Unfortunately, it is poorly paced and nonsensical leading to a film that is hard to understand and watch. Characters are stabbed and a womans throat is slit, all resulting in strong bloody detail. Strange visions come to haunt a singer when she, her son, and her psychiatristturnedboyfriend move into an old colonial house that is haunted by the ghost of a. Scared stiff 1987 classic horror movies posters, creepy. The last battle is looks great, but the last scene makes no sense. When our webmistress bat offered me a screener for a film entitled scared stiff, i immediately thought that the film in question was the 1953 dean martinjerry lewis starrer that was a pointlessly close remake of the bob hope 1940 horrortinged comedy classic the ghost breakers. But fans of the film are now finally rewarded with the now typical top class arrow treatment. Scared stiff is a 1987 us horror film in which a familys new home is haunted by the ghost of a nineteenth century slave owner. Scared stiff 1987, an american horror movie directed by richard friedman scared stiff pinball, a game featuring horrorshowhostess elvira scared stiff. Scared stiff, a haunted house comedy starring dean martin and jerry lewis. Tales of sex and death, a collection of horror stories by. For one thing the title seems a complete misnomer until the very end. With a unique premise full of voodoo, magic, and monstersand a jaw dropping fx packed finale.
Strange visions come to haunt a singer when she and her boyfriendpsychiatrist move into the old house that is haunted by the ghost of a slave owner. With his 1987 turkey, scared stiff, director richard friedman evokes the spirit of these 70s small screen chillers, adding some very 80s excess into the mix. Strange visions come to haunt a singer when she, her son, and her psychiatristturnedboyfriend move into an old colonial house that is haunted by the ghost of a ruthless slave owner. Two years later a movie that in many ways is very similar to that classic was released. Scared stiff is a seriously bonkers hong kong film that starts off as a comedy, turns into a slasher film and then has a supernatural stephen kings christine turned to eleven scrapyard car mindcontrol crashing finale.
Lun est beau gosse et seduit toutes les femmes et lautre, petit binoclard rondouillet, na jamais. With andrew stevens, mary page keller, david ramsey, josh segal. Commentary is with director richard friedman, producer dan bacaner and film historian robert ehlinger. Scared stiff is a horror film that didnt get too much of a theatrical release but it caught a little fire on video. For a film that hasnt seen the light of day since vhs and considering that according to the extras the producer responded to arrows interest in releasing the film with i hope i can actually find the negative scared stiff looks shockingly good in its new 2k restoration. An accident gives one of two brothers the ability to go into peoples dreams. This film has been seen as a hong kong takeoff on the plot of the 1987 us thriller dreamscape. When you hear about a film titled scared stiff, with no prior knowledge of what it might be about, there are a number of natural conclusions one might come to. In just about every way, scared stiff resembles a tv movie ghost story.
Scared stiff 1987 strange visions come to haunt a singer when she, her son, and her psychiatristturnedboyfriend move into an old colonial. Apr 06, 2019 this is a fun and energetic journey through the film s production, and is deserving of a listen. Strange visions come to haunt a singer when she and her boyfriendpsychiatrist move into the old house that is haunted by the ghost of a. The film s finale is remarkably even more nuts utilizing hallucinatory surrealism no doubt inspired by the then super popular elm street series. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. A few scenes look a little rougher than the rest, but that is due to the condition of the film elements, not this restoration or transfer. A better title might be bored rigid, but that might be doing this film a disservice as it does have some elements to commend it. Scared stiff has all the ingredients to be a decent horror movie. Scared stiff starts off with an impressive opening set in the mid1800s with great costumes and period detail, a voodoo ritual, and a quasimodo sidekick. But after the compelling prologue the film settles into a typical 80s possessionhaunted house movie featuring little gore, no nudity, cheesy special effects, and evil pigeons.
Unfortunately its a build up horror movie where you ll have to struggle through an hour of these dumb ass people investigating s. An incredibly bad film from the heyday of the vhs era. Scared stiff the masterson curse 1987 rotten tomatoes. Scared stiff is a 1987 hong kong comedy thriller film directed by lau karwing and starring eric tsang, chow yunfat. For one thing, the title seems a complete misnomer until the very end. Scared stiff 1987 trailer hd andrew stevens mary page keller. Scared stiff 1987 british board of film classification. Unfortunately, that is exactly what they should be worried about, and this horror movie explains why. Scared stiff s only point of note is its completely surreal climax. The restoration is incredibly clean and may even seem like its for a different film to those familiar with past incarnations.
Find release information for scared stiff 1987 richard friedman, richard s. The incoherent plot involves hauntings and a voodoo curse before arriving at a totally. Scared stiff 1987 film, a hong kong film starring chow yunfat. Apr 23, 2019 in other words, the arrow video release of scared stiff was not off to a great start. It offers a running montage with 66 examples of movie shots, publicity elements and behind the scenes stills. Scared stiff 1987 directed by richard friedman richard s. Scared stiff 1945 film, a comedy directed by frank mcdonald. Apr 23, 2019 scared stiff has all the ingredients to be a decent horror movie.
Scared stiff is definitely a film that most b horror fans should venture into seeing. Scared stiff is a 1987 hong kong comedy thriller film directed by lau karwing and starring eric tsang, chow yunfat and michael miu. Scared stiff is a film directed by richard friedman with andrew stevens, mary page keller, david ramsey, josh segal, year. Horrible editing, awful acting, a script that goes nowhere, off the wall gore at the end, and an incredible silly ending. When a psychiatrist, her son, her brand new husband who is an exrock star and her former patient, move into an old mansion, the last thing they worry about is a voodoo curse. Scared stiff is an 80s horror movie following a singer, her son, and her psychiatristturnedboyfriend who move into an old colonial house that is haunted by the. The first twothirds may be shockingly straightfaced, but once the film descends into nightmarish anarchy in the last 30minutes it a blast for fans of 80s horror. A psychiatrist donates his time to help the mentally ill street people of hong kong.
Is it entirely successful as either a horror movie or social commentary. Scared stiff, a hong kong film starring chow yunfat. David ramsey in scared stiff 1987 scared stiff 1987 andrew stevens and mary. Find similar and related movies for scared stiff 1987 richard friedman, richard s. A 1980s take on the haunted house genre, scared stiff lacks much to make it memorable. Strange visions come to haunt a singer when she, her son, and her. Unfortunately its a build up horror movie where youll have to struggle. The curse follows a young boy named zack wil wheaton who recently lost his father. After david buys an old charleston mansion and kate and her son move in with him, strange events occur including the discoveries of a secret hidden attic and the diary of the murderous slave trader who owned the home. In other words, the arrow video release of scared stiff was not off to a great start. Scared stiff is a 1987 american supernatural horror feature film. We are here to help you with any issues that you have.
Over the years ive heard many people say some good things about the picture so i finally sat down to watch it and must admit that it didnt work. Mary page keller runs through the house pursued by the film crew from her music video shoot, psychiatric patients, dead cops, handymen, phantom grand pianos and her son. Scared stiff 1987, an american horror movie directed by richard friedman. Scared stiff 1987 bluray brand new free ship 5027035020426. Believe it or not, scared stiff is a based on an original script by mark frost of twin peaks fame. The diabolical film complet vf, the diabolical streaming complet vostfr, the diabolical film en entier francais streaming vf. The thing is, the comedy hits, the slasher stuff is effective and. George masteron is a feared slave trader who has a confrontation with a group from the ivory coast in his mansion. Scared stiff 1953 film, a haunted house comedy starring dean martin and jerry lewis. Financial analysis of scared stiff 1987 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
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By melissa antoinette garza one of my favorite cult films is the stuff 1985. Which pretty much describes the entire movie in a nutshell. This is a fun and energetic journey through the film s production, and is deserving of a listen. Its loaded with super fun special effects and the creativity is offthewalls insane. Kates a single mom rock star recovering from a nervous breakdown. Apr 22, 2019 while the film itself may have disappointed, arrow never does. The thing is, the comedy hits, the slasher stuff is effective and the stuntwork in the finale is awesome too.
Scared stiff never even made it onto dvd, though it did hit laser disc in addition to video. Strange visions come to haunt a singer when she and her boyfriendpsychiatrist move into an old house haunted by the ghost of a slave owner. Scared stiff 1987 a rock star mary page keller, her son and her psychiatrist andrew stevens move into a southern mansion haunted by a slave driver david ramsey. Josh segal bill hindman genres body horror haunted house film horror supernatural horror release info october 23, 1987 color 83 minutes see more films from 1987 see more about this film on our blog comments 0 on amazon. I was extremely excited when i discovered that camp motion pictures, had released some cult and low budget movies of the 80s, and this movie appealed to me as it was the one of the first releases by mark polonia and john polonia, two masters of low budget, independent movies.
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