Maniac - Slasher Classics #50 (Blu-ray)

Directed by William Lustig

Starring: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Gail Lawrence, Kelly Piper, Rita Montone, Tom Savini, Hyla Marrow, James Brewster, Linda Lee Walter, Tracie Evans
Contributors: Andrew W. Garroni, William Lustig, C.A. Rosenberg, Joe Spinell, Jay Chattaway, Robert Lindsay
Studio: 88 Films
Genre: Horror/Occult
Main Language: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 24 Oct 2022
Originally Issued: 1980
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (18) Suitable for 18 years and over.
Run Time: 85 minutes

Description

1980s US slasher. Frank (Joe Spinell) is a deranged maniac who spends his days having imaginary conversations with his dead mother and slaughtering various young women, whose scalps he then displays on the mannequins he takes to bed. Frank's idea is that this unusual technique will eventually help him restore his mother back to her corporeal form.

So when beautiful photographer Ann D'Antoni (Caroline Munro) catches his eye, Frank sets to work once again, placing his knife-wielding insanity in the service of his ever-loving mother.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Outtakes
• Commentary: William Lustig (director), Andrew Garroni (producer); William Lustig (director), Tom Savini (special make-up effects artist), Lorenzo Marinelli (editor), Luke Walter (assistant); the Hysteria Continues
• Other Documentary: 'Returning to the Scene of the Crime With William Lustig', 'Anna and the Killer', 'The Death Dealer', 'Dark Notes', 'Maniac Men', 'The Joe Spinell Story', 'Maniac Publicity', 'Maniac Controversy'