DVD Release Date: June 30, 1998
Stats: 344 reviews
A fantastic 80's horror film that's been really overlooked! Joe Spinell is brilliant as the Maniac and Lustig's direction is superb! Savani's gore effects and cameo are an added treat. Highly recommended for horror fans!
Over one century ago (1897 to be exact) in the dingy back streets of Montmartre, Paris, an eccentric ex-secretary to a Police commissioner named Oscar Metenier, opened the Theatre du Grand Guignol. For 65 years, groups of performers staged one-act plays that depicted graphic scen...( read more)
Great special effects, of course, but story-wise a pretty overrated movie. Maniac drags quite a bit, and the characters aren't particularly likable. Still, the gore gags make it worth a watch for slasher fans.
A rather flaccid attempt at the serial killer/ slasher genre that garnered more attention on its release than it actually deserves. Aside from the odd bloody set-piece, this film runs on neutral with jarring characterization, incoherent plotting and a laughable attempt at portray...( read more)
GREAT MOVIE!!! The baseline of what all no brains Slasher movies should be. With early cameo of Tom Savini!! EXPLODING HEAD!!!! If your a fan of Henry, then you NEED to see this one!!
Sick, gruesome and shocking and it´s got the lovely Caroline Munro in it. What further recommendation do you need?
Good movie if you like to be grossed out.Heavy on the violence & gore
One of the few classics that many fans of the genre have over looked simply becuase its hard to come across. Some of the best scenes in any horror movie take place here.
The shotgun scene is a truly remarkable scene for such a low budget film. I remember when I first saw this...( read more)
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I am desperately after a copy of this movie. Even a burnt copy will do. Willing to swap other movies. If you have this movie, please message me. Any regions okay.
This has got to stop. It's silly, and it's not getting us anywhere. You think they don't know. They do. I heard it and I know. They all know, and I don't like it anymore. But you don't listen do you. It's got to stop. Oh, you're right about them, all of them. They're all the same. I know what they're like. Just because I can't do the things you do doesn't mean I don't see it all the same. "Fancy shmansy," and what are we supposed to do? Sit and smile and say "yes Miss, no miss, not now miss, whatever you say miss?" I know how it is with their hairs and their looks and they... they drive a man crazy! I didn't mean that. I didn't mean it that way. It's just that, they don't know when to stop. They never know when to stop. That's why they have to be stopped. It is you're right. You're right. But not like that, not that way. Please, they'll take you away from me. You have to be careful, not to listen to me. But I can't live like this. I have to go out and each time it's like this. I get so scared that they'll take you away. But they won't if you do what I say. They won't take you away, not ever I say. Not ever.
In a way it's a shame since this movie did have a lot of potential, not much of a story unfortunately. He does go buckwild with that shotgun, that's for sure!
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