Bart Patton, Bill Campbell, Eithne Dunne
John Haloran has a fatal heart attack, but his wife Louise won't get any of the inheritance when Lady Haloran dies if John is dead. Louise forges a letter from John to convince the rest of his family ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 22, 1998
Stats: 164 reviews
Shades of Psycho. I see Coppola's skill in directing actors here early in his career. What could be a campy B-movie, doesn't have much camp. Instead, the performances for the most part are believable.
An extremely interesting and gravely underrated entry to the horror genre that weaves a remarkably tense tale of madness and betrayal. Everything about Dementia 13 screams masterpiece, from its surprisingly deep story to its chilling score. Though its similarity to Psycho is ob...( read more)
Dementia 13 had been on my "Must Do" list for a while, but it was fairly hard to track down a copy of this early 60s movie.
Although it wasn't quite what I expected, it was a well-above-average movie, with some intense moments. It definitely is a great debut (or at least what wa...( read more)
Roger Corman gave a hand to Coppola, producing a decent thriller with Poe/Henry James gothic flavor, that also borrows a couple of elements from Hitchcock's then hit film Psycho.
Cool main titles and creepy music.
I particularly like Luana Anders.
1963's Dementia 13 is one of those classic horror films, that I really enjoy.
It is the tale of a greedy widow, who plots to stay in the families will, after her husband suddenly dies from a heart attack. Not knowing the true secrets and guilt the family harbors over an arcane h...( read more)
A lame, uneven story where nothing much really happens, and it's got evident shades of Psycho but is not even frightening.
I think Coppola's big mistake here, perhaps inspired by "Psycho", released only three years before, is to kill off Luana Anders just as she is shaping up to be a great bitchy villainess. Whereas Hitchcock steered an interesting embezzlement story close to an apparently mundane co...( read more)
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