AKA Deranged: The Confessions of a Necrophile



1974, Directed by Jeff Gillen & Alan Ormsby

Apparently it’s ‘too late to scream’, but that doesn’t stop the women in this trailer. Don’t they listen to the voice-over?

There’s some deeply unpleasant stuff with corpses going on in this one. But more unpleasant still is that it’s based loosely on the real-life story of notorious American murderer Ed Gein - in fact several sources describe it as the most accurate cinematic portrayal of Gein’s crimes. Which doesn’t bear thinking about, frankly.

Trailer Club Inbreeding: The co-director Alan Ormsby was the chap with the pipe and crazy facial hair at the start of the trailer for Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things. He also appears in this trailer - he’s the face in the photograph during the shooting-through-the-pillow scene.

Favourite bit: The weird yell as the woman throws the old lady’s corpse at the maniac.

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1967, Directed by Jerry Gross

A tawdry exploitation film masquerading as a cautionary, educational tale? That’s pretty low even by the standards of dodgy B movies.

This trailer features that old Hollywood conceit of teenagers being portrayed by actors who are obviously about 25. Also, the voice over seems to have been provided by an angry drunk.

I’m worried by what “A brief lecture on how to use our bodies” entailed. At least it was presented in “language that everybody can understand!” (Esperanto?) Apparently near the end of the movie an extremely graphic medical training film of a birth is shown, which probably put any female viewers off having children at all.

Favourite bit: The short clip of the dancing chap who looks like he’s having a seizure of some kind.

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AKA The Crippled Master



1979, Directed by Joe Law

What do you do when you find two martial arts experts who are missing a few limbs each? Why, make a movie where they seek revenge for their mutilations, of course!

There’s some excellent and unusual kung fu on display in this one, together with a slightly uncomfortable sounding voice-over. The protagonists seem anything but crippled, leaping about the place and beating the crap out of various bad men.

I don’t understand the segments with the Yoga expert in the box. Perhaps he’s their spiritual adviser or something? That doesn’t explain why they meet him on a really plain-looking studio set.

So… Is this film an uplifting tale of triumph over adversity, or base exploitation of people who have worked hard to overcome physical disabilities? I suppose you’ll have to see the full version to find out, but given that it was made in 1979 it’s unlikely to be the former…

Favourite bit: Right at the end, where the guy with no legs suddenly flies up in the air and teleports for no discernable reason.

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