Stars: Luana Anders, Patrick Magee, William Campbell, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel | Written by Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hill | Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Dementia 13 was one of the directors first films. This makes for interesting viewing, especially when it was also produced by Roger Corman. So does the movie show any of the hallmarks of his future films?
When Louise’s (Luana Anders) husband Peter dies of a heart attack she decides to hide the fact he is dead so she can get her hands on his inheritance. When she goes to visit his families home in an attempt to make sure things go to plan, she is unaware of what awaits her at the family estate that holds a deadly secret.
One of the first things that is noticeable in Dementia 13 is the fact it has a Hitchcockian feel to the film.
Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Dementia 13 was one of the directors first films. This makes for interesting viewing, especially when it was also produced by Roger Corman. So does the movie show any of the hallmarks of his future films?
When Louise’s (Luana Anders) husband Peter dies of a heart attack she decides to hide the fact he is dead so she can get her hands on his inheritance. When she goes to visit his families home in an attempt to make sure things go to plan, she is unaware of what awaits her at the family estate that holds a deadly secret.
One of the first things that is noticeable in Dementia 13 is the fact it has a Hitchcockian feel to the film.
- 11/18/2021
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
One of the best director debuts of the 1960s is Francis Coppola’s earnest effort to deliver a marketable thriller to producer Roger Corman, a gory, sexy horror show that will get past the censor. The 21-year-old student filmmaker comes through in high style. The spirited tale of axe murders on an Irish estate brings back a time when a talented beginner could hit a $40,000 movie out of the park. It’s been reconstituted to Coppola’s preferred cut after sixty years in Public Domain purgatory, and he provides a new commentary that will please his fans as well as lovers of the horror genre.
Dementia 13 Director’s Cut
Blu-ray
Lionsgate / Vestron Video Collector’s Series
1963 / B&w / 1:78 widescreen / 69 min. / The Haunted and the Hunted / Street Date September 21, 2021 / 17.99
Starring: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, Patrick Magee, Ethne Dunne, Peter Read.
Cinematography: Charles Hannawalt
Art Director: Albert...
Dementia 13 Director’s Cut
Blu-ray
Lionsgate / Vestron Video Collector’s Series
1963 / B&w / 1:78 widescreen / 69 min. / The Haunted and the Hunted / Street Date September 21, 2021 / 17.99
Starring: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, Patrick Magee, Ethne Dunne, Peter Read.
Cinematography: Charles Hannawalt
Art Director: Albert...
- 9/21/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Hello, dear readers! This week’s home entertainment offerings include plenty of recent horror titles for you to enjoy, plus a few cult classics as well. Rlje Films is releasing a handful of genre films from this year, including Boys from County Hell, Violation, and The Power, and if you’re looking for something to enjoy during the Halloween season, you’ll definitely want to pick up the Haunt Blu-ray as well. Francis Ford Coppola’s first film, Dementia 13, is joining the Vestron Video Collector’s Series this week, and Severin Films has put together The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Collection for fans to enjoy as well.
Other releases for September 21st include The Vigil, Night Drive, Gaia, House Monster, and Tooth Fairy: The Last Extraction.
Boys from County Hell
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when...
Other releases for September 21st include The Vigil, Night Drive, Gaia, House Monster, and Tooth Fairy: The Last Extraction.
Boys from County Hell
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when...
- 9/20/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Vestron Video and Lionsgate Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 (1963), starring William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, and Patrick Magee. The release will be available for purchase on September 21.
Following his recent director's cuts for Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut and The Cotton Club Encore, Coppola went into his own private collection to restore his directorial debut from 1963.
Over...
Following his recent director's cuts for Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut and The Cotton Club Encore, Coppola went into his own private collection to restore his directorial debut from 1963.
Over...
- 9/20/2021
- QuietEarth.us
Vestron Video and Lionsgate Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 (1963), starring William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, and Patrick Magee. The release will be available for purchase on September 21.
Following his recent director's cuts for Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut and The Cotton Club Encore, Coppola went into his own private collection to restore his directorial debut from 1963.
Following his recent director's cuts for Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut and The Cotton Club Encore, Coppola went into his own private collection to restore his directorial debut from 1963.
- 9/1/2021
- QuietEarth.us
If necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes, then Roger Corman is the dad of opportunity; swooping in and throwing around minimal coin but expecting maximum return (or at the very least, something in focus). But the King of the B’s has always attracted the hungry and talented, and so it was when a youngster by the name of Francis Ford Coppola was afforded the chance to helm his first (soft core flicks aside) official feature, Dementia 13 (1963). Part Psycho, part semi-Gothic psychodrama, it served as a stepping stone between Hitchcock and Bava, eventually leading to a slasher formula that is still impossible to kill.
Released by American International Pictures in late September on a double bill with Corman’s X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (which I’ve Dusted Off here), Dementia 13 impressed some critics upon release, at least more so than what...
Released by American International Pictures in late September on a double bill with Corman’s X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (which I’ve Dusted Off here), Dementia 13 impressed some critics upon release, at least more so than what...
- 3/10/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, a screening of the film will occur at this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival on Friday, July 8th. Also in today's Horror Highlights: info on the digital restoration of Roger Corman and Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Torchwood #1 San Diego Comic Con 2016 details.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 30th Anniversary Screening Details: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: 30th Anniversary Screening.
This Friday Night. July 8th at 11pm. Presented by Popcorn Frights Film Festival.
Giveaways by Scream Factory and Neca.
O Cinema Wynwood: 90 Nw 29th St, Miami, Fl 33127.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 will be preceded by Aj Briones’acclaimed short-film “Smiling Man”.
The Buzz Is Back!!! Over ten years after making the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper returns to his deranged family of reclusive cannibals for another round of chainsaw chases and non-stop screaming.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 30th Anniversary Screening Details: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: 30th Anniversary Screening.
This Friday Night. July 8th at 11pm. Presented by Popcorn Frights Film Festival.
Giveaways by Scream Factory and Neca.
O Cinema Wynwood: 90 Nw 29th St, Miami, Fl 33127.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 will be preceded by Aj Briones’acclaimed short-film “Smiling Man”.
The Buzz Is Back!!! Over ten years after making the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper returns to his deranged family of reclusive cannibals for another round of chainsaw chases and non-stop screaming.
- 7/7/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Syfy and Korean monsters, machine-gun-toting Japanese schoolgirls, and some re-releases are the topics of this week's horror titles.
While Dinoshark (directed by Kevin O'Neill and starring Eric Balfour, Iva Hasperger, Aaron Diaz, Humberto Busto, Roger Corman) and Mongolian Death Worm (directed by Steven R. Monroe and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Victoria Pratt) were on cable TV only recently, they're already here on home video. On top of that Chawz, the "Jaws with a wild boar" offering from Korea, and the hilariously unbelievable Machine Girl are vying for your purse strings all way from the Far East.
For the classically inclined, re-releases of Roger Corman's The Terror with a young Jack Nicholson, The Dorm That Dripped Blood, El Topo, as well as Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 will keep you company this week.
The Terror
Directed by Roger Corman
Starring Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, Sandra Knight
In one of his first-ever roles,...
While Dinoshark (directed by Kevin O'Neill and starring Eric Balfour, Iva Hasperger, Aaron Diaz, Humberto Busto, Roger Corman) and Mongolian Death Worm (directed by Steven R. Monroe and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Victoria Pratt) were on cable TV only recently, they're already here on home video. On top of that Chawz, the "Jaws with a wild boar" offering from Korea, and the hilariously unbelievable Machine Girl are vying for your purse strings all way from the Far East.
For the classically inclined, re-releases of Roger Corman's The Terror with a young Jack Nicholson, The Dorm That Dripped Blood, El Topo, as well as Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 will keep you company this week.
The Terror
Directed by Roger Corman
Starring Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, Sandra Knight
In one of his first-ever roles,...
- 4/26/2011
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
Hey Fiends! Happy Monday! Let’s take a look at your DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for tomorrow – April 23, 2011. We have some Hi-Def upgrades that you freaks will definitely want to pick up. Check beyond the break to get the full list!
All Descriptions of the following titles are provided by Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. If you plan on buying a flick from this list, please click on the links provided or click on the cover as it helps us pay the bills around here. Also, unlike most sites, we provide the Netflix widget which we think is pretty convenient to add these films to your queue. If you don’t have Netflix, feel free to click on “Free Trial” and try it out!
Blow Out (The Criterion Collection)
Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma (Sisters, Carrie, Scarface), John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever,...
All Descriptions of the following titles are provided by Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. If you plan on buying a flick from this list, please click on the links provided or click on the cover as it helps us pay the bills around here. Also, unlike most sites, we provide the Netflix widget which we think is pretty convenient to add these films to your queue. If you don’t have Netflix, feel free to click on “Free Trial” and try it out!
Blow Out (The Criterion Collection)
Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma (Sisters, Carrie, Scarface), John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever,...
- 4/25/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
I'll be the first to admit it. I'm officially a Blu-ray snob. It took a while to get there, but you know what? When you see first-hand how cool Blu-ray technology is, you'll be sold, too. Three classics are coming our way in glorious 1080p, and we've got the scoop on them for ya!
From the Press Releases
Dementia 13: Future film-making legend Francis Ford Coppola makes his big-screen directorial debut with this cult horror classic, available for the first time in spectacular High-Definition Blu-Ray. Following the abrupt death of her husband from a heart attack, the scheming Louise Haloran (Luanda Anders) travels to her in-laws' estate in Ireland, only to find herself trapped in a creepy, decrepit castle with her ex-husband's demented family. Upon arrival, she is introduced to a pair of maladjusted brothers (William Campbell, Bart Patton) and a distraught mother-in-law (Eithne Dunn), still grieving for...
From the Press Releases
Dementia 13: Future film-making legend Francis Ford Coppola makes his big-screen directorial debut with this cult horror classic, available for the first time in spectacular High-Definition Blu-Ray. Following the abrupt death of her husband from a heart attack, the scheming Louise Haloran (Luanda Anders) travels to her in-laws' estate in Ireland, only to find herself trapped in a creepy, decrepit castle with her ex-husband's demented family. Upon arrival, she is introduced to a pair of maladjusted brothers (William Campbell, Bart Patton) and a distraught mother-in-law (Eithne Dunn), still grieving for...
- 3/21/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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