Maniac

"I warned you not to go out tonight!"

Mar 6 1981 R 1h 27m
Drama, Horror, Thriller

A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and local girl American models and takes their scalps as trophies.

Plot

Frank Zito misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but Frank still misses her. He tries to keep her from leaving him, and reform her evil ways, by killing young women and putting their scalps on mannequins which he displays around his apartment. Photographer Anna D'Antoni takes a picture of him in the park, and he pursues and befriends her. Is she the one he has been looking for or just another mother wannabe?

Written by

C.A. Rosenberg, Joe Spinell

Directed by

William Lustig

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Magnum Motion Pictures Inc..

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
21,257
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
22
Popularity
NA