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Writer:
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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Great movie-especially music
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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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The New York Board of Censorship had this movie banned from theaters for 3 years, and didn't release until 1958.
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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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I saw this great movie in error in 1972. Dementia 13 by Coppola was ordered and Dementia (Daughter of Horror) showed up. I was particularly impressed by the brilliant score by Antheil and sung by Marnie Nixon, later the voice of Maria in the movie West Side Story.
Interesting note - In the original movie, The Blob, it is the movie being shown in the movie theater when the kids run in to find their friends.
The style of Dementia was captivating and created a surreal mood. For those interested in obscure horror films, well worth seeing.
After originally seeing it it took almost 10 years to even find a reference to it (partially because of the two names). I finally got a copy of Dementia around 10 years ago and can now appreciate it whenever I choose.