Scared Shitless

Scared Shitless
Film poster
Directed byVivieno Caldinelli
Written byBrandon Cohen
Produced byLewis Spring
StarringSteven Ogg
Daniel Doheny
Chelsea Clark
Mark McKinney
CinematographyRudolf Blahacek
Edited byChristopher Minns
Music byBlitz//Berlin
Production
company
Happy Cat Productions
Release date
  • July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21) (Fantasia)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Scared Shitless is a 2024 Canadian comedy horror film, directed by Vivieno Caldinelli.[1] The film stars Steven Ogg as Don, a plumber who must team up with his mysophobic son Sonny (Daniel Doheny) to battle a genetically engineered bloodthirsty monster that is loose in the plumbing system of an apartment building.[1]

The cast also includes Chelsea Clark, Mark McKinney, Julian Richings, Marty Adams, Marcia Bennett, Brynn Godenir, Donald Tripe, Lorna Wilson and Tal Zimerman.

It premiered at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival,[2] where it was second runner-up for the Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature.[3]

The film was acquired for streaming distribution on Netflix.[4]

Critical response

For Original Cin, Thom Ernst wrote that "the budget, rumoured to be modest, shows no signs of hampering the production. If anything, the limitations forced smarter decisions. The monster, a many-tentacled sewage-dweller, is convincing enough to be threatening, but silly enough to let audiences enjoy the lunacy. Nothing looks cheap; everything looks intentional. It’s the kind of resourcefulness that makes low-budget Canadian filmmaking so easy to root for."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Simon Rother, "“Scared Sh*tless”: Steven Ogg Plunges Fantasia Film Fest into Toilet Horror (Movie Review)" Archived October 7, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. iHorror, July 28, 2024.
  2. ^ Alison Foreman, "Fantasia Fest 2024 Announces Its Stellar Final Lineup with ‘Ababouiné,’ ‘In Our Blood,’ and More" Archived September 26, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. IndieWire, July 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Jeremy Kay, "‘Bookworm’ wins 2024 Fantasia audience award for best international film" Archived December 7, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. Screen Daily, August 6, 2024.
  4. ^ Jamie Casemore, "Netflix acquires Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy Scared Shitless". Playback, September 23, 2025.
  5. ^ Thom Ernst, "Scared Shitless: Tasteful Toilet Humour-Horror Waits for the Shit to Hit the Fans". Original Cin, September 16, 2025.
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