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Deranged

"Pretty Sally Mae died a very unnatural death...But the worst hasn't happened to her yet!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Roberts Blossom

    Roberts Blossom

    Ezra Cobb

  • Cosette Lee

    Cosette Lee

    Ma Cobb

  • Leslie Carlson

    Leslie Carlson

    Tom Sims

  • Robert Warner

    Robert Warner

    Harlon Kootz

  • Marcia Diamond

    Marcia Diamond

    Jenny Kootz

  • Brian Smeagle

    Brian Smeagle

    Brad Kootz

  • Arlene Gillen

    Arlene Gillen

    Miss Johnson

  • Robert McHeady

    Robert McHeady

    Sheriff

  • Marian Waldman

    Marian Waldman

    Maureen Selby

Overview

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.

Rating

5.8 / 10
115 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    7 Nov 13, 2014

    Mama? Mama? Deranged is brought to us by Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen. It's a telling of the Ed Gein story, the Plainfield Ghoul who in the 1950s shocked small town Americana to its very core. The names have been changed to, protect, well no that's not true, it's a product of its time is why, but this is an Ed Gein film, and it's a troubling and worthy piece of art in equal measure. Certain instances have been spruced up for poetic licence, but the core essence of Gein and his madness exists wholesale. Roberts Blossom plays Gein (as Ezra Cobb), a man so tied to his mama's apron strings that when she leaves the mortal coil he refuses to acknowledge said fact. Cue grave robbing, morbid scenario settings and murder. Operating on a low budget, Gillen and Ormsby do a sterling job of not letting their film come off as cheap exploitation. Tom Savini's effects work is a little crude when viewed now (he would become a legend in his field soon afterwards), but this unfurls in stylish and professional manner. With great acting by Blossoms, nifty camera work, a dark sense of humour and a chilling underplaying of key scenes leading the way, this is a fine entry in the serial killer movie pantheon. 7/10

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