Serial killer Ed Gein‘s heinous exploits inspired three horror classics — Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs — but Deranged offers a more faithful cinematic retelling of the true-crime story.
Also known as Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile, the 1974 film is coming to 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on February 25 via Vinegar Syndrome.
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things scribe Alan Ormsby writes and co-directs with Jeff Gillen.
Roberts Scott Blossom, best known as Old Man Marley from Home Alone, stars with Cosette Lee and Leslie Carlson. A young Tom Savini served as a special effects artist.
Deranged has been newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative in Dolby Vision.
Special Features:
- Audio commentary with writer and co-director Alan Ormsby
- Audio commentary with special effects artist Tom Savini
- Audio commentary with film historian Richard Harland Smith
- “Very Unnatural Deaths” – Interview with special effects artist Tom Savini
- “It Was a Fun Time!” – Interview with actor Brian Smegal
- “Disturbed, Demented, Deranged” – Interview with film historian Stephen Thrower
- “The Making of Deranged” – an archival documentary
- Interview with producer Tom Karr
- Introduction to the film by Tom Savini
- Original trailers
- TV spot
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve artwork
In the film, “Ezra Cobb leads a simple life on an isolated family farm with his overbearing, god-fearing mother, who spends her days ranting about the evils of women and the sins of the flesh. When Ma Cobb suddenly and violently expires, Ezra is plunged into a deep despair, and his already troubled mind crosses over into full-blown psychopathy.
“Wracked with loneliness, Ezra begins plundering the local graveyard to obtain companions to bring home with him, starting with his dear mother, whom he props up in her bed and holds conversations with. But soon, even this collection of cadavers isn’t company enough for old Ed, and he decides to turn his attention to fresher subjects…”
