Scared to Death

Starring:Lugosi, Zucco
Studio: Alpha Video
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"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"
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'Scared to Death' a comedy that's been forced into a horror movie mold?
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Scared to Death
Starring: Stanley Andrews , Lee Bennett , Gladys Blake , Joyce Compton , and Molly Lamont
Director: William Christy Cabanne
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Release Date: 2003-02-18

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Horror Comedy .......2007-02-13

Scared to Death is a rare example of a horror parody that works both as horror and comedy. Usually such flicks work as comedies, but utterly fail in the horror department. Scared to Death does a great job of establishing a creepy, moody atmosphere.

Scared to Death features strong performances, most notably from Bela Lugosi, George Zucco and Nat Pendleton. The movie itself is quite lovely to look at. The film was shot in "natural color" which is quite similar to two strip Technicolor such as that used in the 1933 horror classic Mystery of the Wax Museum.

Scared to Death's script is quite strong and features such great lines as "Do not treat Igor with respect...it only offends him!" In another scene, Nat Pendleton's character tells a lady that he wishes that she would drop dead so he would have a murder to investigate.

Scared to Death works both as horror and comedy and as such is warmly recommended.

"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video".......2006-10-15

Passport Video presents "The Bela Lugosi Box - 15 Frightful Films" (1942) --- (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Béla Lugosi was the stage name of actor Béla Ferenc Dezs Blaskó (October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956) --- Lugosi was born in Lugos, Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), the youngest of four children of a baker --- best known for his portrayal of "Dracula" in the American Broadway stage production, and subsequent film, of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story.

Late in his life, he again received star billing in movies when filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr., a fan of Lugosi, found him living in obscurity and near-poverty and offered him roles in his films, such as "GLEN OR GLENDA?" (1953) (in which his role made no more sense than the rest of the movie) and as a Dr. Frankenstein-like mad scientist in "BRIDE OF THE MONSTER" (1955), during post-production of the latter, Lugosi entered treatment for his addiction, and the premier of the film was ostensibly intended to help pay for his treatment expenses. The extras on an early DVD release of "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE" (1959) include an impromptu interview with Lugosi upon his exit from the treatment center, which provide some rare personal insights into the man --- this was one of Lugosi's most infamous roles was released after he was dead. Ed Wood (Director) features footage of Lugosi interspersed with a double --- Wood had taken a few minutes of silent footage of Lugosi, in his Dracula cape, for a planned vampire picture but was unable to find financing for the project --- Wood later conceived of Plan 9, Wood wrote the script to incorporate the Lugosi footage and hired his wife's chiropractor to double for Lugosi in additional shots --- notice however the "double" is thinner than Lugosi, and covers the lower half of his face with his cape in every shot --- Leonard Maltin (Famous Film Critic) was quoted - "Lugosi died during production, and it shows."

Lugosi died of a heart attack on August 16, 1956 while lying in bed in his Los Angeles home. He was 73 --- Bela Lugosi was buried wearing one of the many capes from the Dracula stageplay, as per the request of his son and fifth wife, in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California --- Contrary to popular belief, Lugosi never requested to be buried in his famous cloak; Bela Lugosi, Jr. has confirmed on numerous occasions that he and his mother, Lillian, arrived at their decision independently.

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1. Bela Lugosi (aka: Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó)
Date of birth: 20 October 1882 - Lugos, Austria-Hungary. [now Lugoj, Romania]
Date of death: 16 August 1956 - Los Angeles, California
2. Edward D. Wood Jr. (Director, Writer and Producer)
Date of birth: 10 October 1924 - Poughkeepsie, New York
Date of death: 10 December 1978 - North Hollywood, California

This collection of "The Bela Lugosi Box - 15 Frightful Films" (1942) --- still has the magic that we remember from those bygone years --- but as long as we have the labels and networks who play and show these wonderful films of yesteryear, they will never be forgotten ... Plus the half-hour tribute "100 Years of Horror: Bela Lugosi", hosted by Christopher Lee --- and a great job by Passport Video for this release --- looking forward to more of the same from the '20s and '50s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or Passport Video, stay tuned once again for more remarkable films from the vaults of classic television and Hollywood during the Golden Era of Entertaiment.

Total Time: 1034 mins on DVD ~ Passport Video #5260 ~ (9/05/2006)

Amusing Cast, But Best Left To Diehard Lugosi Fans.......2006-07-14

Bela Lugosi had a notable career during the 1930s--but success of his landmark performance in the 1931 DRACULA combined and his exotic appearance and accent left him typecast, and during the 1940s he found work increasingly difficult to obtain. By the mid-1940s he was so greatly pressed that he began to accept work in low-budget independent movies. Among the first of these was the 1947 SCARED TO DEATH, a film often described as the only color movie in which Lugosi appeared. This is not strictly true: although he was not the star, Lugosi also appeared the color 1930 VIENNESE NIGHTS--but given that both films are so little known it's hardly worth arguing about.

The story begins with a clever idea: a woman's body lies on a slab in a morgue and through flashback she relates the way in which she was murdered. Sad to say, though, this clever idea is not only badly executed, it also happens to be the only clever idea in the entire show. The plot, such as it is, concerns a doctor with a questionable background whose son has married a woman with a questionable background (our soon-to-be corpse.) The family is suddenly descended upon by the doctor's brother, a hypnotist (Lugosi, of course) with, yes, a questionable past. Throw in a surly maid, a mean dwarf, a newspaper reporter, a dumb blonde, and a green mask that keeps floating in front of the window and you have SCARED TO DEATH.

The only saving grace in this nonsense is the cast. Although he receives star billing, Lugosi's role might be better described as the second lead; whatever the case, and in spite of a truly ridiculous script, he gives the role more sparkle than you would expect. The film also includes a number of character actors who like Lugosi shone most brightly in the 1930s--George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, and Joyce Compton--and they too deliver more than the silly script actually allows.

Even so, the charms of the cast cannot raise SCARED TO DEATH above the level of slightly-less-than-mediocre, and for the most part watching the movie is an uphill battle. Lugosi would go on to make one or two more films for major studios, most notably the 1948 ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, and he would make a few television appearances as well, but for the most part SCARED TO DEATH would mark the beginning of his career's rapid slide into the likes of BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA and his wildy dire association with the notorious Ed Wood in such appalling (and accidentally hilarious) films as GLEN OR GLENDA and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE.

For the sake of Lugosi, Zucco, Pendleton, and Compton I'm giving SCARED TO DEATH three stars, but truth be told it really doesn't deserve more than two, and that's throwing roses at it. Although it does have a few moments--and I do mean a very few--this is one Lugosi film that is best left to diehard fans.

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'Scared to Death' a comedy that's been forced into a horror movie mold?.......2006-02-08

"Scared to Death" is either a really bad horror movie, or an incredibly quirky comedy (although not necessarily a good one). I don't often do much research on the films I review for this page, but this short B-movie (which is one of Bela Lugosi's few color appearances, by the way) left me so confused about what the filmmakers had been hoping to accomplish that I did some searching online in hopes of finding some reviewer who could give me a little context.

Well, no one seems to have more of a clue about the film than I do, so I'm going with my opinion that "Scared to Death" was intended as a comedy--a horror movie spoof, actually--but it somehow went awry. (In fact, I think most reviewers have looked at "Scared to Death" in the wrong way. I don't think it was intended as a horror film, at least not when principle shooting was going on.)

Every actor, except the woman who is being scared to death, delivers their parts and their lines in a comedic fashion. (If you take a look at comedies from the 30s and 40s, you'll know what I mean by that.) I've seen Nat Pendleton as the comic relief screwball character in two or three other films (most notably the very excellent "Trapped by Television" ), but his antics pale next to those of Lugosi and his look-alike midget buddy, and several other minor characters that appear. Further, Lugosi's delivery as he plays Dr. Leonid is very similar to how he played his parts in the clear-cut comedies "The Gorilla" and "Abott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". (In fact, critics often praise Lugosi's comedic timing in "Meet Frankenstein", but I think his talent for comedy is even more clear in "Scared to Death" during his scenes with the cranky midget.

If considered as a pseudo-screwball comedy horror spoof, "Scared to Death" is not all that bad--if very, very strange. The film never manages to build the frenetic pace it would need to fully work, because the unfolding chaos is constantly interrupted by cut-aways to Laura at the morgue so she can deliver obvious and dull commentary on what we've just seen, or are about to see.

If viewed as a horror film, "Scared to the Death" is a complete and total disaster--unscary and utterly insipid--that is made worse by the lame cut-aways to the morgue and the tension-dispelling framing device that establishes Laura is already dead.

However you think of the film, the morgue scenes don't fit. In fact, they feel out of place and tacked on. They lead me to suspect that they were added by studio executives who were trying to reshape a bizarre comedy into a horror movie, because, according to two different websites, "Scared to Death" was completed several years before its 1947 release date.

If I'm right in my speculation--and it is just speculation, as I haven't done all that much research--I can't help but wonder what "Scared to Death" might have looked like if it had remained the comedy is was intended to be.

I'm giving "Scared to Death" a (low) Three-Star rating, because I'm treating it like a comedy. If it wasn't for the morgue cut-aways, it might be a Four-Star film. (If I were to treat it like a horror film, we'd be talking Zero Stars.)

If anyone out there as seen "Scared to Death" or knows something about it's history, I'd love to hear what you have to say. Am I right or am I wrong?

Don't Waste Your Time.......2005-11-23

What a waste of 70 minutes of my life. The premise sounded interesting (a corpse recounts the events leading to her death), but even Bela Lugosi could not save this turd from stinking up my DVD player.
The characters and dialogue were absolutely horrible, especially the moronic ex-cop/bodyguard. I can take a fair amount of cheesiness in old horror movies, but this went way beyond cheesy. It was just plain bad - and not even remotely scary.

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Scared to Death
Starring: Stanley Andrews , Lee Bennett , Gladys Blake , Joyce Compton , and Molly Lamont
Director: William Christy Cabanne
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
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Release Date: 2004-09-28

[DVD] Legends of Horror Double Feature: Scared To Death & The Terror + Mechanical Man Cartoon

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[DVD] Legends of Horror Double Feature: Scared To Death & The Terror + Mechanical Man Cartoon

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[DVD] Legends of Horror Double Feature. Contains two full-length movies and a cartoon. 1st Movie - Scared To Death starring Bela Lugosi 2nd Movie - The Terror starring Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson Cartoon - Mechanical Man Comes in factory-sealed box.

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Budget Edition Of Two Obscure, Mildly Entertaining Horror Titles

The Terror/Scared to Death
Starring: Leo Gordon , Jonathan Haze , Boris Karloff , Sandra Knight , and Dick Miller
Director: Roger Corman
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Release Date: 2004-09-16

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Budget Edition Of Two Obscure, Mildly Entertaining Horror Titles.......2006-07-01

Neither of these films can be called particularly inspired, but they do have what you might call "the charm of the obscure." The impetus for pairing the two titles in this budget edition is the fun of putting Karloff and Lugosi's names together (even though they do not appear in the same films) and the fact that both are in color; THE TERROR and SCARED TO DEATH have no actual connection.

According to film lore, when shooting wrapped on 1963's THE RAVEN, producer Roger Corman discovered he still had star Boris Karloff under contract for three days more--and not being one to waste a dime he quickly came up with a script that could be shot in a couple of days on the same sets. The result was THE TERROR, a mildly entertaining bit of gothic horror that co-stars Karloff with, of all people, a very young Jack Nicholson.

THE TERROR concerns a young French solider (Jack Nicholson, who made several films with Corman early in his career) who is separated from Napoleon's army and finds himself drawn to an isolated castle by the charms of a lovely young woman (Sandra Knight)--but instead encounters the Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (Boris Karloff), an elderly and possibly demented man still mourning the death of his wife some twenty years ago. The plot is loose, to say the least, and Nicholson is hardly any one's idea of a Napoleonic officer, but while THE TERROR isn't a great film by any stretch of the imagination it isn't a bad one either. For all its cliches and cheap manipulations, it manages to create an atmosphere that is surprisingly effective.

Little seems known about the 1947 SCARED TO DEATH, an low budget independent film often billed as "Bela Lugosi's only color movie." This is not strictly true: although he was not the star, Lugosi also appeared the color 1930 VIENNESE NIGHTS--but given that both films are so little known it's hardly worth arguing about.

SCARED TO DEATH has a script so far gone that it often borders on outright camp, and a host of minor supporting players feed the effect: Joyce Compton, best known for her numerous air-head Southern blonde roles in such films as THE AWFUL TRUTH; Nat Pendleton, best known for his dunder-headed cop roles in such films as THE THIN MAN; and George Zucco, best known for his weird doctor roles in such films as TOPPER RETURNS. Throw these archetypical characters into a series of interior sets, shake well with a script that includes secret passages and mind control by a mixture of hypnosis and telepathy, and there you go.

This double-feature budget release by Peter Pan isn't bad as such things go. The transfers are what you might call reasonable rather than good, but this is a somewhat comparative call; both films were cheaply made to begin with, I have never seen a print of either that I would call pristine, and I very much doubt a pristine print of either title actually exists. Of the two, THE TERROR is weaker on visuals (lots of digital pixilation here) and SCARED TO DEATH is weaker on sound (lots of "let me turn up the volume" moments.) But I've seen much worse of both, and if you are curious about these seldom-seen titles this particular edition is probably as good as any.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"
A Bela Lugosi Double Feature
How I ordered 'Devil Bat' but got a 'White Zombie'
For any fan of Bela Lugosi, this is a must have disk!
Bad movies that never looked so good!

The Devil Bat/Scared to Death
Starring: Bela Lugosi , George Zucco , Nat Pendleton , Molly Lamont , and Joyce Compton
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ASIN: 6304565313
Release Date: 1999-06-01

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"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video".......2006-10-15

A Bela Lugosi Double Feature.......2003-04-12

As of late there have been many Lugosi movies released on DVD. This double feature is among the best. The Devil Bat (1940) is Lugosi's only movie for Producer's Releasing Corporation, one of Hollywood's many infamous Poverty Row studios. Bela plays Dr. Carruthers, a mad scientist out for revenge against the partners he felt double-crossed him. His instrument of revenge is an electronically enlarged bat, attracted to its intended victims by the odor of a strange perfume Bela has concocted for just this purpose. With a plot such as this, the movie could be simply flat and unwatchable. If not for Bela, that is. Faced with such a prospect and being the dedicated actor he was, Bela plays it up beautifully. Instead of merely being hammy and letting it go at that, he brings certain nuances to his role, using double entendres at times. (Inducing a potential victim to try his shaving lotion, he declares that the victim "will never use anything else.") In fact, he ends up winning our sympathy in a scene with one of his "partners" where it becomes somewhat apparent that poor old Bela was swindled into an inferior deal. No wonder he's mad. Assisting Bela in this wonderful nonsense is Dave O'Brien (Reefer Madness) as the hero, Donald Kerr as the hero's sidekick, and Suzanne Kaaren as the ingénue. Look for Arthur Q. Bryan, more famous as the voice of Elmer Fudd, as O'Brien and Kerr's boss.

Scared to Death is Lugosi's only color film, and as such, is a must for Lugosi fans and collectors. It is a tepid story narrated by a recently deceased woman from her slab in the morgue as to how she got that way. Billy Wilder later used a variation of this in Sunset Boulevard, but, of course, he did it much better. Given the almost total lack of any action in this film a more appropriate title might have been Bored to Death. Nat Pendleton and George Zucco offer whatever support they can to the proceedings. A note of interest is that while suffering from a form of dementia in a psychiatric hospital, George Zucco was said to have scared himself to death with visions of ghosts and demons coming after him. It certainly couldn't have been from watching this film.

Excellent quality of video transfer and easy to use menus make this a bargain for the price.

How I ordered 'Devil Bat' but got a 'White Zombie'.......2002-06-24

What a pleasant suprise I got one Sunday when I put my Bela Lugosi Collection Vol.1 in to watch Devil Bat and it turns out my DVD isn't what I expected. No Devil Bat or Scared to Death. What you get and it is a FAR FAR Superior DVD is 'The Apeman'(Monkey scientist hokum set during WW2, so all the male actors are draft dodgers or something),Bela Lugosi meets the Brooklyn Gorilla(More monkey scientist shenanigans - only watch on a wet Sunday it is of a time that humour forgot) and Halperin Brothers finest nay THE Finest Gothic Fairy Tale EVER "WHITE ZOMBIE". All I can add to the vitriol of comments said about this film is IT IS THAT GOOD...unlike Tod Brownings Dracula for example. Buy it cry a little and tremble with fear at Bela in his finest role. Not bad for a phonetic actor

For any fan of Bela Lugosi, this is a must have disk!.......2000-09-06

Bela Lugosi made both good movies (Dracula)and, what some would consider, bad movies (Bride of the Monster). I consider the movies on this disk, somewhere in between. The Devil Bat is a lot of fun to watch. It's definitely the better movie of the two. Scared to Death was Lugosi's only color film, so if for no other reason, it's worth a look. The video and sound quality for both of these movies are surprisingly good. For any fan of Bela Lugosi, this is a must have disk.

Bad movies that never looked so good!.......1999-11-24

I'm like a lot of old horror movie buffs that have purchased 2nd rate copies of the rare classics because that's all that was available. And it wasn't the poor duplication process, it was the poor surviving master tapes that gave us an often fuzzy vision. You could call it horrific for the "Devil Bat" until the Roan group took charge. What you will get is a fantasically remastered version of a Bela "must have". I was taken aback by the quality of the newly mastered version on this DVD. Kudos also for the "Scared to Death" remaster that shows Bela in his colored glory. Although it's not in as good a shape as "Devil Bat", it's not bad and considering the lack of attention to early film preservation. Highly recommended.

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The Snake People/Scared to Death

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"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"

Scared To Death
Starring: Douglas Fowley
Manufacturer: Digiview Productions
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This murder mystery takes an interesting perspective by having the tale narrated by the deceased victim from the morgue. Follow along as she looks back and tries to piece together the puzzling circumstances surrounding her death.

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"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video".......2006-10-15

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"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"
Part comedy, part horror, completely ridiculous
Caveat Emptor!!
For determined Bela Lugosi fans only.
More confusing than scary

Scared to Death [Region 2]
Starring: Bela Lugosi , George Zucco , Nat Pendleton , Molly Lamont , and Joyce Compton
Director: Christy Cabanne
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"15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video".......2006-10-15

Part comedy, part horror, completely ridiculous.......2002-12-10

Scared to Death is a bad movie, a really painfully bad movie, yet it is not wholly unwatchable (although I daresay I will never watch it a second time). This film is the only color movie Bela Lugosi made, and that is about the only good thing I can say about it. Lugosi was only slightly past his prime in 1947, but his acceptance of a role in this ludicrous waste of celluloid is a sure sign of the problems that plagued him in his final years. At times, he is almost a caricature of himself, running around in a black cape reminiscent of his Dracula attire. In his role as a hypnotist with an unsavory past, he is rather inexplicably accompanied by the same dwarf featured in The Corpse Vanishes-I have no idea what his diminutive associate has to do with this film, though, because he is basically forgotten by the screenwriters, the cast, and the audience halfway through the action.

I will say very little about the plot (such as it is) of this film. The movie starts in an autopsy room, and the corpse of a young lady on the slab serves as the narrator of events; throughout the movie, the music is cut awkwardly cut off and on around return shots of the cadaver, which is most annoying. The whole film suffers from horrible editing. What I found most bothersome about this movie was the fact that the moviemakers apparently couldn't decide if they were making a horror movie or a comedy. There are some horror elements here-a mysterious, unexplained death, the repeated appearance of a figure wearing a green mask outside the windows, a few blows delivered to unsuspecting heads, and the very appearance of Lugosi on the cast list. Then again, the dim-witted family of the deceased, the stereotypical, nosy reporter and his airheaded lady friend, and the shameless antics of the private cop on the premises all come together to make sure the film comes off as utterly foolish. The cop is sort of funny for awhile, but his act gets unbearably tiresome long before the magical and long-awaited words The End appear on the screen.

It's almost impossible to explain this movie; it's one of the most ridiculous films I have ever suffered through. I think the only people who might get a single ounce of enjoyment out of Scared to Death are devoted Bela Lugosi fans such as myself. Even we have to grin and bear it for over an hour, though, as this film represents one of the nadirs of Legosi's career. At least I can take some comfort in the knowledge that Legosi was made to look less foolish than all of his fellow cast members.

Caveat Emptor!!.......2002-05-28

Buyers should avoid the Republic version of this film, which is sheer butchery. It has been severely edited (the entire opening sequence has been removed), and the original color has been replaced with "digital color", which means that it has been "colorized", with predictably poor results. There are better versions out there, so don't waste your time and money on this hackneyed mess.

For determined Bela Lugosi fans only........2001-08-14

Bela Lugosi, the ultimate low-budget grim ghoul, stars in this mild mystery thriller. It is an unusual chance to view Lugosi working with George Zucco. The opportunity is mostly wasted by the script. Zucco, behind over-sized glasses, looks like an owl with indigestion. His interaction with Bela is limited. Lugosi first appears wearing his Dracula cape, complete with crimson lining. Angelo Rossitto, Bela's familiar poverty row homunculus, tags along side. Lugosi grimaces his way through his part. The movie is slightly redeemed by the comic relief of Nat Pendleton as a dim-witted private detective. The plot is a confusing muddle of betrayal, murder, and revenge, told by the dead woman herself! How she manages this astonishing feat of cognitive discourse after death is unknown. The usual low-budget trappings of secret panels, mysterious faces at windows, and secret crimes of the past are present. Other people who comment on this film usually note that it is Lugosi's only appearance in a color movie. More than that, it sadly illustrates Bela's downward career path that eventually led him into the clutches of the infamous Ed Wood. See it, if you must, but tread carefully. ;-)

More confusing than scary.......2000-12-27

For devotees of "bad movies," this film is a must-have. Despite the presence of horror-film stalwarts Lugosi and Zucco, this one is terribly boring, in large part because the plot is so badly muddled that it is virtually incomprehensible. By this time, both Lugosi and Zucco, despite their impressive acting talents, had become fixtures in third-rate horror features. In addition to the poor scripting and direction, the color is atrocious. It appears as if the entire film was carelessly thrown together, with no regard for continuity or plot progression, and is noteworthy only as Logusi's sole color film. As a serious drama, it fails miserably; however, the illogic and ineptitude which define this production make it a collector's item for those who savor Grade-Z gems like this one, a masterpiece of pure poverty-row hackery. As bad as it is, it deserves one star for the sheer nerve required to film and release it.

I Eat Your Skin & Scared to Death (2005 Digital Remaster Double Feature)

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I Eat Your Skin & Scared to Death (2005 Digital Remaster Double Feature)

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Scared to Death (1947) This is a strange chiller that for the first time in the movies has a corpse telling the story of her mysterious death by way of flashbacks from a lab in cold storage. This is also the only movie that Bela Lugosi played in that was released in color. Best yet a stated 70 minute run time indicates extra footage! Then for a really creepy horrfest there's I Eat Your Skin where a mad scientist creates radioactive monsters on a remote island. Also known as Voodoo Blood Bath.

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Teach truth to your kids!

Scared To Death

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Daren and Brent are best friends, and they do everything together. During a backyard camping adventure, Daren teaches Brent what the Bible says about death! This eye-opening movie deals with the dangers of spiritualism in a way kids can understand! Answers such questions as: What happens when people die? Can people talk to the dead? Should I watch scary movies? The DVD includes a complete Bible study on the state of the dead. From "Harry Potter" to "Medium" to "Ghost Whisperer," Hollywood seems obsessed with communication with the dead. And in the real world, it happens more than we realize. "Scared to Death" not only exposes the dangers of talking to spirits in a way that even a child can understand - but its target audience is kids! Hats off to Art Humphrey and his crew.

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Teach truth to your kids!.......2005-10-21

Hats off to Art Humphrey and his team. "Scared to Death" is outstanding! This short, well-produced movie is perfect to help children and teens learn what the Bible says about death, ghosts, and the resurrection. With Hollywood churning out films and TV series about the supernatural, talking to the dead, and the occult, our kids need BIBLE TRUTH, not Satan's clever deceptions. I highly recommend STD to parents, kids, youth groups, and churches.

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Here Comes Cookie / Love in Bloom / Six of a Kind

Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle Of Death

Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov (Nebolsin)

DVD: The Disenchanted

Shanghai Noon / Twin Dragons / Rumble In The Bronx