“Phobic” (** out of four) was an ambitious but ambiguous horror thriller about a homicide detective (Heather Beers) who starts to see similarities between herself and the victims of a serial killer who murders clinical phobics by exposing them to their fears and she then attempts to track him down and put an end to his grisly reign. Intelligent and interesting thriller has some clever and stylish touches but becomes (like a lot of serial killer thrillers) overly cerebral and unpleasant after a while and its ending is obtuse and obscure. A good attempt by writer/director Bryce Clark (who obviously was inspired by “Seven”) that falls apart in the stretch.