Allied Artists
Directed by George Blair
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
A pretty girl faces the camera and starts to wash her hair, then a flame is lit on the stove and the girl sets her head on fire... one of the most startling opening scenes of a horror movie. A hypnotist is using his stage show to brainwash girls into disfiguring themselves. A police detective on the case brings his girlfriend to a show. When she begins acting strangely they finally start to figure things out. It's also one of the best audience participation movies. Not only do we get hypnotized by a strobing eyeball, but there is a series of demonstrations of how the mind controls the body. It's just not the same without an audience.
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