

Dementia 13
Are you afraid of death by drowning? Have you ever attempted suicide? Have you ever thought of committing murder?
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
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5.5/10
201 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30K
- Box office
- $47.7K
- Language
- English
- heart attack
- castle
- pond
- will
- ceremony
- psychotronic
- proto-slasher
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
Director
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Produced in
Ireland, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereIndianapolis, Indiana, premiere7 Aug 1963
- Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, California25 Sept 1963
- Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York23 Oct 1963
- PhysicalNRVideo Treasures #HO5007 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟴𝟭 mínutєѕ1 Jan 1983
- PremiereSundance Film Festival1 Jan 1985
- PhysicalPGDirector's Cut21 Sept 2021
- Digital / OTTPG-13Full Moon17 Apr 2026
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1 Dec 1964
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A25 Sept 1963
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+18in Malba4 Jun 2005
- Theatrical (limited)+16in Malba8 Jun 2024
- Digital / OTTin MUBI24 Nov 2024
- Premierein Malba26 Feb 2026
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical18 Nov 1966
FranceFR
- PremiereL'Étrange Festival24 Jul 1993
- PhysicalVHS17 Mar 1994
- PhysicalDVD5 Apr 2011
- PremiereGrand Lyon Film Festival16 Oct 2019
- Physical4K restoration19 Oct 2019
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1618 Oct 1980
ItalyIT
- Theatrical17 Jun 1964
MexicoMX
- TheatricalC5 Jan 1967
PortugalPT
- TV2 Nov 1985
SpainES
- PremiereSitges Film Festival1 Oct 1985
- Theatrical26 Dec 2014
- Theatrical8 Apr 2015
- Theatrical8 Apr 2025
SwedenSE
- Theatrical8 Mar 1965
Frequently asked questions
Dementia 13 was released on 25 September 1963.
Audience reviews
4- T7/10
talisencrw
7/21/2016
This was a tad eccentric but proved to me a very delightfully surreal horror film. In watching this, you immediately get the feeling the director has both interesting, out-of-the-ordinary ideas plus the balls to do things his own way. It's flawed, but definitely shows plenty of directing chops and potential for brilliance, just a few years down the road. A bona-fide, low-budget, American classic.
- W5/10
Wuchak
3/5/2019
***Coppola’s version of “Psycho,” sort of*** After the sudden death of her husband, an American woman (Luana Anders) keeps it secret and tries to ingratiate herself to the matriarch at the family’s manor in Ireland in order to extort part of the inheritance. But there’s a dark pall over the family after an accidental drowning seven years earlier, not to mention the specter of a psycho with an axe! William Campbell…
- D5/10
Dr Nostromo
5/23/2026
47/100 After the death of her husband, a woman tries to con her mother-in-law into believing in the ghost of a young girl who died 7 years ago so that she can work her way into the old ladies will. But something far more sinister is going on. Produced by Roger Corman and Written / Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, this is an interesting thriller, more for it's nostalgic sense than anything else. It's certainly not…
- J10/10
jigzz
10/14/2026
Movie is awesome for it's time. Let me tell you how did I discovered this movie. Today, October 14, 2026, 10 AM, I am reading the book of Bram Stoker title Dracula and I am nearly in completion of it, aroung 80 percent and all of the sudden it came to mind if this book has movie. As per research it has many, and what came up to me was the adaption movie of 1992, Bram Stoker's Draculla by Francis Ford Coppola. A…
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