Dementia 13

[avenger00soul]

Anyone seen Dementia 13? It's one of the earliest slasher movies and it's directed by Francis Ford Coppola. I enjoyed it but wanted to hear other's opinions of it. It had one major flaw keeping me from loving it.

[Ritualistic]

what is that flaw..??? I love it this movie .. I bought a copy of this movie from wal-mart years ago and it was the uncut version well nothing was really cut from the original except for a boobie shot...

[avenger00soul]

I think it would be a perfect slasher flick, but you can see the killer's face. I felt totally ripped off. They should have covered him with just a little bit more shadow.

[Ritualistic]

yeah that is true... but I still think it was a great film from that time :D

[Tony]

I borrowed this from Avenger00soul once but never ended up watching it because my VCR was a whore.

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by Tony
I borrowed this from Avenger00soul once but never ended up watching it because my VCR was a whore.

Well, I still got it. Too bad your VCR is still a whore.

[ShamSham04]

Got this movie. It was in a double-pack along with another very good movie, Night Of The Living Dead, and I must say it was well worth it.

The decapitation scene in this flick is classic. :p

[avenger00soul]

Originally posted by ShamSham04
The decapitation scene in this flick is classic. :p

I believe it's one of the earliest decapitation scenes in a horror flick. I can't think of ever seeing one before this flick.

[Ritualistic]

there was one movie of Joan crawford decapitating someone but I cant remember the movie... i will have to ask my mother she will know....

[mictlan]

Dementia 13 is a great film. I would bet that they had to show the killer's face just because of the technical limitations at the time - they were shooting at night with very high-contrast film - and it's likely that in those conditions, either you see everything or you see nothing.

I do wish the second underwater scene was a little clearer. However, I've only seen crummy PD transfers of it - is there a DVD that actually has a good transfer?

Coppola is such a dink. He probably made that movie for $25 and it's great. How much do you think they spent on Bram Stoker's Dracula, which IMHO is not as good? Fun to watch, but not scary.

[GOODandEVIL666]

i bought a 4 movie horror classics dvd with wasp women the ape indestructable man and DEMentia 13 ive only watched dementia 13 and might i say i thought it was amazing i loved it i recomend it to everyone even if you dont like B & W movies it was good...what do you guys think?

[RavageRitual]

I've never seen it, but now im intrested

[The_Return]

Meh, it was OK. Was expecting better, found it really boring and drawn out.

[GOODandEVIL666]

hey ravage...if your interested it is about John Haloran has a fatal heart attack, but his wife Louise won't get any of the inheritance when Lady Haloran dies if John is dead. Louise forges a letter from John to convince the rest of his family he's been called to New York on important business, and goes to his Irish ancestral home, Castle Haloran, to meet the family and look for a way to ensure a cut of the loot. Seven years earlier John's sister Kathleen was drowned in the pond, and the Halorans enact a morbid ritual in remembrance. Secrets shroud the sister's demise, and soon the family and guests begin experiencing an attrition problem.

in other words its about a pshycotic axe weilding murder...let me say there was a scene i jumped and thats good for b and w i liked it s lot. i recomend it...enjoy...

[Asenath]

I really enjoyed Dementia 13 too.

[slasherman]

Originally posted by The_Return
Meh, it was OK. Was expecting better, found it really boring and drawn out.
agree...was pretty lame...thought I had found a good forgotten movie by Coppola....but it should have stayed forgotten

[sabersword]

Ya,Dementia 13, one of my favorites from Coppola. His first, I think. Very atmospheric.I do like blood and guts but, not all the time. For example, I tried and tried to watch house of a thousand corpses and could never get through it. Dont know why, it just would not hold me.Now one for you. Tourist Trap. Any one seen this? Did not make a heck of a lot of sence, but I really liked it.

[zomb5150]

I'll have to check it out:)

[RavageRitual]

Originally posted by GOODandEVIL666
hey ravage...if your interested it is about John Haloran has a fatal heart attack, but his wife Louise won't get any of the inheritance when Lady Haloran dies if John is dead. Louise forges a letter from John to convince the rest of his family he's been called to New York on important business, and goes to his Irish ancestral home, Castle Haloran, to meet the family and look for a way to ensure a cut of the loot. Seven years earlier John's sister Kathleen was drowned in the pond, and the Halorans enact a morbid ritual in remembrance. Secrets shroud the sister's demise, and soon the family and guests begin experiencing an attrition problem.

in other words its about a pshycotic axe weilding murder...let me say there was a scene i jumped and thats good for b and w i liked it s lot. i recomend it...enjoy...

Thanks alot, I just picked this up an Suncoast, it was in the under 5.00 rack so i figured it was worth a try for that money. Now I just gotta get the time to watch it. From all youve said Im expecting a pretty decent film.

[zwoti]

watched it one, no rush to ever see it again

[GOODandEVIL666]

i disagree...its one of my favorites of the classics...i think ul;l like it ravage

[mikeywalsh]

It struck me as one of those 'classics' that hadn't stood the test of time that well. There are some nice touches, especially in the rowboat scenes but it's no 'Night of the Living Dead' or ''Carnival of Souls'

[LilMissScareAll]

I bought this movie for about $1 but haven't watched it yet...I still need to.