Dementia

Dementia (1955) is an American film directed by John Parker, filmed in a film noir style in 1953 (copyright date on film itself), but not released until 1955. As the narrator invites us to explore the horrors of an insane mind, a young woman wakes from a nightmare in a cheap hotel room. We follow her through the skid-row night and encounters with an abusive husband; a wino; a pimp and the rich man for whom he panders; a flashback to her traumatic childhood (she killed her father after witnessing him murder her mother); violence; pursuit through dark streets... Again the young woman wakes up. Was it only another nightmare? The original film was 61 minutes long, with no dialogue, just music and some unsynchronized sound, such as laughing,...