Review – Deranged

As movie versions of the Ed Gein story go, this one isn't too terrible. They play a little fast and loose with the facts. And the production is also saddled with some annoying conventions, such as changing the killer's name to "Ezra Cobb" and plugging in a journalist narrator who infests the first half of the movie at oddly awkward moments and then vanishes almost entirely once the murders get underway. And of course the victims are young, attractive women rather than the middle-aged "mother" types Gein actually preferred. But the parts that show a little respect for the true story are entertaining enough. Mildly amusing