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Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a 1971 American psychological horror film, directed by John D. Hancock and starring Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Gretchen Corbett, and Mariclare Costello. The film depicts the nightmarish experiences of a psychologically fragile woman in an old farmhouse on a Connecticut island. Upon its release in August 1971, the film received middling reviews from critics, but contemporarily has attained a cult following, with some film scholars drawing comparisons to Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novel Carmilla (1871). In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death the 87th scariest film ever made.