The ‘Fear’ House Has Been Rebuilt Into a Sleek Waterfront Retreat

A waterfront property that appeared in the 1996 psychological thriller Fear is back on the market—but these days, it looks a lot more like a soaring billionaire wellness retreat than the setting for one of the 1990s’ most unhinged teen stalkers.

Long before Mark Wahlberg was pounding on the front door of a low-slung contemporary cabin, its biggest draw was always the dramatic setting. Perched at the tip of a peninsula in Lions Bay just outside Vancouver, the land is bordered by nearly 400 feet of shoreline with panoramic views of Howe Sound, the Salish Sea, and the surrounding islands stretching in every direction.

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In the film, the home belonged to Reese Witherspoon’s family and was the setting for some of the movie’s most chaotic scenes as Wahlberg’s obsessive boyfriend character spiraled further off the rails. However, the dark, wood-paneled house seen on screen disappeared years ago. After reportedly purchasing the property in 2015, retired orthopedic surgeon Robin Rickards tore down the original residence and spent years creating the steel-and-glass waterfront compound that now occupies the site. The new home was completed in 2021.

What stands today is a butterfly-roofed composition of clean lines and soaring glass walls that facilitate an easy flow between indoor and outdoor living. The roughly 5,000-square-foot residence, with five bedrooms, spills onto sprawling waterfront terraces with a heated waterside swimming pool and private beach access. According to the Vancouver Sun, Rickards said wildlife sightings are part of daily life, from bald eagles and sea lions to humpback whales and orcas.

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Even without the original home still standing, the Hollywood connection gives the property a certain bragging-rights appeal. It’s not every day that a house linked to one of filmdom’s most memorably deranged movie villains also comes with sunsets dramatic enough to deserve their own IMAX screening.

The property last sold in 2015 for 4.9 million Canadian dollars, before the original house was demolished and rebuilt. The rebuilt home first returned to the market in 2023, with asking prices as high as 30 million Canadian dollars. After several price reductions, it’s now listed for 17.8 million Canadian dollars, or about $13 million, with Clara Hartree of RE/MAX Masters Realty.

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