USA, 1 hour 38 minutes, Directed by Paul Boyd

Jasper is a young, opportunistic filmmaker yearning to climb the Hollywood ladder. Working as a lowly production assistant, he seizes his chance to be a ‘real’ director when he suggests to his cantankerous boss that the crew and actors from their upcoming horror film attend an actual séance in an old haunted house for research. They chose an abandoned children’s shelter closed for 70 years since the mysterious murders of five children in 1942, apparently discovered scared to death. Once the séance begins, the motley crew find themselves trapped and haunted by the children … and something possibly worse.

Scared to Death is SO much fun! When I saw Lin Shaye and Bill Moseley in the cast list, I immediately moved Scared to Death to the top of my FrightFest Glasgow watchlist.

This film is everything I wanted it to be. It was fun, silly and gory and I loved it. I was so pleased that Auntie Lin and Bill’s roles were far bigger than I expected. I feared they would be token cameos, but they both have really meaty roles and are fantastic, as always. The rest of the cast are great too – I enjoyed the character of The Grog, who I’m sure was inspired by Kane Hodder. It felt like a lovely little hat tip. The story was pretty predictable, but I feel like that’s the beauty of a fun horror like this. You’re know exactly what you’re getting and sometimes that’s just what you need. Blood, horror icons, some snacks and (ideally!) cats and a good time.

I can’t wait to see Scared to Death again and I’m sure it’ll be on Shudder or Prime soon 🤞🏻