Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974)

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82 min - Crime | Horror | Thriller - February 1974 (USA)

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Reviews: 66 user | 51 critic

Based on the Ed Gein case, a deranged rural farmer becomes a grave robber and murderer after the death of his possessive mother whom he keeps her corpse, among others, as his companions in his decaying farmhouse

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Roberts Blossom	...	Ezra Cobb
	Cosette Lee	...	Ma Cobb
	Leslie Carlson	...	Tom Sims
	Robert Warner	...	Harlon Kootz
	Marcia Diamond	...	Jenny Kootz
	Brian Smeagle	...	Brad Kootz
	Arlene Gillen	...	Miss Johnson
	Robert McHeady	...	Sheriff
	Marian Waldman	...	Maureen Selby (as Marion Waldman)
	Jack Mather	...	Drunk
	Micki Moore	...	Mary
	Pat Orr	...	Sally

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Storyline

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>

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Pretty Sally Mae died a very unnatural death! ... But the worst hasn't happened to her yet! DERANGED ... confessions of a necrophile

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Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

February 1974 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Besessen See more »

Filming Locations:

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada See more »

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Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Karr International Pictures See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min | UK: 84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Tom Savini said in an interview that the corpses in the film were made using plastic skull kits which were glued to bodies built of chicken wire and painted cotton. The faces were created by taking plaster castings of various relatives of the crew, including producer Tom Karr's wife. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: Although supposedly set in the United States (US cash is shown), the cars have Ontario (Canada) license plates. See more »

Quotes

[after exhuming his dead mother]
Ezra Cobb: I apologize for calling you a hog, mama.
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Connections

Edited into Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) See more »

Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974)
Deranged (original title)

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