A Fantastic Fear of Everything

A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chris Hopewell Crispian Mills
Written by	Crispian Mills
Based on	Paranoia in the Launderette by Bruce Robinson
Produced by	Geraldine Patten
Starring	Simon Pegg Clare Higgins Amara Karan Paul Freeman Alan Drake
Cinematography	Simon Chaudoir
Edited by	Dan Roberts
Music by	Michael Price
Production companies	Indomina Productions Pinewood Films The Works International Keel Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	8 June 2012 (2012-06-08)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£1.5 million[citation needed]
Box office	$96,948[1]

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is a 2012 British horror comedy film starring Simon Pegg, written and directed by Crispian Mills with Chris Hopewell as co-director. It is based on the novella Paranoia in the Launderette by Bruce Robinson, writer and director of Withnail and I. It has been described as a low-budget "semicomedy" about a children's author-turned-crime-novelist who has become obsessed with murder and murdering.^[2] It was released on 8 June 2012 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and received a limited U.S. theatrical release on 7 February 2014. The BBFC classified the film a 15 certificate in the UK, while the MPAA rated the film R in America.

Principal photography began on 6 July 2011. Filmed at Shepperton Studios, the film was the first to be backed by Pinewood Studios' initiative to support low-budget British films. It was released by Universal Pictures in the UK and Indomina Releasing in the US.^[3]