SwapaDVD logo
 
 

Search - Scared to Death on DVD


Scared to Death
Scared to Death
Actor: Bela Lugosi; George Zucco
Director: Christy Cabanne
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
NR     2004     1hr 12min

     
     
9

Larger Image

Movie Details

Actor: Bela Lugosi; George Zucco
Director: Christy Cabanne
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sub-Genres: Horror, Fantasy
Studio: Miracle Pictures
Format: DVD - Color
DVD Release Date: 09/28/2004
Release Year: 2004
Run Time: 1hr 12min
Screens: Color
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 1
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English
We're sorry, our database doesn't have DVD description information for this item. Click here to check Amazon's database -- you can return to this page by closing the new browser tab/window if you want to obtain the DVD from SwapaDVD.
Click here to submit a DVD description for approval.

Similar Movies

Icons of Horror - Boris Karloff
The Boogie Man Will Get You/The Black Room/The Man They Could Not Hang/Before I Hang
Directors: Lew Landers, Nick Grinde, Roy William Neill
7
   UR   2006   4hr 22min
The Amicus Collection
Asylum / And Now The Screaming Starts / The Beast Must Die
7
   NR   2007   4hr 30min
King Kong
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
   NR   2006   1hr 40min
Invisible Ghost
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
8
   NR   2003   1hr 10min
   
Devil Doll
Director: Lindsay Shonteff
2
   UR   2002   1hr 21min

Similarly Requested DVDs

Goldfinger
Special Edition
Director: Guy Hamilton
   PG   2002   1hr 50min
   
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Director: Robert Wiene
   UR   2002   1hr 7min
   
Firefox
   PG   2002   2hr 16min
   
Detour
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
8
   NR   2002   1hr 7min
   
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Director: James P. Hogan
5
   UR   2003   1hr 7min
   
The Man with Two Lives
Director: Phil Rosen
1
   NR   2004   1hr 5min
   
When a Stranger Calls
Director: Simon West
   PG-13   2006   1hr 27min
   
Night Skies
Widescreen Edition
Director: Roy Knyrim
   R   2007   1hr 30min
   
 

Movie Reviews

GORGEOUS print -- just amazing!
Stuart Gardner | Interzone, Alphaville | 07/25/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"You don't need to be told about this film, you just want to know if this is the DVD to buy.

YES, it is. The quality of this print is astounding. It's beautiful, sharp and clear, and even the TRAILER for the film (included on the disc) is in good shape.

Under ordinary circumstances I'd be happy with the quality of this print and trailer (and even with the quality of the transfer), but considering what a cheap little public domain title SCARED TO DEATH is, and the fact that the quality of this DVD label's products varies wildly, I am stunned. I think you will be, too."
Horror Comedy
Charles J. Rector | Woodstock, IL United States | 02/13/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"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.











"
Bela in Living Color
Scott T. Rivers | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12/04/2008
(2 out of 5 stars)

""Scared to Death" (1947) is a bizarre mixture of horror, mystery and comedy. The low-budget production remains notable for being the only color film to star Bela Lugosi (who wears his Dracula cape in yet another red herring role). Another unique distinction is the jarring flashback structure - with narration provided by a dead woman in the city morgue! The B-movie cast includes George Zucco, Molly Lamont, Angelo Rossitto and the archaic comic relief of Nat Pendleton. Running 67 minutes, "Scared to Death" benefits from Bela's striking Cinecolor presence and its decidedly weird atmosphere. Not a particularly good film, but a watchable curio."