Scared to Death is a 1980 English-language Horror Sci-Fi movie written by William Malone and Robert Short. The movie is directed by William Malone and produced by Rand Marlis and Gilbert M. Shilton. An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of the Syngenor - the synthesized genetic organism! Written by Brian J. Wright. Scared to death stars John Stinson, Diana Davidson, David Moses, Toni Jannotta, Walker Edmiston, Pamela Bowman and Kermit Eller. The music was composed by Thomas Chase along with Dell Hake. Cinematography was done by Patrick Prince and editing by Warren Chadwick. The motion picture has a running time of 93 minutes. Scared to Death was made on a budget of $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Lone Star Pictures.