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Summary: okay
Review: i loved motel hell. i never saw the kmovie deranged but now i plan on it. excellent.
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Summary: Good eatin' here!
Review: I'm really learning to love these MGM double feature discs. Usually, this motion picture studio releases its films on DVD with few or no extras, a supreme disappointment to cinema fans. When you can get two low budget cheese fests for such a low price, however, you tend to make a few allowances for the lack of bells and whistles. Who could turn down the wonders of "Troll" and "Troll 2," for example, just because the movies' only extras are trailers? It's the same situation with "Deranged" and "Motel Hell." But don't worry. The wonderful badness of these two films makes extras a moot point. Besides, how could you get Nancy Parsons and Rory Calhoun into the studio to record a commentary track? They've both been dead for years."Deranged" is a movie that every horror aficionado should see at least once. Actually, one time through is about all you'll be able to take of this low budget excursion into the dark, dank recesses of the human mind. Based on the legendary maniac Edward Gein, the movie "Deranged" has always had a small coterie of loyal fans. They claim that this movie is the closest thing there is to the real events that occurred in rural Wisconsin back in the 1950s. They're wrong, of course. Even a cursory examination of the Gein story will quickly tell you this film wanders far from the truth on several occasions. No matter, though, since the movie is still a fun way to waste a couple of hours. Instead of referring to their main maniac as Ed Gein, the moviemakers decided to rename the guy Ezra Cobb. Old Ezra resembles Eddie Gein in several ways: he's a mama's boy, a bit of a simpleton, and he quickly nosedives into the shrieking pits of insanity after his mother passes on. After his better half (mom, that is) goes to that great farmhouse in the sky, Ezra promptly starts to hear her voice in his head. He goes out, digs up her corpse, and installs her in the house. Soon, he begins to comb the countryside looking for other gals who might want to keep his mother company. A local waitress, a lascivious friend of his mother's who has designs on Ezra, and a local girl manning the counter in the hardware store all fall prey to Cobb's ever expanding lunacy. There's not a lot of gore here for the hounds, but the scuzzy atmosphere and seriousness of the cast (at least it seemed like they were serious) will keep you on the edge of your seat. The guy who played the Barry Convex role in "Videodrome" does a Rod Serling like role as narrator. I personally prefer the second film on the disc, the 1980 cult classic "Motel Hell." Rory Calhoun, a distinguished actor with a long list of film credits stretching back into the Golden Age of Hollywood, throws his dignity to the wind in the part of Farmer Vincent, a meat manufacturer with a sinister secret. Working with his sadistic sister Ida (Nancy Parsons) out of the Motel Hello (that 'o' is missing on the sign, of course), Vincent always sends his customers packing with a bumper sticker, a box of free meat, and a million watt aw shucks smile. Behind the scenes, things are quite different. The good farmer spends his evenings laying traps on the local roadways, thus luring in a whole passel of hapless wayfarers for reasons best left unsaid here. When a girl survives a motorcycle accident orchestrated by the wily Vincent, the farmer decides to take her in so he can eventually teach her the secrets of curing meat. All sorts of unpleasant activities take place from this point on, as Ida's jealousy of the girl causes friction in the family. The local cop presents a challenge too even though he's related to Vincent and Ida. By the time you see two guys, one of them wearing a giant pig's head, battling away with chainsaws, you know you've just spent a few hours with a classic piece of cinema. If you want a few giggles, try and spot John Ratzenberger in a small role as one of Vincent's living beef jerky sticks. Wolfman Jack pops up to say hello as well. We're talking zero production values for both films here, folks. "Deranged" is by far the grungier of the two films, with its broken down farmhouses, battered jalopies, and seedy looking characters; but "Motel Hell" won't win any awards for scenery design, either. One thing I will say about the latter film; the DVD transfer is amazingly sharp for a film made nearly twenty-five years ago. It looks like they shot this thing yesterday on top of the line film stock. The same unfortunately cannot be said for "Deranged," which has a fair amount of grain and streaks in the picture. You don't really need a great looking picture to enjoy these cheesy films, but it sure is nice to see "Motel Hell" look this good. Moreover, you get the full version of the movie. Whenever this film appears on television, and it does amazingly enough, they usually cut out the scene where the city couple looking for a good time accidentally shows up at Motel Hello. That sequence is restored here in all of its whip cracking glory. Give this disc a shot if you like low budget ham. The psychedelic experience in Farmer Vincent's secret garden alone is worth the price of the disc. I've been watching a bunch of these MGM double dip discs lately, and I'll keep watching them if the company keeps releasing them. You should, too.
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Summary: vegetarian propaganda?
Review: Motel Hell and other B movies of its ilk (ie, Deranged, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) which explore cannibalism with various levels of tongue in cheek while linking them to the eating of "acceptable" meat not only can't help but comment on the human choice to be carnivore, but to challenge said choice. Farmer Vincent's got his theories on why it's okay to turn to people into smoked meat for consumption, and he considers himself to be kind to his "animals", but, of course, we are put off not only when we see him lopping the carcasses apart, but when we see his "animals" before their slaughter; the point is not that in many scenes it is hard to tell the human flesh from the pig flesh housed in the same smokehouse; rather, the point is it that is hard to tell the pig flesh from the human ANY time...and when Farmer Vincent fights his final duel beneath the mask of a slaughtered pig's head, it seems only just that a marriage of this two victim types should take place in him.
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Summary: NO ONE BEATS FARMER VINCENTS MEATS!!!
Review: MOTEL HELL is the most hilarious of the 80's B movies. You have got to love this one, as Farmer Vincent routinely preys upon passers buy...so that he can create new flavors of "jerky."
A great end sequence with dueling chainsaws and gore!
This DVD is a double feature...containing "deranged" a spin off of the true storey of Ed Gein..the quasy-canibal/ necrophile!
This just adds another star to the rating!
A GREAT FILM FOR THE KIDS!
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Summary: Motel Helland Deranged
Review: Now I am a big fan of Motel Hell especially the Pig Head Chainsaw Scene.But for Deranged I must say it is the worst portray of Ed Gein you should go buy the movie Ed Gein instead.
People say it is the most accurate portrayal in Deranged but if you have seen the crime scene photots right before he is arrested he does noe behead the woman and does not cut her from her neck down to her anus as stated in an interview. Also he was arrested at a neighbors and if you look closely before he arrested the lighting is almost snow white yet when the camera changes scenes its dark, and the blood is too red.And also he was never in his mothers room after she died nor dug up her corpse. Its a good deal Two dvds and the horror but if u want to see the best Ed Gein portrayal so far Buy Ed Gein or Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Summary: MOTEL HEL with a BAD TRANSFER
Review: Okay, let me start off by saying that "Motel Hell" is my all-time favorite horror film. I saw it in the theater in 1980 when I was ten and LOVED it. It took six more years for it to appear on video, and in between, I went by myself to see it shown in a crappy run down theater about four times. But, it finally did debut on video. THEN, I waited another ten years or so for it to appear in a letter-boxed incarnation. And now it finally has. Was it worth the wait? Umm...not really. For some reason MGM has not paid very much attention to the transfer. Granted, it IS letter-boxed in the 1:85 to 1 ratio. And the DVD does include the awesome trailer. But the picture itself is so grainy I wonder why they bothered. It looks exactly the same as the poor laser disc transfer. The night scenes almost seem like they were filmed with a piece of curtain in front of the lens. Kind of like Barbara Eden's shots in "Harper Valley PTA." And by the way, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING CUT., despite what a previous reviewer said. It's all there. "Deranged" (from the folks who brought you "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things") is okay, but that's not why I eagerly awaited this DVD. It certainly is worth owning. I mean, it still IS a great film. But I just wish MGM had gone the extra mile with their transfer. Oh well. At least I can stop waiting.
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Summary: Roberts Blossom was excellent! The film is only okay.
Review: Roberts Blossom does a fantastic job of playing Ed Gein. The creepiness in his demeanor is very effective. The problem with the film is in the unnecessary narration that kills any momentum the film tries to build. This is especially true in the beginning and middle of the film. It's in the middle of the picture that the film takes on life and begins to build steam and in the end you're a left with an okay film. This movie, however, could have been much more. It's still worth a view no matter how dated the film truly is.
Rent it! Don't buy it...unless you need to own every horror film.
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Summary: 2 horror classics on 1 DVD
Review: Talk about one hell of a horror double feature.First of all,these 2 films are horror classics.I was amazed to find out that they were going to be on the same dvd as a double feature.First of all Deranged is one of my all time favorite horror flicks w/ an excellent performance by Roberts Blossom.Blossom plays Ezra Cobb.. a character based on the serial killer Ed Gein.The same serial killer Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho were based on.The movie was filmed in 1974 w/ early and excellent Tom Savini make-up effects.Deranged definitly has that creepy documentary feel..some scenes you almost feel like your sitting in the same room w/ Ez as he plays w/ his belly drum..using a leg bone for a drum stick..nice.The transfer was pretty decent for an older,almost forgotten film..but my only complaint is that they cut out a few scenes..one being Ez taking out an eyeball w/ a spoon and another one w/ Ez holding up a fresh cut human flesh mask he planned on putting on his decomposing mother.So other then the missing scenes I was extremely happy having this film on dvd.As for the Motel Hell part of the disc..Farmer Vincent has a special recipe for his smoked meats...and let me tell you..his smoked meat isnt beef.The film is fun..watching him and his demented sister go to their secret garden, where they have a special way of treating their human meat stock is great.Plus farmer Vincent runs around wearing a pig head w/ chainsaw in hand..u cant beat that..as for the picture..the trasfer for Motel Hell is a bit grainy..but for the cheap price u cant beat it.In my opinion, Deranged is the better movie of the 2.Im a big fan of surreal horror and Deranged has that going for it.If you loved Texas Chainsaw and never saw Deranged pick this disc up...Its great stuff.
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Summary: A Great addition to the Midnite Movies dvd series.
Review: The MGM Midnite Movies is a great addition to any horror collector's collection. This one is Deranged/Motel Hell. DERANGED is a story about Ezra Cobb. Actually, it's based on well-known killer, Ed Gein. They call Ezra "Ez" for short which is amusing because it basically sounds like "Ed" and I think that a few of the actors said "Ed" by mistake several times. OK, so Ezra is sitting next to his dying mother when she gives up living. She was buried and every week, it's said that Ezra visits his mother's grave at least 3 times a week. The year after her death, he hears his mother's voice say "If you really loved me, you'd bring me back home...." So he does just that. He digs her up and puts her in his car and drives her home. He uses things that look like skin to try and "repair" her until he gets the idea to use human skin instead...by killing and skinning..... It's a pre-"In the Light of the Moon" (A.K.A. "Ed Gein") flick that delivers what it promises-thin humor and frightening murders. What I didn't like was not the movie but the back cover: It seems that every real Ed Gein type of movie (Deranged, In the Light of the Moon, etc.) always has to mention it inspiring "Psycho", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Silence of the Lambs" (A book about Ed Gein uses the same marketing ploy) MOTEL HELL is my favorite. Farmer Vincent owns Motel Hello (with the "O" in "Hello" usually blinking on and off) with his sister Ida. Farmer Vincent has the best smoked meats around. But the secret of the great taste isn't in the meat, it is the meat. Actually, it's human meat that they take from their victims that are buried neck deep in a secret garden behind the motel... What's so good about MOTEL HELL is the laughter. In one scene, a kinky couple rent a room and think that Vincent and Ida are into S&M. So they get their leather on and think that Vincent and Ida are going to have some good ol sex with them...the funniest bit is when they actually tell the victims to raise their hands, so they can put the rope around them and drug them. They willingly accept. RECCOMENDED TO FANS OF:
Ed Gein (2000)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Blood Diner (1987) THE CAST (DERANGED)
Roberts Blossom.....Ezra Cobb
Cosette Lee............Ma Cobb
Leslie Carlson.........Tom Sims THE CAST (MOTEL HELL)
Rory Calhoun.......Vincent Smith
Paul Linke.............Sheriff Bruce Smith
Nancy Parsons......Ida Smith THE MOVIE (DERANGED): 3/4
THE MOVIE (MOTEL HELL): 3.5/4 THE PICTURE QUALITY (DERANGED): 7/10 Presented in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and has much grain to the picture. THE PICTURE QUALITY (MOTEL HELL): 8/10 Presented in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A little better than DERANGED but still has some grain. THE AUDIO QUALITY (DERANGED): 6/10 2 channel mono was a little hard to hear and a little annoying when I had to put the volume of my tv up to hear it. THE AUDIO QUALITY (MOTEL HELL): 8/10 2 channel stereo surround with a great boost to the quality. There us also a French mono track and a Spanish stereo surround track included. THE SPECIAL FEATURES: Both movies contain their original theatrical trailer with grain on both. SUBTITLES: Both contain English, French and Spanish subtitles.
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Summary: MOTEL HELL IS A MASTERPIECE!
Review: There really is nothing like the brilliant MOTEL HELL. Two sicko rednecks kidnap bikers and other road travellers only to bury them up to their necks in the ground. They then force feed them slop until they are fat and juicy. Then they are turned into smoked meats! FUN! GORY! TWISTED! And you get to see a man with a pigs head run around with a chain saw! DERANGED is allright and features TOM SAVINI effects but it is a cut version. Still both are worth sitting down and watching on a rainy day when you need some good old fashioned horror to while away your afternoon with!
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