LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971) @ The ARKADIN/$7

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Sept 2025 Schedule
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General Admission - $7

5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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Since this 50-seat theater DOES sell out its most popular events, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you buy your tickets online asap.

There is NO FEE for this service.
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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“THE PERFECT MOOD. Eeriness that bathes in a transient vampire lake of surreal dread, deliberately paced, and oozing with psychological macabre madness.” – Ian West

Inspired by Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, John D. Hancock’s LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH is the ultimate early-70s slow-horror jam. This moody, dreamlike tale of a woman recently released from a mental institution who finds herself haunted either by a woodland vampire or her own madness is drenched in floral-patterned dread. Featuring a twitchy, deeply felt performance by Zohra Lampert and an eerily spare synthesizer score, JESSICA upends so many clichés of horror filmmaking, finding terror in small moments: an enigmatic smile, a farmhouse obscured by mist, the reflection of the sun on a lake. With its quietly feminist depiction of mental illness and its jaded embodiment of post-hippie malaise, JESSICA is at once a time capsule of early-70s America and a timeless tale of terror.

The Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and [DoesTheDogDie.com](https://www.doesthedogdie.com/), as well as through general internet searches.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 36% on the Tomatometer and a 50% on the Popcornmeter.