Scared to Death

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Monsol E The only reason I got thru this, was I watched the Rifftrax version. A relatively cool looking monster is completely wasted on a movie that had no idea how characters, scenes, plots, or movies are supposed to be made. This isn't "so bad it's good", it's just unbearable on all fronts. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/19/23 Full Review Audience Member William Malone wanted to be a director and decided that a horror movie was the way to go. After all, he'd made monster masks at a factory so he could make the monster himself. And by that, I mean spend three months making an H.R. Giger clone. Then he sold his car, mortgaged his house and somehow got Rick Springfield to be in this, but he dropped out the night before shooting started, which feels like a total kayfabe story. This might seem like a slasher, but then you learn that the killer is drinking spinal fluid and this woman just shows up and says, "Oh, I worked at the lab where we made a creature named the Syngenor that lives off spine juice. And in case you wonder, the name means SYNthesized GENetic ORgansism." Yes, the very same Syngenor that Re-Animator villain David Gale goes absolutely full-on bonkers within. That's why when this movie was released to DVD, it got the new title Scared to Death: Syngenor. Malone would move on to make Creature, House on Haunted Hill, feardotcom and Parasomnia. If we let him make another movie, I really worry what the title will be. I have no idea who let him make a film again after feardotcom because not even my steady diet of Franco and Mattei could get me through that movie. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member The is low-budget horror trash. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member pfffffffffffffffff. ez mà (C)g nekem is sok volt, vagyis inkább kevà (C)s. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Not great but I bought this for nostalgic reasons anyway. Good f/x but the slow pacing is really what's killing the movie. Ugly late 70s fashion adds to the unwanted hilarity. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A vicious, slobbering Syngenor (Synthesized-Genetic-Organism-), a lab experiment gone wrong, and seriously in need of an attitude-adjustment, runs rampant through La-La Land's sleazier environs thinning the human herd by sucking out their precious spinal fluids with its handy-dandy Ronco-Forked Tongue (Only three easy payments of $19.95!). Outrageous and highly enjoyable early 80's monster-on-the-loose flick with an impressive creature design (Although highly derivative of Ridley Scott's "Alien", but actually one of the better imitations-), some pretty creepy moments, workable perfs by the unknown cast, and tight direction by William Malone who continued pumping out genre product both worthwhile ("The Boogens", "Creature"-) and unremarkable (The poor "House on Haunted Hill" remake-). An acceptable sequel followed. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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