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Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a american film of genre Drama directed by John D. Hancock released in USA on 27 august 1971 with Zohra Lampert

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Let's Scare Jessica to Death
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Released in USA 27 august 1971
Length 1h29
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Horror
Rating63% 3.198493.198493.198493.198493.19849

Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a 1971 American horror film, directed by John D. Hancock and starring Zohra Lampert as Jessica. It depicts the nightmarish experiences of a psychologically fragile woman in an old farmhouse on a Connecticut island. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death the 87th scariest film ever made.

Synopsis

Wearing just a nightgown, Jessica (Zohra Lampert) sits in a rowboat, staring at the water.

Actors

Zohra Lampert

(Jessica)Gretchen Corbett

(The Girl)Barton Heyman

(Duncan)Mariclare Costello

(Emily)Kevin J. O'Connor

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