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Completed several years before its 1947 release, Scared to Death is historically important as Bela Lugosi's only color film (outside of his brief unbilled appearance in 1931's Fifty Million Frenchmen, which today exists only in black & white). Other than that, it's a dreary story of how a beautiful but treacherous young woman (Molly Lamont) literally dies of fright. Anticipating Sunset Boulevard by at least five years, the film is narrated by the deceased "heroine," meaning that suspense and surprise are hardly considerations here. It's a toss-up as to who's funnier: the film's official comedy relief, dumb detective Nat Pendleton and dumber blonde Joyce Compton, or the "odd couple" team of the caped-and-cloaked Bela Lugosi and his dress-alike dwarf companion Angelo Rossitto. For the record, Lugosi plays a sinister hypnotist named Leonide, yet another of his myriad of "red herring" roles in the 1940s. Hal Erickson

Product Details

• UPC: 089218623591
• Source: ALPHA VIDEO
• Region Code: 0
• Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
• Language: English
• Time: 1:05:00
• Sales Rank: 24,143

This DVD is also available as part of a box set:

• Great Horror Classics 5
• Great Horror Classics 3
• Bela Lugosi Box: 15 Frightful Films
• Horror Classics: 100 Movie Pack
• Horror Collection: 250 Movies
• Legends of Hollywood: the Kings of Horror

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