Portray of a serial killer.
One of the most disturbed ones, even if his homicidal numbers are not quite exactly top ranked in the charts.
But that didn't keep Ed Gein from gaining reputation as one of the most deranged minds of modern time.
And one of the most notorious ones amon...( read more)
Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson
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, so a year later he digs her up and t...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (86)
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December 2, 2009
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May 13, 2008
Oh yeah! This is what us genre fans like to call a REAL horror film! "Deranged" is shocking, insensitive, cold-hearted and features a 'you-don't-like-it-go-to-hell'-honesty you can't possibly walk away from! This is the pretty damn factual, and therefore hugely disturbing, recons...( read more)
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March 21, 2008
Considering there has only been one real-life set of crimes that has intrigued me enough to pursue it or know the name as a sort of automatic filing label in my brain, it's kind of surprising this movie passed in one ear and out the other for me.
Ezra Cobb (Roberts Blossom) is a...( read more) -
July 9, 2007
A superb tale of a deranged man, who does unspeakable things with girls and dead bodies after his overbearing mother passes away. The movie is bizarre and effective, with great acting by Robert Blossoms (the old man down the street from the "Home Alone" movie.) In ways, it's bett...( read more)
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October 29, 2008
A different sort of film based on the Ed Gain case. First of all you have a narrator, who identifies himself as a reporter, and appears in the film as the narrative that gives this film a strange aesthetic. Also Roberts Blossom plays an amazing disturbed man, and it's hard to not...( read more)
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April 9, 2009
Rather accurate as far as Ed Gein's basic story goes, far more than other stuff "based" on him... however, that ultimately leaves it slightly boring.
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October 20, 2008
Who would have thought that Ed Gein was such a well of creativity? Yet another movie based on the Wisconsin serial killer's life.
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July 2, 2008
A fictionalized telling of the story of the infamous killer, Ed Gein. Roberts Blossom plays the lead with a fine mix of the pitiful and the frightening.
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May 8, 2008
Based on the true story of ed gein who's the inspiration for most of todays movie psychopaths. It's a fascinating watch even if the low budget is painfully obvious at times.
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