Scared to Death (1981 film)

Scared to Death, also known as The Aberdeen Experiment and Scared to Death Syngenor DVD sleeve retitle, is a 1980 B horrorscience fiction film directed by William Malone.

Wanting to become a director, William Malone decided to make a monster movie because it was the type of film one could get a lot of production value for very little money. He also had experience with monster designs as he had previously worked as a designer at a Halloween mask factory so he knew he could design the monster himself. In order to raise enough money for the film Malone had to sell most of his personal belongings including his car and mortgaging his house. After raising enough money he began building and sculpting the monster suit. Being inspired by H.R. Gigers design from the movie Alien he tookmonths to build the suit. During this process Malone began casting the film and surprisingly he originally cast actorpop star Rick Springfield in the lead role. Springfield however called up Malone the night before filming began saying he could not be in his film because he was going to miss too many acting classes. Malone then called up actor John Stinson whom he remembered from an improv class and begged him to be in the film, to which he agreed. Filming began in February 1979 and the shoot lasted a total ofweeks, a rather long time for a lowbudget film.Lone Star Pictures, a Texas based company, provided 40,000 for the budget and picked up worldwide distribution. After the premier, the first sale made by Lone Star Pictures made was to Malaysia for 90,000. They were already making a profit since the film only cost 74,000 to make. ........

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