The censorship history of "Fear" was presented wrong many times, for there was some confusion in 2006 when Epix released this masterpiece of a serial killer movie on DVD under the distribution of EuroVideo: an export version, mostly named "Schizophrenia" or "Fear", was going around in Europe for 13 years, which was seven minutes and 29 seconds longer than the actual digital editing of the movie.
But censorship opponents and film friends can sigh with relief. The version we can watch at our homes now is the original version as it was shown at the Austrian premiere, except for one little detail. When the film finally was to be brought to the market, the export company ordered a prologue for stretching "Fear" to a normal feature-length and also for adding a further murder sequence. The supposed "missing" scenes were re-shot so the movie suited the needs of the film distributor, they weren't included because of an artistic decision.
