Scared to Death

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Scared to Death

Mar 2026

1h 38m

Horror

Comedy

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10 Reviews

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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.

Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

6h

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

1d

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

2d

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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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Mar 11

A sly, affectionate, genre mash-up that doubles as both a haunted-house spookshow and a meta love letter to horror movies—and to the film business itself.

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Norman Gidney

HorrorBuzz

Mar 11

7/10

Paul Boyd writes and directs this playfully silly horror comedy and lets the actors to have fun, even if the story stalls here and there.

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Stephen

1d

Fun score and set. B movie feel.

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Jack Silva

3d

I like it bcs of the look of the movie, some of the comedy was shockingly really good [for a really low-budget horror movie], but the movie was so dam boring as hell and dragged. The chills, spookyiness, and suspense were there, but burnt out when the pacing was so dragful. 😭💀☠️🥀

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Kenneth P

4d

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

4d

Funny in certain parts but overall not great

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Bi6

5d

The plot moved too slowly.

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seraphim

5d

Best movie out of the entire 2025, 2026

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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
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1