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Cast
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| Jacques Bergerac | ... | Desmond | |
| Merry Anders | ... | Dodie Wilson | |
| Marcia Henderson | ... | Marcia Blaine | |
| Allison Hayes | ... | Justine | |
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Joe Patridge | ... | Det. Sgt. Dave Kennedy |
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Fred Demara | ... | Hospital Doctor |
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Lawrence Lipton | ... | King of the Beatniks |
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Eric Nord | ... | Bongo Drummer (as Eric 'Big Daddy' Nord) |
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Guy Prescott | ... | Dr. Philip Hecht |
| Jimmy Lydon | ... | Emergency Doctor (as James Lydon) | |
| Carol Thurston | ... | Doris Scott | |
| Eva Lynd | ... | Woman from audience | |
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Plot Synopsis
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The city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who seem to be in a hypnotic trance. The authorities suspect a stage hypnotist with a popular act, but the stakes are raised when the hypnotist sets his sights on the girlfriend of the detective investigating the case. What is the hypnotist's secret, and why does it seem to involve his beautiful assistant? Written by acidxian
Taglines:
Spellbound ... you gaze into the depths of evil as beauty is hypnotized into a thing of torture and terror ... the fate of those who dare to stare ... at the EYE! See more »Genres:
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Country:
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27 February 1960 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$365,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.78 : 1
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Director David L. Hewitt cribbed much of this film's music score for his 1967 release GALLERY OF HORROR, starring Lon Chaney and John Carradine. See more »Goofs
When Dodie is suspended in air, wires holding her body up can clearly be seen near Desmond's head. See more »
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I just heard Michael J Weldon of Psychotronic Video talk about this on a podcast interview. It reminded me of the first time I saw this on television ( sometime in the 1960's I guess) on the late night Friday Chiller show. The woman burning herself, her hair catching fire, etc. was really terrifying. The film is kind of a B-Movie horror-noir with the oily continental Jacques Begerac performing that Hypnotic Eye thing and causing all manner of mayhem and mutilation. Then there was the wonderful Allison Hayes just 2 years past The Attack of the 5o Foot Woman giving another great performance and of course, my favorite, Merry Andrews from TV's How to Marry a Millionaire. They just don't make them like this anymore. A campy horror classic!