Maniac

2012 Horror

Elijah Wood steps into the role made iconic by Joe Spinell in this reboot of the 1980 cult classic featuring an artistic style that takes you into the killer's POV. When a mannequin store owner (Wood) meets an attractive artist (Megan Duffy), his psychotic impulses are awakened and soon he starts a murderous rampage across L.A. Piranha 3D's screenwriting duo of Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur provide the script, with P2's Franck Khalfoun handling directing duties.

Director: Franck Khalfoun

Starring: Elijah Wood, Megan Duffy, Nora Arnezeder

 20 Reviews  2 Awards

Reviews

  • Slasher-movie fans, however, need not be put off by the stylized camera work and arty patina: this is down and dirty genre filmmaking, and the various slaughters, excruciatingly detailed scalpings and other atrocities are no less gruesome because of the highfalutin approach.

    - The Hollywood Reporter

    26 April 2013

  • This merciless work of anti-entertainment is arguably admirable for being as disturbingly disgusting as it wants to be.

    Rob Nelson - Variety

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • After Dark Competition

    Chicago International Film Festival (2012)

     

  • Best Fantastic Feature Film

    Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival (2012)

     

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