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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Deranged (1974)
DERANGED is a canadian production written and directed by Allan Ormsby in 1974.

Like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" shot the same year, the picture is based on the story of Ed Gein but presents the killer's point of view.

Wisconsin. Ezra Cobb is living alone with his crippled mother in a farm. She teaches him that all women are evil. When she dies, Ezra becomes insane. He steals her corpse and hides it in his farm. After having stuffed her body, he speaks to her all day long and soon wants her to have some company.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's
Family, loving Yes
Special relationship with - mother
Inner struggle or disability Yes
Taboo Sex Story? Yes
Kind of sex: - necrophilia (sexing the dead!)
Brain/Body not working? - mental illness
Coping with loss of loved one? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - farmer
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - mentally ill
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - white/grey
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie? - 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Forest? Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel... - in awe
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
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