Scared to Death

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Scared to Death

1946,

1h 5m,

Horror

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71%

7 Reviews

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17%

250+ Ratings

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71%

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7 Reviews

17%

Popcornmeter

250+ Ratings

Dr. Josef Van Ee (George Zucco) runs a private mental institution where he and his son, Ward (Roland Varno), are keeping his daughter-in-law, Laura (Molly Lamont), against her will. Laura is convinced her husband is trying to scare her away from their marriage, while Ward assures her she needs the help he's offering. Things go from bad to worse when Van Ee's brother, the magician professor Leonide (Bela Lugosi), shows up with his dwarf partner, Indigo (Angelo Rossitto).

Miles Fielder

The List

Oct 19, 2016

3/5

Keeping fang firmly in cheek, there's much to be savoured in this old dark house style mystery.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Jun 20, 2015

2/10

It's practically outsider art, made by an unusually incompetent outsider.

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Nov 11, 2011

2.5/5

A pale affair, made tolerable by Bela Lugosi's droll one-liners.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jan 2, 2008

B-

Turns out to be more comic than gothic.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Sep 26, 2005

3/5

Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

Jun 23, 2004

2/5

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Ron M

Mar 17, 2019

A fantastic vintage horror with an outstanding cast, a dead woman on a morgue slab tells a story of how she died. Wonderful.

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Hermione L

Jul 19, 2017

Bela Lugosi in color! Lugosi's only color film is a terrible film, but ever since Martin Landau's touching performance as Lugosi in "Ed Wood," I can't help but read into these terrible Lugosi film a kind of tragic subtext. Here's a great actor hobbled by addiction having to waste his talents in embarrassingly bad low budget horror films that capitalize on his early career successes. The story here follows a young woman who's been murdered and who then recounts the events leading up to her demise, which involve a creepy hypnotist, Lugosi, and his loyal dwarf man-servant, Angelo Rossitto of "Freaks" fame who himself was a talented actor hobbled by typecasting. Besides Lugosi and Rossitto, there's also Nat Pendleton, who's not a famous actor, but who's face and voice any classic film fan will recognize. Overall, this film isn't as bad an an Edward D. Wood Jr. production, but it doesn't seem that far off.

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Christy Cabanne

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Prof. Leonide

Douglas V. Fowley

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Joyce Compton

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Dr. Joseph Van Ee

Nat Pendleton

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Synopsis

Dr. Josef Van Ee (George Zucco) runs a private mental institution where he and his son, Ward (Roland Varno), are keeping his daughter-in-law, Laura (Molly Lamont), against her will. Laura is convinced her husband is trying to scare her away from their marriage, while Ward assures her she needs the help he's offering. Things go from bad to worse when Van Ee's brother, the magician professor Leonide (Bela Lugosi), shows up with his dwarf partner, Indigo (Angelo Rossitto).

Director: Christy Cabanne
Producer: William B. David
Screenwriter: W.J. Abbott
Production Co: Golden Gate Pictures
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1946, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 5m

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