Deranged

Deranged is a 1974 horror film directed by Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby. It is alternately known as Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile. The film is inspired by real-life Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein, whose crimes were so horrific that they inspired several landmark horror films including Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs. In this film, Ezra Cobb is a mentally deranged man who, even in his mid-fifties, is governed by the actions of his stern mother. Following the death of his mother, Cobb suffers a psychotic break and begins disinterring human remains and presenting them to his mother's corpse as companions.

Appearances

 * Ezra Cobb
 * Harlon Kootz
 * Jenny Kootz
 * Ma Cobb
 * Mary
 * Maureen Selby
 * Miss Johnson
 * Sally
 * Tom Simms


 * Wisconsin


 * Coffin
 * Corpse


 * Deer


 * Cannibal
 * Grave robber
 * Psychopath
 * Serial killer
 * Sheriff
 * Waitress


 * 1950s
 * Domineering mother
 * Female topless nudity
 * Flaying
 * Gunshot victims
 * Necrophilia
 * Séance
 * Shot in the head
 * Skull
 * Taxidermy

Fun Facts

 * Deranged showcases the first professional makeup effects work of artist Tom Savini. Savini will go on to become one of the most prominent special effects artists of all time working on films such as Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th.


 * Bob Clark, who previously made Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things and Dead of Night with Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen, was originally approached to direct this film. However, Clark felt the script was too disturbing for his taste so he opted to produce the film, although he used a pseudonym.

Recommendations

 * Dahmer
 * Ed Gein
 * From Hell
 * Gacy
 * Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer


 * Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer
 * Hillside Strangler, The
 * Psycho
 * Silence of the Lambs
 * Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The