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Maniac (1980)
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A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree? Director:William Lustig |
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Abigail Clayton | ... |
Rita
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Kelly Piper | ... |
Nurse
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Rita Montone | ... |
Hooker
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Disco Boy
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Hyla Marrow | ... |
Disco Girl
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Beach Boy
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Linda Lee Walter | ... |
Beach Girl
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Tracie Evans | ... |
Street Hooker
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Second Nurse
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Carol Henry | ... |
Deadbeat
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Nelia Bacmeister | ... |
Carmen Zito
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Louis Jawitz | ... |
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Denise Spagnuolo | ... |
Denise
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Storyline
Frank misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but Frank still misses her. 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. Photographer Anna takes a picture of him in the park, and he pursues and befriends her. Is she the one he's been looking for or just another mommy wanna be? Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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It will tear the life out of you. See more »Parents Guide:
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USALanguage:
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(West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Маньяк See more »Box Office
Budget:
$350,000 (estimated)Gross:
$6,000,000 (USA) (1981)Company Credits
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(Adriana Kaegi (as Kaegi))
Performed by Don Armando's 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band
Produced by Coati Mundi (uncredited)
Courtesy of ZE Records See more »
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Trivia
A 1979 post-production ad for Variety magazine stated some of the cast as including Daria Nicolodi, Susan Tyrrell and Jason Miller opposite Joe Spinell. Nicolodi was offered the lead role but was unavailable, and no information has yet surfaced to reveal which roles were to be played by Tyrrell and Miller. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The nurse is supposedly alone in the subway station, but during one shot (from inside the subway train as it pulls away) we can see several people walking about on the platform. See more »Quotes
Frank Zito: [voice-over] 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...See more »
Soundtracks
"Goin' to a Showdown"(Adriana Kaegi (as Kaegi))
Performed by Don Armando's 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band
Produced by Coati Mundi (uncredited)
Courtesy of ZE Records See more »
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