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Dementia / J.J. Parker Productions, Inc. ; written, produced & directed by John Parker. Daughter of horror / J.J. Parker Productions, Inc. ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; Exploitation Production Incorporated presents ; an H.K.F. production ; [written, produced & directed by John Parker].

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Parker, John, 1925-1981, director, producer, screenwriter.
McMahon, Ed, narrator.
Barrett, Adrienne, actor.
VeSota, Bruno, 1922-1976, actor.
Roseman, Ben, 1913-1922, actor.
Antheil, George, 1900-1959, composer.
J.J. Parker Productions, producer.
Exploitation Pictures, producer.
H.K.F. Productions, producer.
Kino International Corporation, distributor.
Language:
English
Genre:
Feature films.
Film noir.
Horror films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Edition:
Full frame.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2000]
System Details:
DVD - NTSC.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
"A 1950s-style foray into the mind of psycho-sexual madness. Set entirely in a nocturnal twilight zone that blends dream imagery with the cinematic stylings of film noir, Dementia follows the tormented existence of a young woman haunted by the horrors of her youth, which transformed her into a stiletto-wielding, man-hating beatnik"--Container.
Participant:
Adrienne Barrett, Bruno Ve Sota, Ben Roseman, Angelo Rossitto / Dementia ; Adrienne Barrett / Daughter of horror .
Ed McMahon, narrator / Daughter of horror.
Credits:
Director of photography, William C. Thompson ; editor, Joseph Gluck ; music, George Antheil.
Notes:
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Dementia originally released as a motion picture in 1953, Daughter of Horror in 1955.
This DVD Kino on Video edition presents the original 1953 cut of Dementia (57 min.) and its complete 1957 censored version, Daughter of Horror (55 min.).
Supplemental features: "Dementia: a case study" an illustrated essay on the making of the film and its two-year battle with the censors; theatrical trailer; pressbook gallery; stills gallery.
Contains:
Daughter of horror
OCLC:
45758889
Publisher Number:
738329018528
K185DVD Kino on Video

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