Dementia 13 Page #2

Synopsis: Whilst out on a rowboat with his wife Louise, John Haloran has a heart attack and dies. She casts his body overboard and hides his death telling the family he left on an urgent business trip. Louise's main concern is that she can only hope to inherit part of his family fortune if he's still alive. The Halorans are a strange family. They are still grieving over the death of the youngest daughter, Kathleen, who drowned in a pond when she was a young child. The family hold an annual ceremony of remembrance, on the anniversary of her death. But this year someone is wielding an ax...intent on murder.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Production: Madacy Home Video
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
UNRATED
Year:
1963
75 min
412 Views


ARE LIKE THAT.

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

CASTLE HALORAN:

GIVES ME NIGHTMARES.

[ CHUCKLES ]

THERE IT IS.

UNBELIEVABLE.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

WE'LL LEAVE THE LUGGAGE

FOR A MINUTE.

COME ON.

I'LL TAKE YOU TO HIM.

THIS IS WHERE HE WORKS.

[ LOUD HISSING ]

[ CLATTER ]

WHAT IS IT?!

I'M SORRY, RICHARD.

KANE.

OH, I MISSED YOU.

I MISSED YOU, TOO.

WELL, I'M SORRY I DIDN' PICK YOU UP MYSELF, HONEY,

BUT I WANTED TO FINISH

THIS STATUE.

YOU LOOK WONDERFUL.

Lady Haloran:
WELL, I FIND

A STATUE REMINDS ME OF DEATH.

HOW VERY UNUSUAL,

LADY HALORAN,

FOR A WOMAN TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED

TO SUCH A FAMOUS SCULPTOR

AND YET FEEL THAT WAY.

DID, UH, JOHN MENTION WHEN HE

WAS GOING TO RETURN?

HE WASN'T SURE.

WE THOUGHT I'D STAY ON

FOR A WHILE:

TO GET TO KNOW THE FAMILY,

AND THEN IF HE COULDN' MAKE IT BACK,

I'D JUST RETURN TO NEW YORK.

HOW LONG:

IS A LITTLE WHILE?

AS LONG AS YOU LIKE,

MOTHER.

WELL, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME

HERE, LOUISE,

AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND

THE PRIVACY:

OF OUR PERSONAL DUTIES.

I SPEAK OF THE CEREMONY

TOMORROW.

I'M SURE JOHN

EXPLAINED IT TO YOU.

I'M AFRAID JOHN WAS

USUALLY TOO BUSY

TO TALK MUCH:

ABOUT THE FAMILY.

THAT'S WHY I'M SO HAPPY

TO BE HERE, FINALLY.

YOU'LL HAVE A PLEASANT STAY.

AND I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND

SOMETHING TO OCCUPY YOUR TIME

DURING THE CEREMONY.

IT WON'T TAKE VERY LONG.

[ SIGHS ]

PERHAPS I AM SUPERSTITIOUS,

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTAN THAT ONLY THE IMMEDIATE MEMBERS

OF THE FAMILY SHOULD GIVE

THEIR THOUGHTS TO...

KATHLEEN.

EXCUSE ME.

MOTHER, I DON'T CARE WHA TRAGEDY HANGS OVER THIS FAMILY.

I WANT TO GET MARRIED.

I'M ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED.

AND I'M GOING

TO GET MARRIED.

MOREOVER,

I'M GOING TO MARRY KANE.

OH, MOTHER,

KATHLEEN'S DEAD.

SHE'S BEEN DEAD

FOR SEVEN YEARS.

YOU NEVER TALKED SO MUCH

WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD.

AH.

WELL, I CRIED A LOT,

DIDN'T I?

AFRAID I MIGHT BE

DOING THAT AGAIN

IF YOU FRIGHTEN HER AWAY

FROM ME.

YOU WANT ME TO INCLUDE HER,

TO TALK TO HER?

YES.

YES, I DO.

VERY WELL. I WILL.

I'LL TELL HER I DON'T CARE

FOR HER.

MOTHER!

YOU HURT HER,

AND I PROMISE YOU

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

THOUGHT YOU SAID

YOU DIDN'T RIDE VERY MUCH.

[ CHUCKLES ] I DON'T.

I'M JUST SHOWING OFF

'CAUSE I FINALLY GOT YOU

TO MYSELF.

GOOD MORNING.

OH, GOOD MORNING, LOUISE.

IT'S NICE TO SEE HER ENJOYING

HERSELF FOR A CHANGE.

THE MOOD AROUND THIS PLACE

ISN'T GOOD FOR HER.

AH, SHE MAY BE RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY:

AN AMERICAN GIRL.

YOU CAN TELL SHE'S BEEN RAISED

ON PROMISES.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO

ABOUT THAT?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO

ABOUT THAT?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I SAW YOU SQUIRMING

WHEN MOTHER READ THE WILL.

YOU GAVE JOHN ENOUGH DIRTY LOOKS

TO GIVE HIM A HEART ATTACK.

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