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 Ez’, and he decides to turn his attention to fresher subjects… 

Based on the real-life case of the “Plainfield Ghoul” Ed Gein - the infamous Wisconsin murderer and graverobber whose exploits similarly inspired the likes of Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs - 1974’s DERANGED offers up one of the most faithful cinematic retellings of this true-crime story, with Roberts Blossom (Home Alone) delivering a chilling and highly credible central performance as Ezra Cobb. Co-directed by Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby (who also penned Bob Clark’s Deathdream), and with early special effects work from a young Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead) - some of which proved so gruesomely effective that they had to be excised to secure the film a theatrical release - Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to disinter the fully unexpurgated version of DERANGED for its world UHD premiere, newly restored in 4K from its original camera negative and loaded with a ghoulish array of new and archival extras.

directed by: Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby
starring: Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Marian Waldman, Brian Smegal
1974 / 83 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Commentary track with writer and co-director Alan Ormsby
• Commentary track with special effects artist Tom Savini
• Commentary track with film historian Richard Harland Smith
• "Very Unnatural Deaths" (12 min) - an interview with special effects artist Tom Savini
• "It Was a Fun Time!" (12 min) - an interview with actor Brian Smegal
• "Disturbed, Demented, Deranged" (24 min) - an interview with Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
• "The Making of Deranged" (13 min) - an archival documentary
• Interview with producer Tom Karr (17 min)
• Introduction to the film by Tom Savini
• Original trailers
• TV spot
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles