The Fear is a story about Hien, a student who lives in Little Saigon. After renting a room once owned by Lien, the landlord's daughter who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by five criminals who were never caught, Hien's peaceful life changes completely. Soon after moving in, Hien starts having disturbing nightmares about the kidnapped young woman and the abandoned house where she was buried. Things take an even darker turn when the ghost of Lien possesses Hien, using her to take revenge on the depraved criminals who killed her.