Movie theater chain owner John Parker's nightmarish Dementia (1953) was notable for lacking a single word of dialog during its 61 minutes. That didn't stop the New York State Film Board from banning it as "the quintessence of gruesomeness," objecting to nearly the entire film. The troubled production starred non-actor Adrienne Barrett, who was Parker's secretary, and was inspired by a nightmare she'd recounted to her boss. It also featured AIP character actor Bruno VeSota (Attack of the Giant Leeches), who always insisted that he helped neophyte Parker with direction, VeSoto's then-wife Jebbie in her only film role, Richard Barron from the 1951 crime film The Hoodlum, Ben Night Tide Roseman, and diminutive newsstand owner Angelo Rossito (Confessions of an Opium Eater). Jazz great Shorty Rogers and his band The Giants appear in a basement nightclub scene, and the soundtrack was composed by George Antheil of Ballet Mécanique fame. In 1957 distributor Jack H. Harris circulated a censored print with added narration by Johnny Carson's chuckling aide-de-camp's Ed McMahon (Slaughter's Big Rip-Off), and famously flaunted an excerpt in his own sci-fi feature The Blob (1958).

Using a pseudonym ("T.A. Dee") for undisclosed reasons, former R.A.F. pilot and nudie film assembly line director Barry Mahon churned out this lightweight tale of a hack magician, "Eric the Great" (Vincent Van Lynn from Report To The Commissioner), who rechristens himself "Brother Eros" and rounds up a carnal cult of worshippers whom he can easily swindle. Sure enough, his febrile female followers shower the furtive fraud with gifts and sexual favors until the inevitable hiccup in the final reel. With skin flick standbys Rita Bennett from Doris Wishman's Too Much Too Often!), Uta Erickson (See How They Come), Sharon Carny Girl Kent, and former hoofer and stuntman turned nudie star Fred Kargoll, aka "Lucky Kargo" (Sex Club International) in his first feature film.

Imaginative porn filmmaker Walt Davis (1972's Let's Lick Dick) began his career with this comedic caper about Henry (Chuck Sailor from The Manhandlers), an unhappily married schlub whose visit to a Hindu swami results in his - and the viewer's - ability to envision his wife as other sexy women, kick-starting his flagged libido with predictable results. The cast includes Mary Bauer from Lady Godiva Rides, Pamela Collins (Sweet Sugar), Jim Muntz (son of notorious pitch man Earl "Madman" Muntz), and a host of others who never made another feature film. Davis himself often appeared in his own productions and those of others, including a role in Bob Chinn's PG-rated Panama Red. Distributed with pride by Harry Novak's Boxoffice International. Happy Labor Day!