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Demons of the Mind (1972)
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 89 mins
Length: 8,003 ft
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio:
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CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Hammer Films
Producer: Frank Godwin
Production Manager: Christopher Neame
Production Supervisor: Roy Skeggs
SCRIPT
Script: Christopher
Wicking
Story: Christopher
Wicking, Frank Godwin
DIRECTION
Director: Peter Sykes
Assistant Director: Ted Morley
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Grant
Camera Operator: Neil Binney
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Chris Barnes
MUSIC
Music: Harry Robinson (real name: Harry Robertson)
Musical Supervisor: Philip Martell
SOUND
Recording Director: A.W. Lumkin
Sound Recordist: John Purchese
Dubbing Mixer: Len Abbott
Sound Editor: Terry Poulton
Sound System: RCA
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Trevor Crole-Rees
Hair: Maud Onslow
Wardrobe Supervisor: Rosemary Burrows
Wardrobe Mistress: Eileen Sullivan
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Michael Stringer
Assistant Art Director: Bill Brodie
Construction Manager: Bill Greene
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith
LOCATIONS
Locations: EMI / MGM Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, England
CASTING
Casting Director: James Liggat
CAST
Paul Jones (Carl Richter)
Patrick Magee (Dr Falkenberg)
Yvonne Mitchell (Aunt Hilda)
Robert Hardy
(Count Zorn)
Gillian Hills (Elizabeth Zorn)
Michael Hordern (priest)
Kenneth J. Warren (Klaus)
Shane Briant (Emil Zorn)
Virginia Wetherell (Inge)
Deidre Costello (Magda)
Barry Stanton (Ernst)
Sidonie Ward (Countess Zorn)
Robert Brown (Fischinger)
Thomas Heathcote (coachman)
John Atkinson (1st villager)
George Cormack (2nd villager)
Mary Hignett (matronly woman)
Sheila Raynor (old crone)
Jan Adair (1st girl)
Jane Cardew (2nd girl)
PLOT SUMMARY
Baron Zorn has imprisoned his two incestuous children
Elizabeth and Emil in his gloomy mansion. Discredited scientist Professor
Falkenberg and his student Carl are duped into trying to cure the
adolescent siblings but soon realise that the cause of the family
madness is Zorn himself. After shooting Falkenberg, Zorn sets out
to hunt down his children who have escaped captivity...
CAPSULE REVIEW
Made by Hammer as Michael Carreras took over
the production slate of the company, Demons of the Mind
was one of four movies that bombed at the box office and began to
sound the death knell for the company. Originally the two young possessed
were meant to be lycanthropes and the script, despite its intriguing
diversions and characters, desperately needs a central threat. Well
acted and directed, it's an interesting misfire.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Nat Cohen / Anglo-EMI Film Distributors
USA
Theatrical Distributor: International Coproductions
Video Distributors: Academy Entertainment; Home Box Office (HBO) Home
Video; Republic Pictures Corporation
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay (DV11927)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Norway
Rating: 18
UK
Rating: X; 18
Cut by 18 seconds in 1990 for video release.
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1971
December
12: UK - rated X by the BBFC (for theatrical
release)
1972
November
5: UK - theatrical release
1987
November
4: UK - television broadcast (on Thames Television)
1998
October
3: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Blood Evil
Blood Will Have Blood
Dämonen der Seele - German title
Les demons de l'esprit - Belgian title
Nightmare of Terror
De rode kamers van de geest - Belgian title
Rose rosse per il demonio - Italian title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Cinefantastique vol.5
no.1 (Spring 1976) p.29 (USA)
review
The Dark Side no.47 (July
1995) pp.181-9 (UK)
review (by Allan Bryce)
The House That Hammer Built no.8
(April 1998) pp.429-430 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.39
no.466 (November 1972) p.229 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review
Today's Cinema no.9932
(17 August 1971) p.4 (UK)
credits
Today's Cinema no.9934
(24 August 1971) pp.4-5 (UK)
review
BOOKS
Ten Years of Terror pp.93-94
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Nigel Burrell) KEYWORDS
castles, demons, monsters, the supernatural
Last Updated:
20 October, 2008
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