Region 4 Winners and Losers

This film has been released as a standalone DVD only in Region 1 (USA). In other regions it has been included with Martha as an extra or it has been included amongst a suite of films in a box set, such as the Region 2 release (United Kingdom). In summary Fear of Fear is presented:

In Region 1 (USA) as a standalone release with a booklet containing an essay by Thomas Elsaesser and a filmographies extra.

In Region 2 (The Netherlands) as an extra on the film Martha and a 19-minute interview with cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.

In Region 2 (United Kingdom) as part of a box set with the films Fear Eats The Soul, Effi Breist, Fox And His Friends, Mother Küsters Goes To Heaven, Satan’s Brew , Chinese Roulette and The Marriage of Maria Braun. This box set includes the same documentary found in Region 4, another documentary on Fassbinder's life : Life Stories: A Conversation with Rainer Werner Fassbinder , an interview with Todd Haynes, an interview with Fassbinder from 1977, a featurette on the women in Fassbinder's films: Fassbinder Frauen – The Women of Rainer Werner Fassbinder and two short films from Fassbinder from the mid-1960s: The City Tramp and The Little Chaos.

In Region 2 (Germany) as an extra on the film Martha and a 19-minute interview with cinematographer Michael Ballhaus..

In Region 4 (Australia) with the documentary Fassbinder in Hollywood and a booklet. All the releases use the same transfer released by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation. In my opinion, the Region 4 release with other extras bundled with the films Effi Briest and Martha (e.g. expert audio commentaries, an interview with Karlheinz Boehm, the documentary by Michael Fischer and a 30 page booklet containing an academic essay on each film in the box set) is the best option for Region 4 collectors.