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Dementia 13

Are you afraid of death by drowning? Have you ever attempted suicide? Have you ever thought of committing murder?

5.5(201)19631h 15m3

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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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

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

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    talisencrw

    7/21/2016

    7/10

    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.

  • W

    Wuchak

    3/5/2019

    5/10

    ***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…

  • D

    Dr Nostromo

    5/23/2026

    5/10

    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…

  • J

    jigzz

    10/14/2026

    10/10

    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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