Deranged [1974] (DVD)

Description: Theatrical Release: 1974 / Suitable for 18 years and over / Actors: Jeff Gillen, Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee ... / DVD ... more

Deranged [1974] (DVD) ... released 2004-07-26 at UFA / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... was almost all done on location). Weirdly, the film poses as a documentary. We not only get a narrator, but he actually ... more

... appears on camera several times, as if this were a reconstruction on a true crime show. It's an obviously intrusive device, and I can't for the life of me figure out why he's there unless he's meant to raise a laugh. This is entirely possible, as the film on the whole is played for very black comedy rather than straight horror. (If you've ever seen the amazing insect documentary The Hellstrom Chronicle, the narrator here has something of the same effect as the one in that film.) Ed Gein seems to be the American serial ...more

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	Deranged [DVD] [1974] Release Date: 2004 - 07 - 26, Last Update 15.12.2009 06:06	£ 24.00

Deranged [DVD] [1974]
Release Date: 2004 - 07 - 26,

Last Update 15.12.2009 06:06

£ 24.00

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Deranged [1974] (DVD): "The wages of sin are syphilis, gonorrhea and death!" (1127 words)
by - written on 24/08/09 (Very useful, 48 readings)
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A review of just the film. A region 1 DVD is only about £6 (and is double-billed with a film called Motel Hell). This 1974 film is one of several to take inspiration from real-life Wisconsin serial killer/cannibal/necrophile Ed Gein. Gein's famously grisly case provided incidental details and background ambience to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs and Psycho. Deranged gives us a near-as-dammit biopic, albeit with names changed to protect the not-so-innocent. There was a far less imaginative but slightly more accurate biopic made in the 90s (called 'Ed Gein'), but that's rubbish. Watch this instead. Introverted Ezra Cobb is a man in ... Read the complete review

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