Madman (1982)

Director:

Joe Giannone

Writers:

Joe Giannone (screenplay)
Joe Giannone (story)

Release Date:

January 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

They thought they were alone.

Plot:

At a summer camp for youths, cockey pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz"...

Plot Keywords:

Summer Camp | Legend | Playing Footsie While In Bed | Blood | Axe Murder

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gaylen Ross	...	Betsy (as Alexis Dubin)
Tony Fish	...	T.P.
Harriet Bass	...	Stacy
Seth Jones	...	Dave
Jan Claire	...	Ellie
Alexander Murphy Jr.	...	Bill (as Alex Murphy)
Jimmy Steele	...	Richie
Carl Fredericks	...	Max
Michael Sullivan	...	Dippy
Paul Ehlers	...	Madman Marz
Tom Veilleux	...	Tommy
Stephen Clark	...	Jimmy
Vicki Kenneally	...	Mary Ellen
Shelley Mathes	...	Shirley
Lori Mathes	...	Jeanie

Also Known As:

Madman Marz (USA) (working title)
The Legend Lives (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Norway:18 (cut) | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Fish Cove Inn, Southampton, Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

The Legend Lives Company

Trivia:

The production originally wanted Vincent Price for the role of Max.

Quotes:

[first title card]
Title Card: It all started during a campfire at North Sea Cottages, a special retreat for gifted children...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

Soundtrack:

Song of Madman Marz

Great slasher flick.

"Madman" starts with the typical scene of teens sitting around the campfire listening to scary tales.A head of camp,Max tells them the true story of Madman Marz.Marz was a brutal farmer who lived in the house by the campsite and who beat his wife and two kids.During one such fight he even had part of his nose bitten off!One night the freaky farmer took his axe and chopped up his family as they slept,and for such a nasty deed the locals decided to whack him across the face with his axe and string him up from a tree.One their return they find Marz has vanished,taking the bodies of his family with him.Now it's said he roams the woods looking for people to chop and string up.If you say his name above a whisper...Madman Marz will get you! "Madman" is a typical early 80's slasher flick that provides some genuine chills.The cinematography is surprisingly striking with some lovely blue tinged night scenes.Madman Marz is a really creepy psycho and there is plenty of gore including a messy throat slashing,a nasty axe in the chest murder plus a couple of severed heads.The ending is surprisingly downbeat and the action is fast-paced.Give this wonderful slasher flick a chance.8 out of 10.