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HorrorMysteryThrillerComedy

Scared to Death

- A thrilling mystery of a supernatural killer!

A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's brother who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf...

Release Date : 1947-02-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Golden Gate Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Bela Lugosi

Character Name : Prof Leonide

Original Name : Bela Lugosi

Gender : Male

George Zucco

Character Name : Dr. Josef Van Ee

Original Name : George Zucco

Gender : Male

Nat Pendleton

Character Name : Bill 'Bull' Raymond

Original Name : Nat Pendleton

Gender : Male

Molly Lamont

Character Name : Laura Van Ee

Original Name : Molly Lamont

Gender : Female

Joyce Compton

Character Name : Jane Cornell

Original Name : Joyce Compton

Gender : Female

Gladys Blake

Character Name : Lilly Beth

Original Name : Gladys Blake

Gender : Female

Roland Varno

Character Name : Ward Van Ee

Original Name : Roland Varno

Gender : Male

Angelo Rossitto

Character Name : Indigo

Original Name : Angelo Rossitto

Gender : Male

Douglas Fowley

Character Name : Terry Lee

Original Name : Douglas Fowley

Gender : Male

Stanley Andrews

Character Name : Pathologist

Original Name : Stanley Andrews

Gender : Male

Lee Bennett

Character Name : Rene the Killer

Original Name : Lee Bennett

Gender : Male

Stanley Price

Character Name : Autopsy Surgeon

Original Name : Stanley Price

Gender : Male

Dorothy Christy

Character Name : Mrs. Williams (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Christy

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

It's only an hour long, but this still manages to involve a couple of the worst performances I've seen in a long, long time. Bela Lugosi and George Zucco - who can normally be relied upon to deliver well enough in these short horror/thriller features are just not on form together at all here. The dialogue is unsure in what genre the film wants to sit - a suspenseful thriller with the odd bit of comedy, or a comedic thriller with the odd, well, thrill. It appears to, reluctantly, settle for the latter but by then the somewhat irrelevant story of a murdered woman who relates the events leading up to the crime no longer really matters. It has way too many daft sub-plots and by the time we do approach the end you've almost forgotten what/who or, more importantly - why?