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Brain/eyeball scene

posted 15 years ago by moviegurl-1
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So I downloaded Deranged before I even knew it was widely available on DVD. My question is, the film looks pretty polished as far as film quality goes, however in the scene where Ezra Cobb is removing the eyeballs and brain from the head, it goes from crisp mastered film print, to something reminiscent of super 8 film. Very scratchy and distorted. I'm not complaining, because to me it adds an artistic angle to the film, even if that wasn't intended. The only thing I can think of happening, is the film was released on DVD by MGM with the eyeball/brain sequence cut, but whomever created the downloadable version re-added the scene from a VHS before film was mastered digitally. Any thoughts?
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[–] gax001 15 years ago

the rip is properly from the German dvd that has the brain scooping edited back in

[–] jmchimino001 14 years ago

This dvd rip is from the german dvd, A special edition vhs came out in 92 or 93, Through FILM THREAT, It was released uncut and the eyeball scene is crystal clear, Really good quality, Also try to fid the deranged chronicals, Its the making of the film, Savini behind the scenes footage for the fx, Interviews and locations, If you can find it get it or download it,

[–] preppy-3 14 years ago

Also it was in the VHS released here in the US back in the 80s or 90s. The VHS also had an interesting doc on Ed Gein.

[–] richwicz 13 years ago

The eyeball scene is available to see on a trailer for Deranged on YouTube. The brain scooping scene is included in the Tom Savini featurette on Blue Underground's Deathdream DVD.

[–] a_heathen_conceivably 13 years ago

The "eyeball" scene! The "brain scooping" scene!!!

I've had the German "30th Anniversary Collector's Edition" (written in English along the top of the slipcase) for I don't know how long... but like so many of my DVDs, I haven't even removed the seal yet. I was just looking at it (the cover) today, came here and... hmmm... tempted!

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[–] richwicz 13 years ago

The missing gore footage in Deranged is in bad shape and the use of it in the German DVD is, apparently, extremely jarring.

[–] Fedorevsky 11 years ago

No it's not. It looks fine on the new UK Bluray from Arrow. The cheapskate German distributers just didn't want to spend any money restoring it for their dvd release.

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[–] richwicz 10 years ago

I was talking about the German DVD. I've got the Arrow Blu of Deranged, and you're right, it looks fine on there.