Deranged
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- This article is about the 1974 horror film. For the professional wrestler, see Deranged (wrestler).
| Deranged | |
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| Directed by | Alan Ormsby, Jeff Gillen |
| Produced by | Peter James, Tom Karr, Bob Clark |
| Written by | Alan Ormsby |
| Starring | Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner |
| Music by | Stompin' Tom Connors, Carl Zittrer |
| Cinematography | Jack McGowan |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures, Karr International |
| Release date(s) | 1974 |
| Running time | 82 min |
| Country | Canada/USA |
| Language | English |
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Deranged is an Canadian/American movie made in 1974 and directed by Alan Ormsby. It is also known as Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile in the USA.
[edit] Plot
Apparently influenced by the true case of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, the movie stars Roberts Blossom as Ezra Cobb, a seriously disturbed man in his fifties who is dominated by his bed-ridden mother.
Cobb, who is evidently a psychopath, begins digging up bodies of women from a local cemetery before progressing to murder. Although the tone of the film is disturbing, like the subject matter, there are occasional glimpses of black comedy. At various points, a narrator delivers an update on what is going on and suggesting to the viewers what horrors will lay ahead, all delivered in an appropriately creepy tone of voice.
[edit] Details
The film's make-up effects were handled by a team headed by Tom Savini
It is a low-budget movie that has since become something of a cult film.
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