"He's a maniac, maniac on the floor, and she's dancing like she never danced before... without a scalp!" Maniac on mubi.com. Nachdem Frank im Laufe des Films ber… He tries to keep her from leaving him, and reform her evil ways, by killing young women and putting their scalps on mannequins which he displays around his apartment. |, October 20, 2010 Die Beschlagnahmung wurde im September 2019 aufgehoben. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Frank chases one of his victims through a subway, as he did in the original, though he kills her in a parking lot. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. But don't be fooled. A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekenetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins. In einem Alptraum werden die Schaufensterpuppen in seiner Wohnung lebendig und zerreißen seinen Körper. https://horror.fandom.com/wiki/Maniac_(1980)?oldid=136433. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. Good sense, if not heaven, should protect anyone who thinks he likes horror films from wasting a price of admission on Maniac. [citation needed], Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "Good sense, if not heaven, should protect anyone who thinks he likes horror films from wasting a price of admission on Maniac, a movie that shows how an aging, pot-bellied maniac slices up young women of no great intelligence. "[14], Film scholar John Kenneth Muir wrote that the film "positively oozes sleaze and despair, and that's a compliment...After watching Maniac, you'll want to take a deep breath, maybe even a shower, but you won't have wasted ninety minutes on something that has no meaning, no pulse, and no heart. With makeup effects by Tom Savini, the deaths are incredibly gratuitous and bloody. [19][20], The short film was included with the 30th anniversary edition release of Maniac. "[13], The Hollywood Reporter cites the film as "something of a grubby touchstone among genre fans. [11], Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien, Bericht auf schnittberichte.com, abgerufen am 10.
Frank returns home and adds the killed prostitute to his mannequin collection by placing her clothing and nailing the scalp onto the mannequin. Frank goes off the deep end, hallucinating that his victims have returned to take revenge, stabbing himself in the stomach in his madness. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Maniac1980.
Der Song erhielt eine Oscar-Nominierung, wurde jedoch disqualifiziert, da er nicht speziell für Flashdance geschrieben wurde. A saddened Frank returns to his apartment, where suddenly his mannequins come alive and mutilate Frank with his weapons, ultimately tearing off his own head. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email.
Instead we are forced to INDENTIFY with the killer. Zito gibt sich ihr gegenüber als Künstler aus.
Even worse, terrorists are preparing a full out war on America with a biological weapon. The year 2012 was treated to a remake that was produced and written by Alexandre Aja and which had Elijah Wood star as the title character. Its pacing is deliberately austere, and it very effectively generates an atmosphere of grimy, claustrophobic tension. Spinell's performance and uncomfortable screen presence is what really makes Maniac memorable, not to mention some excellent make-up effects from Tom Savini. Written by August 30, 2004 When he finds his girlfriend beaten to death by members of a rival gang, he seeks revenge, knowing that he may be dead by dawn. "[1] Despite the poster stating "No one under 17 will be admitted", a severely-edited version of the film received an R-Rating in the South and was distributed in March 1981 in several other States such as California, of the unrated version shortly after its first U.S. domestic release in New York in January 1981. Not to be confused with an even more crazy and totally unrelated 1934 film, Maniac. The next morning, two police officers break into Frank's apartment and see Frank lying dead on his bed; he has committed suicide. * "Maniac" is an extremely self-conscious movie that remains, somehow, utterly unaware of its own psychodynamics.