Dementia 13

The first offering from acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola is interesting to say the least. While working in Ireland with Roger Corman, Coppola was given the go-ahead to shoot his first film, piggy-backing on the set and production Corman already had in place. The great Jack Hill (he of Spider Baby fame!) helped Coppola round out the script and no doubt had a hand in guiding the direction as well. The result was a fine, although not greatly original) little horror mystery well worth taking a look at. No surprises for sure but there is some good work from William Campbell and Patrick Magee and the beautiful Luana Anders. You can certainly see the influence Hitchcock had on the young Coppola and if nothing else entertains you here it is interesting to see Francis cutting his chops.