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John Parker (original screenplay)
Release Date:
22 December 1955 (USA)
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Plot:
This film, with no dialogue at all, follows a psychotic young woman's nightmarish experiences through one skid-row night. full summary | add synopsis
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Short but fascinating art/horror film
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Adrienne Barrett | ... | The Gamine | |
| Bruno VeSota | ... | Rich Man | |
| Ben Roseman | ... | Gamine's Father / Plainclothes Cop | |
| Richard Barron | ... | Evil One | |
| Ed Hinkle | ... | Butler | |
| Lucille Rowland | ... | Gamine's Mother | |
| Jebbie VeSota | ... | Flower Girl | |
| Faith Parker | ... | Nightclub Dancer | |
| Gayne Sullivan | ... | Wino | |
| Shorty Rogers | ... | Jazz Musician | |
| Ed McMahon | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Daughter of Horror (USA) (recut version)
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Runtime:
56 min | USA:61 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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UK:(Banned) (1957)
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Come with me into the tormented, haunted, half-lit night of the insane. This is my world. Let me lead you into it. Let me take you into the mind of a woman who is mad. You may not recognize some things in this world, and the faces will look strange to you. For this is a place where there is no love, no hope...in the pulsing, throbbing world of the insane mind, where only nightmares are real, nightmares of the Daughter of Horror!
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Referenced in Creepy Classics (1987) (V)
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Even at under an hour, this film drags a bit in the middle but has so much going for it that it has to be called a "must-see." Definitely see the dialog-free version (DEMENTIA) before you see the narrated version (DAUGHTER OF HORROR) but do see both of them because the narration by future Tonight Show co-host Ed McMahon is priceless! The jazzy score and accompanying vocal renderings accent the weird mood perfectly. The last 15 minutes in the jazz club are especially striking as music, image and pace increase to a fever pitch until the movie starts as it began. It's amazing that a film as avant garde as this actually played mainstream theaters in the 50s.