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Maniac

1980, Movie, R, 87 mins

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VIDEO: Maniac

Jan 19, 2010 06:00 PM

Maniac
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Posted: 1/19/2010

An ex-vaudeville actor is the assistant to a doctor with Frankenstein aspirations. After murdering the doctor, the would-be actor finds it necessary to assume the identity of the dead physician. watch

VIDEO: Trailer

Nov 17, 2009 09:10 PM

Trailer
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Length: 01:35
Posted: 11/17/2009

Trailer for the 1980 horror Maniac, which screened at the 2009 NYC Horror Fest. This 1980 grindhouse classic is back on the big screen! Starring Joe Spinell as the deranged Frank Zito. Frank is an embittered loser who talks to himself and his dead mother, stalks a pretty model (legend Caroline Munro), and spends his spare time brutally murdering and scalping women. watch

VIDEO: Maniac (1963) - (Original Trailer)

Sep 23, 2008 05:13 AM

Maniac (1963) - (Original Trailer)
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Posted: 9/23/2008

An American drifter in Provence is tricked into helping a murderer escape an insane asylum in Maniac (1963). watch

Maniac: Cast & Details

Year: 1980
Rated R

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Cast
Joe Spinell: Frank Zito
Caroline Munro: Ann D'Antoni
Gail Lawrence: Rita
Rita Montone: Hooker
Tom Savini: Disco Boy
Hyla Marrow: Disco Girl

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Is There a Flashdance/Maniac Connection?

Send your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion I read somewhere that the song Maniac from Flashdance was originally written for the slasher movie Maniac I find that really hard to believe but could it be true Gary FlickChick This is one of those rumors so nutty youre inclined to believe it and it appears theres a speck of truth to it but only a speck Michael Sembellos Maniac was not written for Bill Lustigs notorious Maniac 1980 which starred Joe Spinell as a New York-based serial murderer who stalks and scalps women Sembellos account of how the song came into being has his writing partner Dennis Matkosky seeing Maniac and scribbling down the presumably parodic lyrics Hes a maniac maniac thats for sureHe will kill your cat and nail him to the door Presumably the two worked it into a rough track and set it aside because Sembello claims that when he was working read more