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- Serial KillerSlasherParents and ChildrenDeath in the FamilyMurderPsychopathCrimesDeadly more...
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Dementia 13, 1963
English
USA
Profile of Dementia 13
The mood of Dementia 13 is atmospheric, scary, and suspenseful. The plot centers around a death in the family, a slasher, and a psychopath. It is a thriller and horror movie. In approach, Dementia 13 is serious. It takes place, at least partly, in a palace, castle, or temple. The setting is Ireland. Dementia 13 happens in the 1960s.
Summary of Dementia 13
Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut, produced by horror king Roger Corman, is a terror-filled tale of family ties chopped to pieces. DEMENTIA 13's opening scene of Louise and John Haloran alone on a boat drifting nowhere (as an Elvis Presley song plays hauntingly) is reminiscent of many Hitchcock films. Its 1963 release was just the beginning of what, for Coppola, would be a long career of helming chillingly powerful masterworks such as APOCALYPSE NOW and THE GODFATHER.
Set in a spooky Irish castle, DEMENTIA 13 begins as the Haloran family gathers to memorialize the death of the youngest sister, Kathleen. While various family members plot and connive, an ax murderer is roaming the grounds, and Kathleen's body shows up at just the wrong time. Slowly, the family members become increasingly suspicious of each other--as well as of the ghosts that haunt the castle. But when the sinister family doctor is called in to help with the mystery, the expertly contrived Coppola chills really take hold.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 25 September 1963 |
| Runtime: | 75 min |
Cast and Crew
as Richard Haloran
as Louise Haloran
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