Fever

Fever (1999) is a psychological thriller written and directed by Alex Winter and starring Henry Thomas, David O'Hara, Teri Hatcher and Bill Duke. Plot Nick Parker (Henry Thomas) is a struggling young artist suffering a mental and physical breakdown. When a violent murder happens in his apartment building, it pushes him to the edge of sanity. Suspected by his sister (Teri Hatcher) and tracked by a police detective (Bill Duke), Nick begins to think he may have committed the murder himself except for the appearance of a mysterious drifter (David O'Hara) who has moved in upstairs. Is he a witness or a murderer, and was it all a setup or illusion? The bottom line is: Who can you trust when you can no longer trust yourself? Cast Henry Thomas as Nick Parker David O'Hara as Will Teri Hatcher as Charlotte Parker Bill Duke as Detective Glass Sándor Técsy as Sidney Miskiewicz Irma St. Paule as Mrs. Rhula Miskiewicz Alex Kilgore as Adam Dennis Marisol Padilla Sánchez as Soledad Patricia Dunnock as Sophie Parker Helen Hanft as Louisa Reviews A.O. Scott in The New York Times: "Pure Hitchcockian panic. An arresting example of what a talented filmmaker can do with the sparest of means." Godfrey Cheshire in Variety: "An eerie, insinuating tale of urban dread and mental breakdown, [and] reps an impressively sophisticated solo directorial debut." Dennis Lim in the Village Voice: "With the director's impeccably chic expressionism and Henry Thomas's persuasive, dread-soaked performance, Fever sustains a convincingly spooky ambience throughout. Winter achieves a degree of technical polish rare among American independents." Phil Hall, Film Threat: "Mediocre thriller about a starving artist suspected of murder."