Deranged (1974 film) DVDs. It was released along with the 1980 feature film "Motel Hell". A second release of the film was also made available in the United States on DVD from Desert Island Classics on March 5, 2014. In 2007, Germany released a 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition. Where the U.S. DVD received a cut R-rating, the German version is unrated and uncut, with a brain-scooping scene which is cut from the U.S. version, it is also in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, with both an English and German (dubbed) audio track and optional English and German subtitles. "Deranged" was released on Blu-ray format in
Deranged (1974 film) film's art director, Albert Fisher, dressed the sets with stacks of crime serials and pornographic magazines; Fisher garnered inspiration by reading newspaper stories about Ed Gein and his crimes. In order to achieve an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), several sequences were truncated or excised entirely. Among these included an extended murder sequence involving Mary, as well as a protracted dissection sequence in which Ezra mutilates a corpse. "Deranged" had its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles, California on March 20, 1974. In 2002, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released "Deranged" as part of its "Midnite Movies" collection of double feature