| The Hypnotic Eye | |
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Theatrical poster to The Hypnotic Eye |
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| Directed by | George Blair |
| Produced by | Charles B. Bloch Ben Schwalb |
| Written by | Gitta Woodfield William Read Woodfield |
| Starring | Jacques Bergerac Allison Hayes |
| Music by | Marlin Skiles |
| Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell |
| Editing by | William Austin |
| Studio | Allied Artists |
| Release date(s) | February 27, 1960 |
| Running time | 79 minutes |
The Hypnotic Eye (1960) is a horror film, released by Allied Artists on February 27, 1960, starring Jacques Bergerac, Allison Hayes, Merry Anders, Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, and Ferdinand Demara, billed as "Fred Demara".[1]
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Mysterious hypnotist Desmond (Bergerac) comes to town to present his act, just as a series of women gruesomely disfigure themselves, apparently while in a trance. A local doctor and a detective try to find the reason.
Some scenes — showing Nord playing bongo drums and Lawrence Lipton as "King of the Beatniks" — were supposedly filmed at Nord's beatnik cafe, The Gas House, in Venice, California.
The film, which claimed to be filmed in the "HypnoMagic" process, has been called a "camp classic" and "misogynist". Bergerac was the former husband of Ginger Rogers and Hayes had just starred in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.