Dementia 13 is a 1963 English-language Horror Thriller film written and directed by Francis Coppola and produced by Roger Corman under the banner of The Filmgroup. 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. Written by garykmcd. Dementia 13 features William Campbell in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchell, Mary Mitchel, Patrick Magee and Eithne Dunne. The music was composed by Ronald Stein. Cinematography was done by Charles Hannawalt and editing by Stuart O'Brien and Morton Tubor. The film has a running time of 80-75 minutes. It was released on 22nd October 1963. Dementia 13 was made on a budget of $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by American International Pictures.