---
title: 'Deranged (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan Ormsby'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/deranged-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071408/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Deranged (1974)

1974 · 82 min · Horror, Crime · United States, Canada


## Synopsis

Deranged is a 1974 American 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 Amanda, a religious fanatic who raised him to be a misogynist. The film features a diegetic narration in which newspaper columnist Tom Simms occasionally appears and narrates the events depicted. Though based on Gein, the film's title is misleading since Gein never experimented with necrophilia

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alan Ormsby](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-ormsby)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Ormsby](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-ormsby)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack McGowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mcgowan)

## Cast

- [Cosette Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/cosette-lee)
- [Roberts Blossom](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberts-blossom)
- [Leslie Carlson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-carlson)

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