The film begins in a mental institution where lots of half naked women are running about the place. One of the inmates insists he's not crazy and kills someone and escapes. Then, he learns that his exact double just died so he takes the man's place--only to be eventually lured to a freaky island run by a lunatic. There, he learns that his lover is his sister and lots of deformed folks have been created by the man man who created the place. In the end, the freaky man dies and the brother/sister lovers blow themselves up in a fireworks exhibition.
As you can see, "Horrors of a Deformed Man" is a difficult film to describe. It's sort of like combining a surrealist film with soft-core pornography and "The Island of Lost Souls". If you think that such a combination makes little sense, then you now know how I felt watching this film. It was thoroughly confusing, often grotesque and titillating--but not in a good way. The worst part about it is that I really have no idea what was happening during most of the film, not did I really care. Some of the reviewers apparently liked this and though the film was creepy--I mostly just thought it was dumb and a waste of my time. For my time, the great old film "Freaks" is much scarier AND it actually has a story. "Horrors of a Deformed Man" is just disjoint, stupid and incredibly talky. Rarely have I enjoyed a movie less than this one.
As you can see, "Horrors of a Deformed Man" is a difficult film to describe. It's sort of like combining a surrealist film with soft-core pornography and "The Island of Lost Souls". If you think that such a combination makes little sense, then you now know how I felt watching this film. It was thoroughly confusing, often grotesque and titillating--but not in a good way. The worst part about it is that I really have no idea what was happening during most of the film, not did I really care. Some of the reviewers apparently liked this and though the film was creepy--I mostly just thought it was dumb and a waste of my time. For my time, the great old film "Freaks" is much scarier AND it actually has a story. "Horrors of a Deformed Man" is just disjoint, stupid and incredibly talky. Rarely have I enjoyed a movie less than this one.