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Deranged (also known as Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile) is a 1974 psychological horror film directed by Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen, and starring Roberts Blossom. Its plot, loosely based on the crimes of Ed Gein, follows Ezra Cobb, a middle-aged man in a rural Midwestern community who begins a string of serial murders and grave robberies after the death of his mother, a religious fanatic who raised him to be a misogynist. Though based on Gein, the film's title is misleading since Gein never experimented with necrophilia; although a necrophile is also defined as having "an obsessive fascination with death and corpses."
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1974 · 1h 23m · Crime · Horror · Thriller
TMDB 5.8/10 (117 votes)
A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year later digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based loosely on the true story of Ed Gein.
Directed by Alan Ormsby, Jeff Gillen
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Jeff GillenDirector
Roberts Blossomas Ezra Cobb
Cosette Leeas Ma Cobb
Leslie Carlsonas Tom SimsRRobert Warneras Harlon KootzMMarcia Diamondas Jenny KootzBBrian Smeagleas Brad KootzAArlene Gillenas Miss JohnsonRRobert McHeadyas Sheriff
Marian Waldmanas Maureen Selby
Micki Mooreas MaryPPat Orras Sally