Scared to Death

Name: Scared to Death
Duration: 1 h 38 min

1hr 38m

2.7/5 (274)

1hr 38m
2.7/5 (274)

Jasper, a young filmmaker, seizes a chance to direct when his crew attends a seance in a haunted children's shelter. Trapped inside, they're haunted by ghostly orphans and a sinister force.

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Director:

Paul Boyd

Producer:

Eric Barrett, Todd Slater

Writer:

Paul Boyd

Release Date:

Mar 13, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 38m

Synopsis

Jasper, a young filmmaker, seizes a chance to direct when his crew attends a seance in a haunted children's shelter. Trapped inside, they're haunted by ghostly orphans and a sinister force.

Cast

Lin Shaye
Bill Moseley
Olivier Paris
Victoria Konefal
Jade Chynoweth
B.J. Minor
Kurt Deimer
Rae Dawn Chong
Lucinda Jenney
Matt Carmody

Moviegoers are saying

This low-budget horror-comedy divides audiences with its painfully sluggish pacing and uneven tone, though Lin Shaye's unhinged performance and some surprisingly effective prosthetic effects (particularly an animatronic severed ghost head) provide memorable moments. Multiple reviewers describe it as so boring they'd rather watch The Godfather trilogy, with many walking out early despite appreciating Victoria Konefal's performance and occasional comedy beats.

Top Mentions

Pacing-Nightmare

Lin-Shaye-Unleashed

Walk-Out-Worthy

Prosthetic-Highlight

Boredom-Inducing

Cringe-Comedy

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2.7

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2.7

Mar 16, 2026

Boring af. 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…

23 Likes

Jack

Mar 9, 2026

This was so bad in almost every way. Annoying script, overused score, bad acting and really awful comedy. This might be the film that broke me from wanting to go to Monday mystery nights because I disliked every min of this. Also does the thing where legit every scare in…

28 Likes

🏳️‍⚧️💕Belle Forger💕🏳️‍⚧️

Aug 12, 2024

Bored to death I want to give it 5 stars for those cheeks in those short shorts bring me more cake Cook Book Film Review 1/4 cup Casper 1/4 cup Seance 1/4 cup One Cut Of The Dead Dash of Digging Up The Marrow Dash of Night Of The Demons Grab all that spooky…

16 Likes

Chichobutt89
Mar 9, 2026

Tusk has officially been dethroned for the worst movie I’ve ever watched. I was going to say this is a YouTube type movie but I’ve watched plenty of videos much better than this. Don’t think I’ll get another mystery movie screening as bad as this one. Neither scary nor…

10 Likes

Damian

Mar 11, 2025

Lin Shaye went full nut, and that's all that was needed.

11 Likes

cherryz

Apr 28, 2025

Poor Bill Moseley deserves better

9 Likes

Snailor Moon
Mar 8, 2025

FrightFest Glasgow: Film 10 In a way I feel like they only decided this was a comedy after they filmed it.

8 Likes

Brad Hanson

Mar 18, 2026

In all my days of going to the cinema, I’ve only walked out early on a movie twice. The first was the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street The second was Scared to Death LFHG

4 Likes

LoFiHorrorGuy

Mar 18, 2026

"Do you have any children?" "What? Now you want the history of my ovaries?"

5 Likes

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