Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1971 Directed by John D. Hancock
Synopsis
Something is after Jessica. Something very cold, very wet... and very dead...
Jessica goes to the Connecticut countryside for some rest following her release from an institution where she has just recovered from a nervous breakdown. She arrives with her husband and friend, but the three find little relaxation. Instead, they become entangled in a creepy tale of the supernatural which involves murder, an attempted drowning, a séance, disappearing bodies, vampires and constant torment for Jessica. Her marriage is strained, she hears voices, and she can't escape the mental turbulence which haunts her – for there really is something after Jessica.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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wild business. seriously spooky, a great score, dreamlike cinematography & overall an underrated gem! Zohra Lampert's performance as Jessica should be talked about everyday.
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Criminally underrated
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An extremely creeping and forbidding film. It makes great use of sound with the voices in Jessica's head being used to great effect. I also lived her performance. Where most horror films of the type would have someone having just had psychological problems not being believed about what they have seen or heard by other characters, this film has just the opposite, with Jessica doubting herself and thus keeping what she has seen a secret from her husband. The film moves slowly but is never dull. I actually quite liked the mundane moments the group spend sat about chatting or playing music. It was nice just to spend time with them. The ending is great but maybe finished a little too fast. I was fine with all the build up and the ending, I just wished there was a little more of it it. But it's a small complaint in a very good movie.
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Creepy, yes, but I could not make heads nor tails of this horror movie. They used to show this on ABC TV when I was a kid, yet I was too scared to watch it. The title alone used to scare me. I suppose the film has its scary moments, yet there was not much of a payoff in the end.
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This one does not hold up. It was boring and I didn't get it at all. If it was about vampires, they were the lamest vampires EVER.
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The spooky 70s atmosphere is here and genuine though there's barely enough here to justify the film.
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A girl along with her husband and friend move into a farm house shortly after her release from a mental institution. They meet an unfriendly town, an odd squatter in their house, and discover a few oddities as they try to settle in.
This movie was terrible, often times laughably so. It seemed a few times that they may be going for something a bit more subliminal, but nothing paid off from it. Meanwhile, an obvious supernatural plot takes an odd spin at the very end.
Zohra Lampert was terrible here as Jessica. She seemed pumped full of happy pills through the first 2/3rds of the film as sees here smiling at everything, no matter how odd or even bad… -
Criminally underrated
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a likable, very moody thriller. a bit uneven, but worthwhile for genre fans.
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wild business. seriously spooky, a great score, dreamlike cinematography & overall an underrated gem! Zohra Lampert's performance as Jessica should be talked about everyday.
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This one does not hold up. It was boring and I didn't get it at all. If it was about vampires, they were the lamest vampires EVER.
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Ghosts?? Vampires?? Who the hell knows?!? Let's Scare Jessica to Death is super dated and way too many things were left unexplained, but what a fantastic score.
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A great example of what can be done on a low budget. Creepy and unnerving and never spills over into the over the top scares that are so popular in recent years
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Better than I expected. Nothing incredible, but not too bad.