Scene in country scary to begin with? Point (9)
I believe the answer is:
landscape
'scene' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'country scary to begin with? point' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'land' (synonyms).
'to begin with?' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'begin with' mean this).
'point' becomes 'cape' (type of geographical point).
The first letter of 'scary' is 's'.
'land'+'s'+'cape'='LANDSCAPE'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for landscape that I've seen before include "Outdoor painting" , "Artistic work" , "Countryside for a painter" , "Painters may paint it" , "Countryside painting" .)