The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

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Country: USA
Genres: Horror
Release: 1960-02-27
Director: George Blair
Writers: Gitta Woodfield , William Read Woodfield
Language: English
Stars: Jacques Bergerac , Merry Anders , Marcia Henderson , Allison Hayes , Joe Patridge , Fred Demara , Lawrence Lipton , Eric Nord , Guy Prescott , Jimmy Lydon
Runtime: 79 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Die 13 Opfer des Dr. Desmond , Mavri mageia kai stiletto (Greece) , L'occhio ipnotico (Italy) , The Hypnotic Eye (United States of America) , Die 13 Opfer des Dr. Desmond (Austria) , Olho Diabólico (Brazil) , The Hypnotic Eye (United Kingdom) , Гипнотический глаз , The Torturer! (United States of America) , The Screaming Sleep (United States of America) , Hypnoottinen silmä (Finland) , El ojo diabólico (Mexico) , Sihirli Gözler (Turkey) , La griffe du fakir (Belgium) , De zweep van de fakir (Belgium) , The Hypnotic Eye (Canada) , Fasans öga (Sweden) , The Hypnotic Eye
Plot: Det. Dave Kennedy is investigating a series of young, attractive women committing various forms of disfiguring self-mutilation, in each case the victim stating that she entered into the activity thinking she was doing something else perfectly normal, only to become aware of reality when the pain of the mutilation woke her out of whatever she was otherwise thinking. The case becomes more urgent as the latest victim, the eleventh, died from her injuries. The case turns personal with the twelfth victim, Dodie Wilson, being a friend of his. Dave's girlfriend, Marcia Blaine, believes that what happened to Dodie and the other victims has something to do with Desmond, a hypnotist, the three of them having attended his stage show just prior to what happened to Dodie. Marcia's belief is due to Dodie being brought on stage and featured, under hypnosis, in the final segment of the show. While Dave does believe that people can be hypnotized, he is less than convinced about Marcia's belief as he doesn't think what Desmond does is true hypnotism in the speed that everything happens in the show. Dave's colleague, police psychologist Phil Hecht, tries to convince him otherwise, he further having the view that such hypnosis especially dangerous when cloaked in the form of entertainment. Regardless, Marcia decides to do her own investigation on Desmond against Dave's wants, she playing a dangerous game if she is indeed correct about Desmond's involvement no matter the motive.
IMDB:tt0053931