The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

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The city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who seem to be in a hypnotic trance. The authorities suspect a stage hypnotist with a popular act, but the stakes are raised when the hypnotist sets his sights on the girlfriend of the detective investigating the case. What is the hypnotist's secret, and why does it seem to involve his beautiful assistant? Movie Tagline: NEW AUDIENCE-PARTICIPATION THRILL HYPNOMAGIC Also Known As: The Screaming Sleep Title: Hypnotic Eye, The Release Date: February 27, 1960 Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Horror All Genres: Horror Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Black and White Sound: Mono, Mono IMDB Rating: 5.5 Brimstone Pit Rating: 6.5 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With H MPAA Rating: Approved Director(s): George Blair Cast: Jacques Bergerac ...Desmond Allison Hayes ...Justine Marcia Henderson ...Marcia Blaine Merry Anders ...Dodie Wilson Joe Patridge ...Det. Steve Kennedy Guy Prescott ...Dr. Philip Hecht Fred Demara ...Hospital Doctor Jimmy Lydon ...Emergency Doctor Lawrence Lipton ...King of the Beatniks Phyllis Cole ...Mrs. McNear Mary Foran ...June Mayes Holly Harris ...Mrs. Stevens Eric Nord ...Bongo Drummer (as Eric 'Big Daddy' Nord) Carol Thurston ...Doris Scott Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Charles B. Bloch Ben Schwalb Writer(s): Gitta Woodfield William Read Woodfield Composer(s): Marlin Skiles More Movie Taglines: NEW AUDIENCE-PARTICIPATION THRILL HYPNOMAGIC It makes YOU part of the show (original print ad mostly caps) BEWARE HIS HYPNOTIC POWER that turns human flesh into helpless robots! Spellbound ... you gaze into the depths of evil as beauty is hypnotized into a thing of torture and terror ... the fate of those who dare to stare ... at the EYE! Movie Trivia: In a small role as a "hospital doctor" is Fred Demara, otherwise known as Ferdinand W. Demara, whose own life story was being depicted that same year in The Great Impostor (1961) starring Tony Curtis. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Hypnosis, Disfigurement, Beautiful Woman, Independent Film  ...[more] Keywords All: Seen it? Rate it Currently 6.51/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 6.5 out of 10.0 - 59 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST