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It's only an hour long, but this still manages to involve a couple of the worst performances I've seen in a long, long time. Bela Lugosi and George Zucco - who can normally be relied upon to deliver well enough in these short horror/thriller features are just not on form together…
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Scared to Death
“A thrilling mystery of a supernatural killer!”
43%
Movie
1h 8m
AI Analysis
Scared to Death (1947) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Scared to Death (1947) — a movie tagged as Horror, Mystery, and Thriller with dark, funny, and tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's cousin who formerly was a stage magician in Euro… Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~68 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Scared to Death 43% (32 votes) — polarizing or niche appeal for this movie.
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Scared to Death suits viewers who want a dark and funny film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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from 32 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's cousin who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1947-02-01
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- TMDB rating
- 4.3
- TMDB ID
- 23622
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A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arr... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for Scared to Death is approximately 68 minutes.
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Cast
Bela Lugosi
Prof Leonide
George Zucco
Dr. Josef Van Ee
Nat Pendleton
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Molly Lamont
Laura Van Ee
Joyce Compton
Jane Cornell
Gladys Blake
Lilly Beth
Roland Varno
Ward Van Ee
Angelo Rossitto
Indigo
Douglas Fowley
Terry Lee
Stanley Andrews
Pathologist
Lee Bennett
Rene the Killer
Stanley Price
Autopsy Surgeon
Dorothy Christy
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
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It's only an hour long, but this still manages to involve a couple of the worst performances I've seen in a long, long time. Bela Lugosi and George Zucco - who can normally be relied upon to deliver well enough in these short horror/thriller features are just not on form together at all here. The dialogue is unsure in what genre the film wants to sit - a suspenseful thriller with the odd bit of comedy, or a comedic thriller with the odd, well, thrill. It appears to, reluctantly, settle for the latter but by then the somewhat irrelevant story of a murdered woman who relates the events leading up to the crime no longer really matters. It has way too many daft sub-plots and by the time we do approach the end you've almost forgotten what/who or, more importantly - why?
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