4K UHD Review – Let’s Scare Jessica to Death

1971’s “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” is an atmospheric horror film from co-writer/director John D. Hancock (“Bang the Drum Slowly,” “California Dreaming”), who’s searches for ways to keep the picture mysterious and spooky. It’s an admirable attempt to go for a different level of chills, working with technical elements and a semi-improvisational dramatic approach to keep things interesting in a genre that often struggles to provide originality. The actual fear factor of the effort is certainly up for debate, along with its storytelling choices, of which there are few to follow. “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” (an eye-catching title for sure, but it doesn’t represent the actual tale being sold here) isn’t a commanding genre offering, going a bit more delicate with its understanding of mental illness, though Hancock isn’t completely committed to anything in this semi-tedious, passably interesting feature. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com