Dementia 13 (Coppola's first mainstream movie) on Archive.org

Dementia 13 a 1963 Francis Ford Coppola/Roger Corman slasher film, is available for download from Archive.org. From Wikipedia:

Dementia 13 is a 1963 horror thriller released by American International Pictures, starring William Campbell, Patrick Magee, and Luana Anders. The film was written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Roger Corman. Although Coppola had been involved in at least two nudie films previously, Dementia 13 served as his first mainstream, "legitimate" directorial effort. The plot follows a scheming young woman who, after having inadvertently caused the heart attack death of her husband, attempts to have herself written into her rich mother-in-law's will. She pays a surprise visit to her late husband's family castle in Ireland, but her plans become permanently interrupted by an axe-wielding lunatic who begins to stalk and murderously hack away at members of the family.

Dementia 13

[#1 posted by Various Cool dot Com , July 21, 2008 3:05 PM]

Weird, I just watched this last night finally from some DVDs I got for Christmas. Great flick to watch late at night with some friends and suds.

[#2 posted by anthony , July 21, 2008 3:10 PM]

"...Little fishy in the brook..."

[#3 posted by mdhatter , July 21, 2008 3:11 PM]

I hear there's a twist at the end.

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[#4 posted by Vinylsaurus , July 21, 2008 3:55 PM]

Tom Petty connection: this movie contains the line, "You can tell she's an American girl, raised on promises".

[#5 posted by dbarak , July 21, 2008 4:00 PM]

Very cool... I have an original of this poster. I wonder how much it's worth? I don't remember where I got it, but I remember I snapped it up quickly when I saw it.

[#6 posted by Thorfin , July 21, 2008 6:32 PM]

This has to be one of my all time favorite no budget scary flicks. And it really is creepy. Its right up there with "Carnival of Souls" for the twist at the end.

[#7 posted by takeshi , July 22, 2008 6:57 AM]

Speaking of great movies available on Archive.org, George Romero's excellent Night of the Living Dead is also in the public domain.

http://www.archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead

[#8 posted by Anonymous , July 22, 2008 8:42 AM]

This is a fantastic horror film - really creepy and fun.

pJ

[#9 posted by Drew from Zhrodague , July 22, 2008 9:27 AM]

This was on a couple of weeks ago here in Pittsburgh on the The Its Alive Show -- http://theitsaliveshow.com