Dementia 13

"Are you afraid of death by drowning? Have you ever attempted suicide? Have you ever thought of committing murder?"

Aug 31 1963 Unrated 1h 15m
Horror, Thriller

A widow deceives her late husband's mother and brothers into thinking he's still alive when she attends the yearly memorial to his drowned sister, hoping to secure his inheritance, but her cunning is no match for the demented, axe-wielding thing roaming the grounds of the family's Irish estate.

Plot

Whilst out on a rowboat with his wife Louise, John Haloran has a heart attack and dies. She casts his body overboard and hides his death telling the family he left on an urgent business trip. Louise's main concern is that she can only hope to inherit part of his family fortune if he's still alive. The Halorans are a strange family. They are still grieving over the death of the youngest daughter, Kathleen, who drowned in a pond when she was a young child. The family hold an annual ceremony of remembrance, on the anniversary of her death. But this year someone is wielding an ax...intent on murder.

Written by

Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hill, Al Locatelli

Directed by

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Ireland

Production Companies

American International Pictures, Roger Corman Productions, The Filmgroup

Languages

English

Awards

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Trailers
Trailer - Dementia 13 (1963)
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Mick Garris on DEMENTIA 13
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