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Maniac
Directed by
William Lustig
1980
88m
R
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6.4
40%
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A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.
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Cast of Maniac
Joe Spinell
Frank Zito
Caroline Munro
Anna D'Antoni
Abigail Clayton
Rita
Nelia Bacmeister
Carmen Zito
Denise Spagnuolo
Denise
Billy Spagnuolo
Billy
Kelly Piper
Nurse
Sharon Mitchell
Second Nurse
Rita Montone
Hooker
Hyla Marrow
Disco Girl
Tom Savini
Disco Boy
Linda Lee Walter
Beach Girl
James Brewster
Beach Boy
Tracie Evans
Street Hooker
Carol Henry
Deadbeat
Louis Jawitz
Art Director
Candace Clements
First Park Mother
Diane Spagnuolo
Second Park Mother
Kim Hudson
Lobby Hooker
Terry Gagnon
Woman in Alley
Joan Baldwin
First Model
Jeni Paz
Second Model
Janelle Winston
Waitress
Randy Jurgensen
First Cop
Jimmy Aurichio
Second Cop
Frank Pesce
T.V. Reporter (voice)
Andrew W. Garroni
Jerry (uncredited)
Taso N. Stavrakis
Porn-o guy (uncredited)
William Lustig
Al - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Maniac Reviews
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
The sleazy embodiment of everything that was wrong with the ultraviolent slasher movies of the early 1980s.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Though it's about as grungy as a film can get, it feels like a professional job, with a brisk flow and a hard, gritty, urban look and feel.
Boston Phoenix
Alexandra Cavallo
Today's horror movies barely register once the credits stop rolling, but not so Maniac.
Cinemaphile.org
David Keyes
A loathsome exertion in perverse voyeurism.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...an underwhelming, uninvolving product of its time that simply possesses no relevance in 2010.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
the film about Travis Bickle that Travis Bickle would have made
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
Seen today, the movie has more in common with the grungy Times Square aesthetic of Abel Ferrara than with the multitudes of slasher flicks that followed it.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
An unapologetically twisted study in pathological murderousness.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Distasteful on every level and none to coherent either.
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
too good to be dismissed as simple exploitation, but also too inept in too many ways to be taken seriously
Apollo Guide
Scott Weinberg
Best described as the diametric opposite of a refreshing shower, William Lustig's Maniac has long been reviled as one of horror's truly ugly films.
Philadelphia Gay News
Larry Vitacco
Maniac doesn't deserve the paper and ink it takes to print this review.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Spinell's performance and uncomfortable screen presence is what really makes Maniac memorable, not to mention some excellent make-up effects from Tom Savini.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
Good sense, if not heaven, should protect anyone who thinks he likes horror films from wasting a price of admission on Maniac.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
A formidable New York grunge-flick through and through
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
It's a surefire memorable horror film with a horrifying glimpse into the mind of a merciless killer.
Vague Visages
D.M. Palmer
...it also offers a more troubling variant of male rage; this time, the rage is empowered by the symbolism of the state, it wears the vestments of respectability...
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