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\"\"<\/a>Maniac<\/em><\/strong> may not be a favorite of mine nor do I hold it in as high regard as others, but there is certainly something to admire from Joe Spinell creepy performance to appreciation of some of the technical aspects of Tom Savini\u2019s effects work.<\/p>\n

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Maniac
\n<\/span>\u2014 3-Disc Limited Edition \u2014<\/span>
\n(1981)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror
\nBlue Underground | NR \u2013 88 min. \u2013 $39.95 | December 11, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 12\/20\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>William Lustig
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Joe Spinell (story), C.A. Rosenberg and Joe Spinell (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Gail Lawrence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentaries, Featurettes, Trailers, Galleries
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, CD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 7.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0), German (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>28.0 GB
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Blue Underground provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Frank Zito (JOE SPINELL) is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the trauma of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begin a relationship with a beautiful photographer (CAROLINE MUNRO), yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a maniac.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>Upon my first viewing of Maniac<\/em><\/strong> some eight years ago, I wasn\u2019t all that impressed. But with a new edition being released by the same company as the 30th anniversary, Blue Underground, I decided to give it another shot. Although I still don\u2019t regard this as some horror slasher horror (with a psychological spin) all that highly, I did appreciate many elements more so this time around. For one, Joe Spinell was utterly compelling in his Frank Zito\u2019s internal demons he continued to fight which could\u2019ve led to an almost unintentional comedic performance and instead we got some truly disturbing scenes.<\/p>\n

The other element that was fantastic was the gore effects, headed by legendary makeup effects man, Tom Savini. These were not only impressive but many were fairly realistic looking, even one decapitation wasn\u2019t half bad even when you can tell it\u2019s a dummy (not that they\u2019d go full-on beheading for sake of realism).<\/p>\n

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In the end, Maniac<\/em><\/strong> is an effective psychological horror film propelled by a disturbing performance from Joe Spinell and under the direction of William Lustig (Maniac Cop Trilogy<\/em>) from a script written by Spinell and C.A. Rosenberg.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a lenticular slip cover<\/strong>. Inside contains a booklet<\/strong> with an essay by Michael Gingold and a CD Soundtrack<\/strong> disc. All of the features from the 30th Anniversary release have been ported over and a couple new items have been added. The interior cover art is also reversible.<\/p>\n

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