DEMENTIA 13 (1963) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Stars: William Campbell, Luana Anders Genre: Mystery/Thriller

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Coppola takes his first journey to make a feature film and the result is an entertaining and suspenseful ride.  For a budget of only 20k, I think there is a satisfying amount of characters, interesting locations, action, suspense and quality filmmaking to make the film a GREAT start to a legendary career.

Notable:  Coppola here appears to pay homage to Hitchcock's masterpiece PSYCHO but gives the story a fresh and fun spin.  Roger Corman's influence is felt strongly here too.