Deranged (2012) User Reviews

dismal

[madelinehind · 2/10 · 9 June 2013]

I wasn't very optimistic going into this. Neil Jones directed the dreadful THE REVEREND, produced the truly abysmal ZOMBIE KING. Natalie Celino starred in the laughable UMBRAGE and Victoria Broom starred in the dire ZOMBIE WOMEN OF Satan.

THe movie begins well enough. It is at least technically competent, unlike Jones' last cheap effort ZOMBIE KING which looked like it was filmed on a camcorder.

The signs that the movie will disappoint are clear from early on. The score denotes suspense when nothing is happening, merely a car driving through the countryside. Victoria Broom's habit of laughing after every "amusing " line is irritating and when the other girls tell her to shut up I knew how they felt.

THe lead actress Marcia DaValez is striking looking with her peroxide cropped hair and eurasian looks. She has an accent that is, at times, impenetrable.

Victoria Broom plays the "saucy" one. Her character is irritating, which is not her fault, and unconvincingly acted , which is.

Natalie Celino was utterly wooden in UMBRAGE but gives a decent performance here, so she has either taken acting lessons in the meantime or the director of UMBRAGE failed to get a performance out of her.

Craig Fairbrass stars in a lot of these zero budget efforts but seldom seems to acknowledge or promote them.

The script is unsatisfying and makes little sense and there is little suspense or horror to be found.

I wouldn't bother.

Don't believe the blurb!

[BA_Harrison · 2/10 · 25 November 2014]

The blurb on the back of my DVD begins: 'Four attractive young women...'

I'll stop right there: four attractive, young women??? Really? Not in the film I watched. Thanks to their wretched personalities, the women in this film are about as attractive as a package holiday to Syria. Even judged purely on their physical attributes, they're nothing special, with only actress Natalia Celino proving slightly memorable thanks to her enormous knockers (believe me when I say that her chest is the best thing about the whole film).

The blurb also describes this film as 'edgy and gory'. Well, if by edgy and gory they mean tired and predictable, with virtually no decent effects, then I guess they're right on the money. Deranged disappoints in almost every department. There's no atmosphere, zero scares, and sod all suspense: rather stupidly, the film begins by immediately revealing the identity of the killer, thereby making the entire whodunit aspect of the film totally redundant. And talking of totally redundant, that's exactly how I imagine the majority of the cast will be spending the rest of their professional acting careers.

Not very good

[dashielle89-425-132181 · 2/10 · 11 January 2014]

I watch a lot of horror movies, including many horrible and low budget ones. While this one wasn't the worst, it really doesn't have anything to offer.

The plot is unoriginal and uninteresting, but that in itself isn't a big deal. What makes this movies bad is the characters aren't very engaging, everything is spelled out from the beginning so there are no surprises, and the horror aspect is seriously lacking.

Everybody gets killed so quickly without putting up a fight, like it would really be that easy for one petite girl to kill like 5 people with just a knife, even after they're all on guard and they know someone is after them. And for people who are into gore there wasn't much of it, towards the end there was some blood on the people and that's it. You'd think in this type of movie the very least it would have is a lot of blood.

And I know that having a good build up of suspense can be more difficult for a movie like this so I wasn't expecting much, but when they tell you right at the beginning of the movie who the killer is, who she's going to kill, and why, it's like they weren't even trying. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense either, I guess the only explanation they could give was the title.

No suspense, no characters you care about, and no gore just lead to a very dull horror.

Very apt description actually

[kosmasp · 3/10 · 20 July 2020]

Now you can't blame the movie for false advertising that's for sure. On the other hand, you'd wish this was more coherent, no matter what the title says - and that it would actually have decent acting in it. Which is not to say or blame those in front of the camera - sometimes when you are given something bad, there's almost no way to remedy it.

The twists are predictable to say the least and you probably do not care about a single one of them. Having said, I should have probably watched a Korean movie with the same title - when I came here I knew I'd give it a three. Doesn't happen often that I agree 100% with the average vote already given by others on imdb

overacting of the main character

[trashgang · 5/10 · 3 September 2014]

What can I tell you about this British horror flick. Not that much in fact except that it wasn't that good at all. The idea was rather okay but the way it is made isn't what makes a good horror flick. There's no real gore to spot even as it is stated that it is blood soaked. I can tell you,it isn't. Sure, there's blood everywhere but no gore with it attached. Further the acting itself is so bad that you just don't care about any chararcter.

Gabrielle (Marcia Do Vales) looks deranged but due the overacting it became a bit ridiculous. All elements are there to make her a sicky but it just doesn't fit. And it goes to worse because all other girls involved do look sexy but they are talking about being f*cked here and there but when they go for a swim then you might expect nudity, not at all. Only one scene involves some huge titties while being taken for the first time but even that becomes ridiculous when she is saying, it was my first time and bragging about it. At her age, she should have been taken a thousand times.

It could have been a good slasher but it is to be honest never scary or whatsoever. deranged, yes, if you are watching this.

Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Wow! Bad

[africe · 1/10 · 14 July 2019]

Worst acting I've ever seen. I laughed quite a bit. If put under a comedy genre I'd give it a 6 hahaha

ACTING IS EASY

[nogodnomasters · 5/10 · 4 August 2018]

Four girlfriends go to a secluded villa to have a bachelorette party. Gabby (Marcia Do Vales) is getting married to Michael and aspires to be an actress. Along with Gabby is Mary (Natalia Celino) a reclusive woman who claims to be a virgin, Silvia (Victoria Broom) who joined the mile high club on the way over, and Anna (Tabitha Quitman) who is the most normal in the group.

They hired a stripper for the night. Max, the dog is chained up outside. He bites, except Gabby who grew up with him. There is a locked room and no phone reception. It isn't long before things become unraveled and the blood flows.

This is a slasher film, whose twist I knew before I had any clues. The dialouge was border line. It lacked the humor normally associated with British slasher films. There are better slashers out there.

Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex, nudity (Natalina Celino)

Good for a bit of a laugh but that's it

[boopus_doopus · 2/10 · 28 January 2024]

Keeps you guessing about what's going to happen but you can work it out fairly quickly. Yeah, look. It's not great. It's very low budget, so if you're expecting good acting, decent camera quality or effects then give this a skip. The image quality of this film was really poor and I wasn't watching a pirated copy or anything. I was watching from a streaming service.

The acting is so bad and the characters are so cliche that it's somewhat amusing. Unfortunately and ironically, the latina actress overacts so much that it becomes hard to tolerate. The movie is always much worse when she's on screen and (SPOILERS) hoo boy do we get a lot of her in the third act.

Not worth it, don't do it.

Well worth seeking out

[UK_Zombie · 8/10 · 14 January 2015]

Actually this was a good film, in spite of what you will read in some of the reviews. I didn't like the setting, as I think British horror should be set in the UK. The Spanish setting just somehow didn't give a frightening backdrop to the film. That said, there was genuine tension in the film and the kills were good. Contained the usual partial kill of the main protagonist followed by an amazing resurrection (this always gets on my wick, but it goes with the territory). There was lot of nudity throughout. Natalia Celino is hot and underrated as an actress. Her role here was not helped by some inane dialogue at what was supposed to be a tender erotic moment. I think the Brazilian lead has potential to be a very convincing horror actress in spite of the rather heavy accent. All in all a good film and one which is well worth seeking out. Currently on at Poundland (for a pound, surprise surprise),along with some other low budget efforts.

Good

[stephentwhite-93261 · 10/10 · 10 October 2020]

This film was good. I watched it with my bro and sis when they were alive and we all enjoyed it very well.