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Summary: 2 of the best flicks on one DVD!
Review: This 2 disk set is a MUST have for horror/slasher flick fans!The first film-- Deranged-- is about a wierd fella named Ezra who can't seem to let go of his mother's death. After hallucinations of her he decides to dig her up and keep her near him at all times. The movie after that takes off and basically ends up with his kidnapping, and bitchering (like he was skinning a deer) a local salesclerk. The movie is based on psychotic killer Ed Gein, which influenced MANY movies such as Silence Of The Lambs, Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2,3,4) and of course the movie Ed Gein and Ed and His Dead Mother. The second movie is a bit more strange and funny! In short it's about a brother and sister who own a motel and sell beef jerky on the side. The only thing is at night, like a hunter going out to hunt, he watches the road waiting for the right time to find his next victim. After they are caught they are buried in the ground to be harvested and then made into jerky... A MUST SEE
Rating: 
Summary: Some Stupid, Yet Somewhat Effective Horror Films
Review: This horror flick double feature is average and is certainly not what other people have called "terrifying". I've read reviews of
"Deranged" that said it was everything "Ed Gein" should have been. Well, they're wrong. "Ed Gein" was a lot more effective and managed to creep me out. "Deranged" had some freaky moments, but overall...It was funny. Yes. "Deranged" was a funny movie.
"Deranged" is loosely based on Ed Gein. But the characters name is Ezra Cobb. Ezra is a loner, a mommas boy. When his mother dies
(this scene is supposed to be horrifying but comes off as funny)
his sanity begins to unravel and eventually he digs up her body and keeps her at the house. Then, Ezra realizes his need to kill people. The scariest part was at the end. This part really wasn't scary, but sad. Roberts Blossom (this is not a typo) played Ezra well enough and gave him a kind of menacing edge. But still. As for "Motel Hell", it wasn't as good as "Deranged"
but it was funnier. "Motel Hell" is about Farmer Vincent (Rory Calhoun) and Ida. They run Motel Hello (the "o" is flickering out). They also have a line of fritters that is one of the most popular meats in the county. Problem is they are burying people who pass by their motel ALIVE. Once they're fattened up they use them to make their various meats. Their brother, Bruce, who's a cop is oblivious to it however. But then Vincent meets Terry (Nina Axelrod) after shooting the motorcycle she was one, taking the man who was with her and burying him alive. Vincent and Bruce simultaneously fall in love with Terry which sets off sort of a chain reaction. Now there movies were made in the late seventies/ early eighties. So there's a lot of violence and a lot of nudity. Sometimes things which weren't meant to be funny come off as funny cuz they're so delightfully stupid.
But, Nina Axelrod is hot by the way.
Deranged:B
Motel Hell:B-
Rating:
Summary: Meat's meat, and man's gotta eat!
Review: Tis DVD is great! I first watched "Motel Hell" and was impressed with the soundtrack in full stereo. The picture quality is far better than the VHS tape. okay, so it may be a little dark or grainy during some scenes, but it was most likely a lower-budget picture and not great lighting or photography resulted. What can you say about this? It's a masterpiece!
Then I turned it over and watched "Deranged". The first thing I noticed is that Roberts Blossom, who plays Ezra Cobb, was Doc in "Escape From Alcatraz", who give himself a hatchet-job (that wouldn't have been out of place here!).
I have seen the film "Ed Gein" with Steve Railsback, and this follows it pretty much to the letter, only Gein was still around when this was made, which is probably why it wasn't a straight biography of him. Still, I found it genuinely creepy, and a great film. Nothing else to add that's already been said here.
This has never been on video before, to my knowledge, which would make it a rarity, but a great piece of unearthed treasure. Kudos to MGM for putting this out. Recommended!
Rating:
Summary: Meat's meat, and man's gotta eat!
Review: Tis DVD is great! I first watched "Motel Hell" and was impressed with the soundtrack in full stereo. The picture quality is far better than the VHS tape. okay, so it may be a little dark or grainy during some scenes, but it was most likely a lower-budget picture and not great lighting or photography resulted. What can you say about this? It's a masterpiece!
Then I turned it over and watched "Deranged". The first thing I noticed is that Roberts Blossom, who plays Ezra Cobb, was Doc in "Escape From Alcatraz", who give himself a hatchet-job (that wouldn't have been out of place here!).
I have seen the film "Ed Gein" with Steve Railsback, and this follows it pretty much to the letter, only Gein was still around when this was made, which is probably why it wasn't a straight biography of him. Still, I found it genuinely creepy, and a great film. Nothing else to add that's already been said here.
This has never been on video before, to my knowledge, which would make it a rarity, but a great piece of unearthed treasure. Kudos to MGM for putting this out. Recommended!
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Summary: Deranged
Review: When I was a kid, we saw Deranged at the midnight movie in Houston, TX. I never forgot it! I was amazed to see it's available! I'm going to have to buy a copy for myself, and one for my cousin, who watched it with me.
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Summary: Deranged-Excellent! Motel Hell should go there!
Review: With the Dreanged/Motel Hell DVD you get a good news/bad news scenario. The good news is; Deranged has finally found its widescreen way onto dvd. :) Bad news: You're stuck with Motel Hell on the other side. :( Deranged is a low budget, very unsettling horror film based on the heinous real life crimes of Ed Gein. Of course, the folks at MGM left out at least one squimish seen of Ezzra Cobb scouping out a corpse's brains with an ice cream scoop. However, Deranged is not really a gore fest but, instead draws its disconcerting power (thanks to Robert Blossom's oscar caliber performance) from the fact that most of what transpires on screen happened in real life. In short Deranged rocks! Motel Hell on the other hand,is boring, hackneyed, cinematic rubbish. The title says "it takes all kinds of critters to make farmer Vincent fritters." Well, it takes all kinds of Antacids to make it through this hackneyed yawn-fest! The "love" interest between Farmer Vincent & the young girl is as contrived as anything you'll have the unfortunate experience to watch. Characters you couldn't care less about if you tried. I've seen more suspense generated in a Melissa Gilbert Lifetime Channel chick flick than Motel Hell. My recommendation; buy this dvd if for only Deranged. Watch Motel Hell if you suffer from insomnia.
Rating:
Summary: Awesome!!! Totally Awesome!
Review: You got two, rare cannibal flicks for the price of half of one in a one case DVD!!!! Deranged, the better of the two, is the tale of Ezra Cobb, based off Ed Gein, who "geins" a little sexual fetish for the opposite sex after his mother dies...and it all turns out to be a grave robbing, necrophilliac nightmare! Motel Hell is the tale of a fat, sweaty, ugly cow named Ida and her tall, anorexic, ugly brother Vincent who kill people and put them in their special recipe food....moohaha. MGM rocks!
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