★★★☆☆ Opinions on what makes a good horror film usually fall into two distinct camps. On the one hand you have those which unsettle and shock audiences, but sends them home smiling. Then you have the likes of Deranged (1974), the notorious cult outing by directors Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsbury - starring Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee and Leslie Carlson - which leaves the viewer nauseated and repulsed, asking the question "Was that really necessary?" Deep in the heart of rural America, Ezra Cobb (Blossom) lives alone with his mother Amanda (Lee). When Amanda dies, Ezra is left to fend for himself.
Haunted by the presence of his overbearing mother, Ezra embarks on a series of inhuman acts which would go down in the annals of American history as some of the country's most depraved and heinous crimes. Over the years, the life of Ed Gein - the unhinged handyman from La Crosse County,...
Haunted by the presence of his overbearing mother, Ezra embarks on a series of inhuman acts which would go down in the annals of American history as some of the country's most depraved and heinous crimes. Over the years, the life of Ed Gein - the unhinged handyman from La Crosse County,...
- 8/20/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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