Rent Deranged (1974)
3.4 of 5 from 59 ratings
1h 23min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Real-life Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein inspired many distinguished films, including 'Psycho', 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre', but none is quite as disturbing as 'Deranged'. Roberts Blossom gives an alarmingly convincing performance as rural eccentric Ezra Cobb, whose mother's death unhinges him to the point where he not only lovingly preserves her corpse in the living room but also goes out to find 'friends' to keep her company - not all of whom are dead when he finds them! Perversely, Ezra's more worried about what mother would say about his various activities than he is about the prospect of being found out. Indeed, like Gein, he's cheerfully open about his activities when visiting friends, but no-one believes him. - Actors:
- Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner, Marcia Diamond, Brian Smeagle, Arlene Gillen, Robert McHeady, Marian Waldman, Jack Mather, Micki Moore, Pat Orr
- Directors:
- Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby
- Producers:
- Tom Karr, Bob Clark
- Writers:
- Alan Ormsby
- Aka:
- Deranged: The Confessions of a Necrophile
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 1
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/08/2013
- Run Time:
- 83 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with special effects artist Tom Savini
- Introduction to the film by Savini
- A Blossoming Brilliance: Scott Spiegel (Intruder; Evil Dead II) speaks about Deranged star Roberts Blossom and the lasting legacy of this gore-soaked gem
- Ed Gein: From Murderer to Movies -Laurence R. Harvey (The Human Centipide II) discusses the lurid legacy of the Wisconsin serial killer and the secrets of portraying a cinematic psychopath The Wages of Sin - Making of featurette comprising newly transferred 16mm production footage and an archive interview with director Jeff Gillen
- Original Trailer
- Stills Gallery
