Thursday, July 18, 2024

Movie review - "Dementia 13" (1962) **1/2

 Coppola's Psycho knock off has a great murder sequence with an axe to show how tremendous he is with genre. There's a memorable opening, with another guy dying, a superb Luana Anders performance. Once Anders dies half way the film never quite gets its groove back though Patrick Magee does all he can.

I got confused in the second half to be honest. Mary Mitchell is a rather bland blonde - Coppola loved his blondes. Bill Campbell is alright.

Clearly made by someone with talent. Some great moments. I do find it patchy.

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