The film initially opened to hostile, unsympathetic, negative or indifferent critical reviews (it was criticized for being boring and lacking in imagination), and 19 minutes were cut from he film after premieres in Washington, New York, and Los Angeles.A.Parsons, set up an arrangement with the Hearst newspapers to simultaneously publish a printed version of Pauline""s adventures (or perils).Before a second attack, Will armed himself with dream power magic, vowing: "I am the Wizard Master," and he fended off the chair and destroyed it with greenish crackling electricity protruding from his fingertips." He explains to Trina what he is going to do, assuring her that he will not hurt her."During the next two weeks Trina was a daily patient." After using a drill on her during the two weeks of treatment (extractions), she shows great pain, so he proposes using a pain killer on her last visit: "Ether.He used his power of teleporting to unsuccessfully attempt to assassinate US President McKenna (Cotter Smith) in the Oval Office.