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Scary or Die

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Five stories of supernatural horror occur in and around the City of Angels.
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Mark H. Harris Black Horror Movies Jan 9, 2020
3.3/5
The two most powerful segments in Scary or Die, "Clowned" and "Lover Come Back" propel it beyond typical direct-to-video horror fluff with poignancy, depth and a real sense of drama. Go to Full Review
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B P @Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Jun 25, 2015 Most of the five stories that make up this film are tame, but the fourth and longest one about a clown is certainly a worthy watch. See more Feb 21, 2015 It's just too complex of a movie and has no real scary moments, except one scene that probably would just make you stunned or jump a little. See more Jan 19, 2015 A really stupid horror movie. Just a bunch of short stories that make little sense. See more Dec 16, 2014 Its a good scary movie to watch alone See more Aug 22, 2014 "Scary Or Die" anthology tells five very different dark and twisted stories with L.A as a backdrop save the first. The first story happens in the borderlands outside the city close to Mexico. The film manages to quietly hint at the interwoven depth of the five tales with carefully hidden elements to the tale which require careful attention from the viewer to catch the connection. "Scary Or Die" has directors Bob Badway, Michael Emanuel, and Igor Meglic coming together to create some clever and fresh urban tales of horror which star Bill Oberst Jr., Alexandra Choi, and Corbin Bleu just to name a few playing out these ill fated lives. scary or die"Scary Or Die" is a classic horror trilogy that celebrates the classic dark, witty and twisted styles most common in 80's anthologies and television series (Tales From The Darkside is the one I kept coming back to as I watched this film). The stories are "The Crossing" - a very dark and poignant story of prejudice and karma which has a couple of 'good ole boys' seeking to deport immigrants in their own sick manner only to have fate exact a gruesome justice of it's own; "Tae Jung's Lament" - a Korean vampire tale that is both elusive and clever in it's re-imagining of a 'damsel in distress' story; "Re- Membered" - a story that brings a scene of almost demonic or devilish cat and mouse dance between a shady character with someone in the trunk; "Clowned"- is an emotional horror story that has a family torn apart over some demonic case of twisted circumstance which conjures nightmares on so many levels; and "Lover Come Back"- a sinister and justified voodoo love story that proves some emotional bonds go beyond the grave or in this case the gross dumping ground. For me this is one of the better produced anthologies that flows cleanly between tales as given through us by an unknown person via a website entitled "Scary Or Die". The person becomes known at the end, tying up the thread of continuation in this nice little flick. The stories varied from dark humor to melodramatic despair. Each of the stories held out to the very last scene before unveiling the full scope of the twisted tales which brought a freshness to each of them and made this film very entertaining. It is not a balls out scary anthology but it is clever and modern. "Scary Or Die" is a new urbanized 21st century anthology that holds it's own against the classics. I will watch this one many more times before I tire of it. Mainly because there are some deep messages in these stories that you don't see in a lot of the new anthologies and I am still trying to figure out what those messages actually represent. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Five stories of supernatural horror occur in and around the City of Angels.
Director
Bob Badway, Michael Emanuel, Igor Meglic
Producer
Michael Emanuel, Igor Meglic, David Reivers
Screenwriter
Bob Badway, Michael Emanuel
Production Co
Canal Street Films
Rating
R (Bloody Horror Violence|Language|Brief Sexuality)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 34m
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