Karr released the film on VHS through an independent distributor, Moore Video, based out of Virginia. Its success led to talks of a sequel with a script by Jason Paul Collum, Tim Ritter attached as a director and original star Roberts Blossom in talks to return. Ultimately with a lack of funding, it never materialized. In 2002, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Deranged as part of its "Midnite Movies" collection of double feature 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 the United Kingdom via Arrow Films on August 19, 2013, which contains both a Blu-ray and DVD of the film. The film was released on Blu-ray in the United States on July 7, 2015 by Kino Lorber distribution. See also List of American films of 1974 List of rediscovered films References External links 1974 films 1974 directorial debut films 1974 horror films 1974 independent films 1970s comedy horror films 1970s rediscovered films 1970s serial killer films American comedy horror films American independent films American International Pictures films American serial killer films Canadian comedy horror films Canadian independent films Canadian serial killer films Censored films Crime horror films Cultural depictions of Ed Gein English-language Canadian films Films about cannibalism Films directed by Alan Ormsby Films set in the United States Films shot in Ontario Grave-robbing in film Horror films based on actual events Necrophilia in film Rediscovered American films Rediscovered Canadian films Self-censorship 1970s English-language films 1970s American films 1970s Canadian films