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Interesting only for being the director’s first film. otherwise, objectively viewed, fit fodder for Mystery Science Theater 3000. Illustrates the dangers of letting students make films, even gifted students.
Dementia 13 VHS

Its starts with John Haloran(Peter Read) and his wife Louise Haloran(Luana Anders) are on a rowboat ride during the night. John Haloran dies from a heart attack. This leaves Louise with a bit of a problem. Louise will not get to inherit any of the Haloran family money if her husband is dead. So she writes a letter from John trying to convince the family that John has been called away on business to New York while she journeys to the home in Ireland, where her plot eventually doesnt go as planned. The story leads to the secrets behind the death of a young girl named Kathleen, a member of the Holoran family, with an axe murderer involved, taking people out one by one.

The film is slightly slow paced but rewards us with the story as it picks up with the first axe murdering scene as he hacks away at the helpless victim that lies below his feet. It isnt exactly a gory bloodshed scene but does give us a great sense of macabre and butchery. You can see the axe hacking away at the victim and the victim struggling while covered in blood but you never see each of them in actual contact.(Looks like a great inspiration from Alfred Hitchcocks ‘Psycho’.) Its gives us a great deal of an intense spine chilling moment with the axe murder dragging the body along the field by the hair. The great thing about this is how Coppola captures an example of identifying the personality of the psychopath without even seeing his face.

The story goes further presenting us with a mystery of who is the axe murderer. Each of them lead to different events and clues trying to convince us that everyone is a suspect. But it seems they presented us with one clue to many.

…”a ghostly murder mystery with a chilling twist”… The twist is actually predictable and not actually chilling. But let me remind you this is just the ending. Everything else before this gives us a decent amount of entertainment to keep you watching. And even though it doesnt live up to the standards of Alfred Hitchcocks ‘Psycho’
Dementia 13 VHS

I bought this solely for its exercise potential. And it is working out great! I am morbidly obese and I’m finding that the Wii Sports games that came bundled in it are perfect for someone who cannot stand for long periods of time. I’m currently up to 40 minutes per day doing a combined routine of bowling,boxing and golf-with an occasional game of baseball or tennis.

Buy the Wii and start getting fit!
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EatSmart Digital Bathroom Scale w/ Extra Large Backlit 3.5″ Display and Oversize Platform

This is a great scale. As I’ve aged, my depth perception isn’t as good as in my younger days (just like most of my body) and this scale is sleek, accurate, and VERY easy to see the numbers!

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