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Maniac

  • 19631963
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  • 1h 26m
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5.9/10
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Maniac (1963)
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  • Crime
  • Horror
  • Mystery
An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village, and agrees to help murder her husband, who has escaped from a prison for the criminally insane.An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village, and agrees to help murder her husband, who has escaped from a prison for the criminally insane.An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village, and agrees to help murder her husband, who has escaped from a prison for the criminally insane.
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  • Director
    • Michael Carreras
  • Writer
    • Jimmy Sangster
  • Stars
    • Kerwin Mathews
    • Nadia Gray
    • Donald Houston
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  • Director
    • Michael Carreras
  • Writer
    • Jimmy Sangster
  • Stars
    • Kerwin Mathews
    • Nadia Gray
    • Donald Houston
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    • 44User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
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    Kerwin Mathews
    Kerwin Mathews
    • Jeff Farrell
    Nadia Gray
    Nadia Gray
    • Eve Beynat
    Donald Houston
    Donald Houston
    • Henri
    Liliane Brousse
    Liliane Brousse
    • Annette Beynat
    George Pastell
    George Pastell
    • Inspector Etienne
    Arnold Diamond
    Arnold Diamond
    • Janiello
    Norman Bird
    Norman Bird
    • Salon
    Justine Lord
    • Grace
    Jerold Wells
    Jerold Wells
    • Giles
    André Maranne
    André Maranne
    • Salon
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Leon Peers
    • Blanchard
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Carreras
    • Writer
      • Jimmy Sangster
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    • Trivia
      The film was on Hammer's 1960 schedule but for unclear reasons it was shelved. It would have starred Peter Cushing and George Sanders.
    • Goofs
      At the beach, Eve begins to remove her blouse twice between shots.
    • Quotes

      Paul Farrell: Can I buy you a drink, M. Salon?

      Salon: Oh, no thank you. monsieur. I am on duty, and when on duty, I allow myself three drinks only.

    • Alternate versions
      When originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'X' rating. All cuts were waived in 2017 when the film was granted a '12' certificate for home video.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Movie 18: Maniac (1979)

    User reviews44

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    7/10
    A gialloesque Hammer noir
    American landscape painter Geoff Farrell (Kerwin Matthews), stranded in Europe, is attracted to Annette, a young French barmaid, but ends up falling for her seductive step-mother, Eve (Nadia Gray), instead. Four years earlier, the teen-aged Annette was raped on her way home from school and her father, Georges, institutionalized for taking an acetylene torch to her assailant. Eve soon convinces Geoff to help her husband, now a local hero, escape from the insane asylum but, once free, a frightening series of events makes it look like Georges was a homicidal maniac after all...

    In the wake of PSYCHO, England's Hammer Studios made a few black and white "mini-Hitchcock" thrillers that tried to emulate the "Master of Suspense". PARANOIAC, MANIAC, and HYSTERIA all featured real or imagined madness, murder, sex, and deception -along with numerous plot twists- to keep viewers on the edge of their seats with varying degrees of success. There's a stark, creepy, noir-like quality to MANIAC and the unseen rape, torture and murder in the beginning is quite disturbing. The location shooting in the isolated region of the French Camargue is a decided asset and the compelling story, written by Jimmy Sangster, includes a number of suspenseful sequences before a surprise revelation that is near impossible to see coming. I've read complaints that this wasn't directed by Freddie Francis but Michael Carreras does just fine with the gialloesque material. Recommended.
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    • Release date
      • October 30, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Maniac
    • Filming locations
      • Montfrin, Gard, France
    • Production company
      • Hammer Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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