Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile
(1974)
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Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile
(1974)
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Cosette Lee | ... | |
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Leslie Carlson | ... |
Tom Sims
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Robert Warner | ... |
Harlon Kootz
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Marcia Diamond | ... |
Jenny Kootz
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Brian Smeagle | ... |
Brad Kootz
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Arlene Gillen | ... |
Miss Johnson
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Robert McHeady | ... |
Sheriff
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Marian Waldman | ... |
Maureen Selby
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Jack Mather | ... |
Drunk
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| Micki Moore | ... |
Mary
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Pat Orr | ... |
Sally
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A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based closely on the true story of Ed Gein. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
FINALLY got to see 'Deranged' recently after wanting to for years, and what a surprise it is. Low budget yes, but takes its subject matter much more seriously than you would expect. There are some touches of black comedy in places, but overall this is no "funny" gorefest ala the 'Evil Dead' flicks. Roberts Blossom puts in an excellent performance as Ezra Cobb, the Ed Gein inspired protagonist. You may not totally understand why he ends up doing what he does, but Blossom successfully conveys Cobb's loneliness and isolation, which explodes into full blown delusional behaviour.
The only negative comment I have about 'Deranged' is the clumsy and unnecessary intrusions of the narrator into the plot. Without that we'd be looking at a complete classic. Even so, 'Deranged' is much more than a "video nasty" and deserves a much larger audience.