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Dementia 13

  • 5.7 /10

  • 184

  • 69%

Plot

A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.

Cast

William Campbell as Richard Haloran
William Campbell

as Richard Haloran

Luana Anders as Louise Haloran
Luana Anders

as Louise Haloran

Bart Patton as Billy Haloran
Bart Patton

as Billy Haloran

Mary Mitchel as Kane
Mary Mitchel

as Kane

Patrick Magee as Justin Caleb
Patrick Magee

as Justin Caleb

Eithne Dunne as Lady Haloran
Eithne Dunne

as Lady Haloran

Peter Read as John Haloran
Peter Read

as John Haloran

Karl Schanzer as Simon
Karl Schanzer

as Simon

Ron Perry as Arthur
Ron Perry

as Arthur

Derry O'Donavan as Lillian
Derry O'Donavan

as Lillian

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Unrated

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • September 25, 1963

Production Companies

  • The Filmgroup

  • Roger Corman Productions

  • American International Pictures

Production Countries

  • Ireland

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $30,000.00

Revenue

  • $47,664.00

Runtime

  • 1.25 hrs

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Reviews

This was a tad eccentric but proved to me a very delightfully surreal horror film. In watching this, you immediately get the feeling the director has both interesting, out-of-the-ordinary ideas plus the balls to do things his own way. It's flawed, but definitely shows plenty of directing chops and potential for brilliance, just a few years down the road. A bona-fide, low-budget, American classic.

***Coppola’s version of “Psycho,” sort of*** After the sudden death of her husband, an American woman (Luana Anders) keeps it secret and tries to ingratiate herself to the matriarch at the family’s manor in Ireland in order to extort part of the inheritance. But there’s a dark pall over the family after an accidental drowning seven years earlier, not to mention the specter of a psycho with an …