Maniacal

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20032003
1h 19m

IMDb RATING

3.9/10

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After his sister goes out, a disturbed young man named Gilbert Gill tries to kill his father and mother. His father survives, and Gilbert is sent to a mental institution. On the day his fath... Read allAfter his sister goes out, a disturbed young man named Gilbert Gill tries to kill his father and mother. His father survives, and Gilbert is sent to a mental institution. On the day his father is scheduled to release him, Gilbert escapes and looks to finish what he started.After his sister goes out, a disturbed young man named Gilbert Gill tries to kill his father and mother. His father survives, and Gilbert is sent to a mental institution. On the day his father is scheduled to release him, Gilbert escapes and looks to finish what he started.

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3.9/10

130

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Jon Prutow, Perrine Moore, and Heather Ashley Chase in Maniacal (2003)

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The film takes place in 1994 and 1997.

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The UK version is cut by 10 secs by the BBFC to remove shots of a knife being traced across a woman's breasts during a bathroom murder.

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1/10

Teenagers? Riiiight

I'll put as much imagination into this review as the film makers put into making maniacal: 1. Halloween Rip-off. 2. Shot on Video 3. Geriatric teenagers 4. Non-actors made me develop weeping, stinking, buboes. 5. Weak story. 6. Fell asleep three times trying to watch it. 7. Caused actual physical pain. 8. Will never watch it again. 9. Have made better with my own camcorder, but anything I've made is safely in a cupboard, never to be seen again. 10. Every copy of this film should be sealed in concrete and dumped in the North Sea.

Why don't these low budget film makers try harder? If you're trying to get into the business (which surely these folks are), then why not identify your shortcomings and inject the whole proceedings with a bit more imagination and a better story? I just don't get these slasher rip-offs at all. Bleh.

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