The face of fear 1990 the face of fear 2h thriller tv movie 30 september 1990 a killer traps an unarmed police detective and her husband a former mountaineer with psychic powers in a manhattan office building. The face of fear is a suspense horror novel by american writer dean koontz first published in 1977 it was originally released under the pseudonym brian coffey. The face of fear is a 1990 american television film directed by farhad mann and starring pam dawber and lee horsleyit is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by dean koontz who also co wrote the teleplay with alan jay glueckman. The face of fear features graham harris an ex mountain climber with a bad fall in his past it left him with a lame leg and fear of heights it left him with a lame leg and fear of heights conni this old 1976 koontz novel is basically a made for tv film a man and woman try to escape from a dangerous criminal