Scared to Death

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Scared to Death

Mar 2026

1h 38m

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Comedy

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Jasper, a young filmmaker stuck as a production assistant, sees his chance to direct by proposing filming behind-the-scenes of a real séance in an old haunted house as research for their horror movie Death House. The site was once a children's shelter, shut down after five mysterious deaths in 1942. When the séance begins, the cast and crew are trapped inside and tormented by the spirits of the children--and something far worse.

Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

May 30

3/5

If a horror film can be described as comfortable, that’s the word for "Scared To Death." It’s like an old tee-shirt that’s been through the wash. It fits, it’s fun, but it’s not for a special occasion.

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Karina Adelgaard

Heaven of Horror

May 5

2/5

...I never doubted that I wanted to watch it for Lin Shaye and Bill Moseley, who star. And I do adore Lin Shaye in this movie, where she plays a very different kind of character. It’s not enough to make it a good movie, but watch it for her.

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Mar 19

B-

Has a superb setting and some good creepy riffs, but they repeat more than is wise.

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

Mar 18

1/5

There might be the makings of a guilty pleasure buried deep within this material, but unfortunately, that’s something Scared to Death is nowhere near capable of conjuring.

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Kent Hill

Film Threat

Mar 17

9/10

Scared to Death is made better because it is both meta and a milkshake of staple genre ingredients that, when you list them, you think, “These shouldn’t taste as good as they do,” but they do.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Mar 12

A mildly engaging, but often dull and uninspired horror comedy that's low on scares, wit, campiness and laughs.

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Stephen

Mar 18

Fun score and set. B movie feel.

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Kenneth P

Mar 15

This is one of those low budget "so bad it's good" type of movies. Only, it wasn't good. Not even worth watching for free, it's that bad

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Christina

Mar 15

Funny in certain parts but overall not great

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Bi6

Mar 14

The plot moved too slowly.

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seraphim

Mar 14

Best movie out of the entire 2025, 2026

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Khang N

Mar 14

Damn. Not half as bad as I thought it was gonna be. Had fun although the creepy children gimmick and others were a little over-the-top.

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Max

Bill Moseley

Felix

Olivier Paris

Jasper

Victoria Konefal

Lena

Jade Chynoweth

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Synopsis

Jasper, a young filmmaker stuck as a production assistant, sees his chance to direct by proposing filming behind-the-scenes of a real séance in an old haunted house as research for their horror movie Death House. The site was once a children's shelter, shut down after five mysterious deaths in 1942. When the séance begins, the cast and crew are trapped inside and tormented by the spirits of the children--and something far worse.

Director: Paul Boyd
Producer: Eric Barrett, Todd Slater
Screenwriter: Paul Boyd
Distributor: Atlas Distribution
Production Co: Bald Man Films, Mirror Films
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 13, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 5, 2026
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.6K
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1