad as one would expect. It draws elements from such films as "The Most Dangerous Game," "The Naked Prey," and "I Spit on Your Grave." The only familiar face here is Mantegna as the sheriff. De Luca, spending much of the film completely disrobed, is not bad in the lead role. There is a lot of nudity, but it's presented rather tastefully. The film doesn't know when to roll the final credits; there are too many climaxes.

merklekranz 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