21 June 2013 9:30 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
The two things that set 1981’s Maniac apart from its murder-movie brethren—Joe Spinell’s performance, and the way William Lustig captured late-’70s Manhattan at its seedy worst—can literally never be duplicated, which posed a challenge to anyone attempting an honorable remake. So it’s one of the new film’s achievements that it showcases a very different lead [...] »
- Michael Gingold
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