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Maniac is a 1980 American exploitation slasher horror film directed by William Lustig and written by Joe Spinell and C. A. Rosenberg. The plot focuses on a disturbed and traumatized serial killer who scalps his victims. Spinell also developed the story and stars as the lead character.
With a minuscule budget, many scenes in the film were shot guerrilla style. Originally considered an exploitation film, Maniac has since attained a cult following despite receiving mixed reviews and released in limited theatres. The Hollywood Reporter called it "something of a grubby touchstone among genre fans." The film was remade in 2012 by director Franck Khalfoun and produced by Alexandre Aja, starring Elijah Wood in the lead role.
Frank Zito (Joe Spinell) awakens in his bed after having a nightmare about killing a couple on a beach. After waking up, Frank later dresses and leaves towards downtown Manhattan. He lives in a one-room apartment consisted of paintings, one being a framed picture of his deceased mother, and a collection of mannequins. Frank passes by a hotel with two prostitutes standing outside. One of them invites Frank and checks in. Inside, the prostitute (Rita Montone) and Frank kiss, where abruptly Frank strangles her and later carefully scalps the woman with a utility razor. Frank returns home and adds the killed prostitute to his mannequin collection by placing her clothing and nailing the scalp onto the mannequin. Inside his mind, he tells himself that beauty is a crime punishable by death. After Frank finishes, he reads a newspaper detailing about the murdered couple at the beach as seen in Frank's nightmare. Sometime later, Frank dresses and takes a collection of weapons with him, including a double-barrelled shotgun, before leaving.
Actors: Filipp Korshunov (writer), Filipp Korshunov (editor), Filipp Korshunov (director), Filipp Korshunov (producer), Fansu Njie (producer), Fansu Njie (editor), Fansu Njie (writer), Fansu Njie (director), Robert Bolin (actor), Paul Tonkin (actor), Lena Lindblom (actress), Jenny Kaatz (actress), Nikolaj Giljof (actor), Irina Krutik (actress), Magnus Tak (composer),
Genres: Horror, Short, Thriller,Actors: Robert H. Gwinn (writer), Robert H. Gwinn (director), Robert H. Gwinn (editor), James Austin (actor), Steve Rivers (composer), Melanie Jacobs (actress),
Plot: An homage to the horror films of the last 30 years, a beautiful woman is harassed by a mysterious caller, she finds herself fearing for her life. When the lights suddenly go out, she makes one final dash for safety as her stalker moves in for the kill. What will she do when she realizes she must face her fear ALONE?
Genres: Short,Actors: James Sampson (actor), Lester Greene (actor), Saul Luzeus (actor), Ashley Shanté (actress), Rickey Waymer (editor), Rickey Waymer (actor), Rickey Waymer (producer), Rickey Waymer (writer), Rickey Waymer (director), Jimmy Brooks (actor), Gerard Joseph (actor), Taylar Fondren (actress), Craig Anthony Bannister (actor), Kevin Matthews (actor), Rob Aurelius (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Navid Negahban (actor), Corbin Bernsen (producer), Dan Lauria (actor), Corbin Bernsen (director), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Larry Drake (actor), Bill Moseley (actor), Susan Ruttan (actress), Stephen Polk (producer), DeeDee Bigelow (actress), Jeanne Cooper (actress), J.T. Tepnapa (actor), T.L. Lankford (actor), Joshua Feinman (actor), Anthony Ray Parker (actor),
Plot: Radio Host, Logan Burnhardt, starts off his show with off-beat questions such as the whereabouts of the Taj Mahal, and why it is only photographed from the front. With listeners calling in on a variety of issues, he soon becomes aware that terrorists have planted chemical bombs in stadiums and crowded areas that make people violent. He subsequently asks his colleague to travel home to ensure that his wife, Gabbi, and child are safe - not knowing that terrorists will soon take over the building and hold him and other colleagues hostage and force them to make a live broadcast of their real agenda.
Keywords: basketball-game, biker, bitten-in-the-neck, bleeding-from-eyes, blood, blood-splatter, bluetooth, breaking-through-a-door, brother-murders-brother, busActors: Navid Negahban (actor), Corbin Bernsen (producer), Dan Lauria (actor), Corbin Bernsen (director), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Larry Drake (actor), Bill Moseley (actor), Susan Ruttan (actress), Stephen Polk (producer), DeeDee Bigelow (actress), Jeanne Cooper (actress), J.T. Tepnapa (actor), T.L. Lankford (actor), Joshua Feinman (actor), Anthony Ray Parker (actor),
Plot: Radio Host, Logan Burnhardt, starts off his show with off-beat questions such as the whereabouts of the Taj Mahal, and why it is only photographed from the front. With listeners calling in on a variety of issues, he soon becomes aware that terrorists have planted chemical bombs in stadiums and crowded areas that make people violent. He subsequently asks his colleague to travel home to ensure that his wife, Gabbi, and child are safe - not knowing that terrorists will soon take over the building and hold him and other colleagues hostage and force them to make a live broadcast of their real agenda.
Keywords: basketball-game, biker, bitten-in-the-neck, bleeding-from-eyes, blood, blood-splatter, bluetooth, breaking-through-a-door, brother-murders-brother, busActors: Navid Negahban (actor), Corbin Bernsen (producer), Dan Lauria (actor), Corbin Bernsen (director), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Larry Drake (actor), Bill Moseley (actor), Susan Ruttan (actress), Stephen Polk (producer), DeeDee Bigelow (actress), Jeanne Cooper (actress), J.T. Tepnapa (actor), T.L. Lankford (actor), Joshua Feinman (actor), Anthony Ray Parker (actor),
Plot: Radio Host, Logan Burnhardt, starts off his show with off-beat questions such as the whereabouts of the Taj Mahal, and why it is only photographed from the front. With listeners calling in on a variety of issues, he soon becomes aware that terrorists have planted chemical bombs in stadiums and crowded areas that make people violent. He subsequently asks his colleague to travel home to ensure that his wife, Gabbi, and child are safe - not knowing that terrorists will soon take over the building and hold him and other colleagues hostage and force them to make a live broadcast of their real agenda.
Keywords: basketball-game, biker, bitten-in-the-neck, bleeding-from-eyes, blood, blood-splatter, bluetooth, breaking-through-a-door, brother-murders-brother, busActors: Navid Negahban (actor), Corbin Bernsen (producer), Dan Lauria (actor), Corbin Bernsen (director), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Larry Drake (actor), Bill Moseley (actor), Susan Ruttan (actress), Stephen Polk (producer), DeeDee Bigelow (actress), Jeanne Cooper (actress), J.T. Tepnapa (actor), T.L. Lankford (actor), Joshua Feinman (actor), Anthony Ray Parker (actor),
Plot: Radio Host, Logan Burnhardt, starts off his show with off-beat questions such as the whereabouts of the Taj Mahal, and why it is only photographed from the front. With listeners calling in on a variety of issues, he soon becomes aware that terrorists have planted chemical bombs in stadiums and crowded areas that make people violent. He subsequently asks his colleague to travel home to ensure that his wife, Gabbi, and child are safe - not knowing that terrorists will soon take over the building and hold him and other colleagues hostage and force them to make a live broadcast of their real agenda.
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Plot: Jeffrey "Maniac" Magee was orphaned as a baby, but nothing gets him down. He comes to a small town which, although divided by racism, is populated by colorful/comical characters. As he searches for his place in the world, Maniac changes the people around him, espcially the other children. With his amazing athletic abilities and good, almost unbelievable deeds, his name becomes legend and with this new status he will try to unite the town.
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Plot: A screenwriter does research for his new script by actually kidnapping and drowning young girls. He then places them in his "garden" of other dead girls coming back daily to check on them. One girl narrowly escapes and the other bodies are found leading to an ingenious plot to try and capture the killer.
Keywords: abduction, agent, boat, camera-shot-of-feet, corpse, dead-body, drowning, female-stockinged-feet, foot-closeup, lakeActors: Kay Lenz (actress), Wayne Crawford (actor), Stuart Wentzel (miscellaneous crew), Steve Kanaly (actor), Ted Le Plat (actor), Gordon Mulholland (actor), John Barrett (actor), June Chadwick (actress), Barrie Saint Clair (actor), Barrie Saint Clair (producer), Sam Williams (actor), Joel Levine (producer), Julian Laxton (composer), Ashley Waldorf (actor), Alan Robinson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, and he begins to have an affair with his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others--including the cop's wife.
Keywords: chainsaw, decapitation, independent-film
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I warned you not to go out tonight.
Maniac (1980) – Tom Savini Head Explosion Click here to sign up for Shudder Beta: http://bit.ly/1IYBqr5 Click here to watch the full movie: http://bit.ly/1SlFe6k Directed By William Lustig ⋅ United States ⋅ 88 min A twisted psychopath displays his victims’ scalps on mannequins in his apartment in Bill Lustig’s iconic 1980’s slasher movie. The pretty women who encounter Frank Zito (super creep Joe Spinell) all wind up dead. But when Frank meets a female photographer named Anna (cult-horror star Caroline Munro), his interest in her - and her affection for him - leads to a battle between his good and bad sides. MANIAC’s famous tagline read “I WARNED YOU NOT TO GO OUT TONIGHT,” but no matter whether you watch it inside or out, you run the risk of being scared to death. Cast: Joe Spinell, Ca...
Un folle assassino semina il terrore nelle notti buie di una caotica New York; il suo nome è Frank Zito, apparentemente un uomo comune, finchè non si prepara per uscire ad adescare le sue vittime, prevalentemente prostitute o coppie di fidanzatini. Frank non si accontenta del semplice gesto omicida perchè il suo spiccato sadismo lo porta ad eseguire truci scalpi sulle vittime.
Original Maniac Movie 1980. Tom Savini SFX. Custom Made Music Blend.
Stay Focused On Me, Its So good Its Hard to breath
I’m Ready To Go, Pull My hair Until I Scream
Stay Focused On Me, Tell you How its gon’ be
You’s a Sexy motherfucker, introduce me to your mother
I’ma Touch it if I want, we aint doin nothin wrong
Cant do this alone, keep it goin all night long
I can touch it if I want, you gon’ miss e when I’m gone
Hit me on the celly, love it when you tell me
Touch it (you know I will)
Let me know you want it (okay)
Cause I’m a maniac
Don’t rush it (aaahh)
Let me see that you’ve got it
C-c-cause I’m a maniac
Now that your in front of me, I’ma put that ass to sleep
You can feel it in your knees, thought it wasn’t PSH-please
Now that you in front of me, I’ma show you I’ma freak
Ready to explode, show you things you’ve never seen
Now you’ve got yours and I’ve got mine, you’re my girly on the side
You know I do it well, don’t go playin’ kiss and tell
Now you’ve got yours and I’ve got mine, don’t go home and call your guys
Keep it on the low, we can do this all the time
Touch it (you know I will)
Let me know you want it (okay)
Cause I’m a maniac
Don’t rush it (aaahh)
Let me see that you’ve got it
C-c-cause I’m a maniac
Touch it (you know I will)
Let me know you want it (okay)
Cause I’m a maniac
Don’t rush it (aaahh)
Let me see that you’ve got it
C-c-cause I’m a maniac
You know I’m ready
You know I’m ready, ready
You know I’m ready
You know I’m ready to go
You know I’m ready
You know I’m ready, ready
You know I’m ready
You know I’m ready to go
Touch it (you know I will)
Let me know you want it (okay)
Cause I’m a maniac
Don’t rush it (aaahh)
Let me see that you’ve got it
C-c-cause I’m a maniac
Touch it (you know I will)
Let me know you want it (okay)
Cause I’m a maniac
Don’t rush it (aaahh)
Let me see that you’ve got it