Grittiness and unsettling tone is this movie s calling card paired with the legendary gore effects by tom savini. The film maniac was about a serial killer who stalks his victims in new york city. A popular urban legend holds that the song was originally written for the 1980 horror film maniac, and that lyrics about a killer on the loose were rewritten so the song could be used in flashdance. He knows youre alone 1980 official trailer tom hanks, paul gleason horror movie hd duration. Top 25 1980 a list of 25 titles created 2 weeks ago.
This movie isnt just another awesome showcase of the great tom sex machine savinis brilliant gore effects but a well thought out masterpiece. An american painter has an affair with a bar owner in a french village and agrees to help her murderer husband escape from a prison for the criminally insane. Listen free to cluster buster maniac 1980 crime is a disease, and im the cure, high incident bandits and more. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will. With kerwin mathews, nadia gray, donald houston, liliane brousse. Official channel of maniac lollipoppunk band from prague. Hes a maniac, maniac thats for sure, he will kill your cat and. Tutti film completi trovati su youtube buona visione.
William lustigs maniac wasnt a critical hit in 1980, but it garnered the attention of horror fans in its gory homicidal story. There are so many great slashers of the 1980s and maniac is definitely one of several. Lacking in story, the film really just breaks down into a series of random kill scenes. Summer movie soundtracks and mtv faves reign over the summers of the reagan era. Anyone who says that horror film makeup men and women dont deserve to be called artists is an idiot. Released 1980, maniac stars joe spinell, caroline munro, abigail clayton, kelly piper the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of 22 out of 100 on metacritic, which. Maniac 1980 videos watch maniac 1980 movies, videos, trailers, clips, cast interviews and more at ign. In a few scenes most of them being where frank zito is driving his car. A gritty, lowbudget slasher, maniac is a rather pointless film thats only focused on gore. Maniac 1980 is the unsung emperor of the stalkerslasher subgenre. He befriends a fellow photographer, but soon his day and night lives. Maniac is a 1980 american psychological slasher film directed by william lustig and written by joe spinell and c. Ive loved film since the age of 4 helped me learn to speak actually and now im wanti. Grittiness and unsettling tone is this movies calling card paired with the legendary.
Schlockmeisters youtube john schlockmeister schokkend nieuws interview met william lustig roel haanen dutch. Joe spinell was working in between the filming of maniac 1980 with other movie projects, one of them being nighthawks 1981 which began filming before production on maniac ended, in which spinell cut his hair short and shaved off his mustache to play a cleancut, highranking new york police official for nighthawks. Id first like to applaud tom savini for his work here. It was a lowbudget film with some disturbing violence which many people deemed misogynist total bullst because he kills off women here. Maniac official trailer 2 2012 elijah wood horror movie hd duration. Maniac is a slasher told from the perspective of the killer. This video has graphic imagery and spoilers, so viewer discretion is advised. Its a gritty, low budget exploitation movie from the golden era of horror, and follows all the standard conventions of a stalkerslasher film. After taking the b pill, annie and owen find themselves on 1980s long island entangled in a strange caper involving a lemur.
Maniac is a peculiar breed of horror film it doesnt set out to scare, but instead attempts to unsettle. Another song used in the film, maniac, was also nominated for an academy award. Although his mother mistreated him and is now dead, frank joe spinell, a photographer by day, misses her. Maniac contains some of the most realistic and unrestrained gore fx ive seen. As i rewatch this film i notice tge parallels to such serial killers as ed gein and son of sam david berkowitz amongst others.
The song was used in the 1983 film flashdance and was inspired by the 1980 horror film maniac. Gory extended trailer from this awesome 80s slasher movie. Upon its release in 1980 this film was accused by critics of taking the slasher film and its accompanying gore effects to new, unpleasantly. Maniac is a 1980 american psychological slasher film directed by william lustig and written by c. It largely succeeds, but at times feels a little undercooked. The songs performer and cowriter michael sembello recalls that an early version of the chorus was. In a grotesque act of reminiscence, he kills young women at night and puts their scalps on mannequins masquerading around his new york apartment. Every time i see this movie, it makes me damn glad to have been born male and not have to walk around worrying about stuff like this. Nov 14, 2018 notorious horror classic maniac 1980 is getting and exclusive. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but frank still misses her. Directed by william lustig and starring joe spinell with a cameo by tom savini this is just win wrapped into cinema. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
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