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 The movie stars Katherine Heigl
and Harry Connick Jr. as the parents of Rain
Burroughs (Madison Iseman), who is trying to
settle back into normal high school life after
being hospitalised for psychosis.
Rain becomes convinced that the vision of a
young girl held hostage in her neighbour's attic
is not the product of her imagination, so she
sets off to find out the truth with the help of
new classmate Caleb, played by Israel Broussard.
Written and directed by Castille Landon, "Fear
of Rain" was shot in 2019, before most of the
world went into coronavirus lockdown.
"This movie's coming out at a time where we
crave connection with one another, when mental
illness has become a really important
conversation," Connick told Reuters. "So it kind
of takes on a whole different ... meaning and I
think it couldn't be better timing."
As Rain navigates the muddled realities of her
existence, her parents look on helplessly.
Heigl, a mother of three, said she identified
with the anguish and heartbreak of her
character.
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 "There's nothing that can
really rip you apart more than watching your
child suffer," she said.
Connick, a Grammy-winning musician, makes his
big screen return after an absence of more than
six years. "I love making
movies, but a lot of pieces have to fall into
place," he said.
"I do some other things that I enjoy, too. I
love being on the Broadway stage. I love
recording music. And I read a lot of scripts ...
and this one was good.
"I think it's an important story. I think it's
something that I needed to do for me."
"Fear of Rain" was released on VOD and in some
theatres in the United States on Feb. 12 and DVD
and Blu-ray on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Mike
Collett-White)
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