Originally released as “Dementia,“ this 1955 experimental horror film was produced, written, and directed by John Parker, starring Adrienne Barrett and Bruno Ve Sota. The film, which contains no dialogue, follows a young woman’s nightmarish experiences during a single night in Los Angeles’s skid row. Stylistically, it incorporates elements of horror, film noir, and expressionist film. The film was banned in 1953 by the New York State Film Board before finally being released in December 1955. It was later acquired by Jack H. Harris, who edited it and incorporated voice over narration by Ed McMahon , who would later go on to fame as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on “The Tonight Show!“
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