Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook, Stephanie Hodge, Michelle Jordan ...( see more  see more... ) , Vance Valencia

Virginia works at a used book store. She's really into horror novels and discovers a really good book. It's called "I, Madman" and it's about an insane doctor who cuts off people's noses, ears, and ha...( read more  read more... )ir and puts them on his face to please a girl he likes. Only Virginia discovers that the book is nonfiction, and every time she picks up the book to read it, she sees him. The insane doctor from the book has escaped the book into our reality.

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R, 89 min.

Directed by: Tibor Takács

Release Date: October 13, 1989

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DVD Release Date: August 26, 2003

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  • June 30, 2008
    The story is an interesting attempt to change up what is really nothing more than a standard slasher movie. The idea that a killer is brought to life by someone reading a book is different than most other ideas I've seen in the slasher genre.

    Filmed with brown tones, passages...( read more) from the book are played out on the screen, and then the two worlds begin to merge with some decent stop-motion model effects thrown in for good measure. One of those films I was worried on whether or not I'd enjoy it as much as I did when it was new, but thankfully, it didn't disappoint. Jenny Wright is fun to watch in this ode to the late night B-movie.
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  • September 13, 2006
    Tibor Takacs' second good horror film (after The Gate.)
  • August 8, 2009
    I love the trailer but this actual film sucks hard man(lol)........
  • July 22, 2009
    Brilliantly done, one of my all time favorites.

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  • May 29, 2009
    Surprisingly good simple horror flick that's a fun ride
  • September 8, 2008
    wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a forgotten gem of the 1980's...this is a good horror movie 2 watch because its really enjoyable throughout....this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie n i think that the director of th...( read more)is movie had done a really good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect thorughout this movie because the director keeps you on the edge's of your seats throughout this movie n u never know what 2 expect throughout...i think that randall william cook is great as the bad guy of this movie n i think that jenny wright is brilliant as Virginia throughout this movie
  • August 3, 2008
    A good horror/thriller movie.
  • August 3, 2008
    "I, Madman" or "Hardcover" as it is known as in Europe is a good, but sadly forgotten 80's type horror movie. A woman named Virginia (Jenny Wright) loves reading horror novels and comes across one titled 'I, Madman'. In the book a insane doctor named Malcolm Brand (Randall Willia...( read more)m Cook) kills people and take their body parts to later attach them to himself in order to look pretty for a girl he likes. While reading Virginia discovers that the book is a nonfiction biography and that a series of murders has happened in her city are connected to the book, the doctor from the book seems to be alive and real. "I, Madman" has a good story and creepy atmosphere and is definitely worth checking out for horror fans.
  • July 27, 2008
    This is the movie I´ve been searching long time ago, I remind, I saw this movie when I was a little child, and I want to watch it now!!!

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    October 11, 2006
    Coolest. Cover. Ever.

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