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Maniac!

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Maniac!
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R,1hr 31min
Genres:
Horror,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1980
Director:
William Lustig
Distributor:
Elite
Starring:
Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Gail Lawrence  ...more
Synopsis: Joe Spinell, who appeared in Taxi Driver, stars in this unsavory horror film as Frank Zito, a character reminiscent of an even more disturbed Travis Bickle. Frank is an embittered loser who talks to himself and his dead mother, stalks a pretty model (Caroline Munro), and spends his spare time brutally murdering women. He then scalps his victims and puts the trophies on mannequins which he takes to bed with him at night. An unpleasant film with a relentlessly downbeat tone, Maniac! features graphic, ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Hill, AMG Review
Directed by William Lustig (who also made the adult film The Violation of Claudia under a pseudonym and would later go on to direct Maniac Cop (1988), among others) and starring the late great character actor Joe Spinell (who also wrote and co-produced the film), Maniac was for many people the poster child for everything that was wrong, vile, and dangerous with the horror film genre. Even fans of the ... Full Review
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Joe Spinell
Frank Zito
Caroline Munro
Ann D'Antoni
Gail Lawrence
Rita
Kelly Piper
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