# Deranged (1974)

> A rural recluse’s devotion to his dead mother mutates into a grotesque campaign of grave robbery, murder, and corpse preservation.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/25224

## Facts

- Runtime: 83 min
- Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller
- Director: Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby
- Cast: Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner, Marcia Diamond, Brian Smeagle, Arlene Gillen, Robert McHeady
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071408/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: disturbing, morbid, darkly comic, late night horror marathon, cult film night

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