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Watch: Maniac 1980 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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?.
Plot: 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. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree.
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Ratings:

	6.4/10 Votes: 18,157
	37% | RottenTomatoes
	22/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 330 Popularity: 7.448 | TMDB

Reviews:

Maniacal For Sure.
“Maniac” is one of the few horror movies that I have seen that actually got under my skin a little. It made me feel uncomfortable while I watched what was happening on screen, and very few movies have ever done that to me. The movie follows a psychotic murderer as he wanders the streets of New York City, in cheap restaurants, rundown apartment complexes, and subway stations, searching for his next victims, each of them savagely murdered.

The plot for this movie may not seem very scary, but the way the movie is crafted is genuinely grisly and really made me feel uncomfortable. Rather than going from the victim’s point of view as they are slashed to pieces (like most horror movies tend to do), this movie rather focuses on the actual killer himself. We learn about the abuse that he suffered as a small child at the hands of his domineering mother, which is presumably the reason he’s become a murderer, taking out his own personal revenge on other people. The one thing about this movie that was so interesting was how the audience got to enter the mind of the killer, so to speak. Joe Spinell gave an excellent performance as the maniac in this movie, he portrayed a tormented human very well. There are some very grisly murders throughout the movie, all of which are fairly gruesome. But the most disturbing aspect to the film was the sense of psychosis that the killer is experiencing.

“Maniac” is surely similar to “Psycho”, which makes me wonder whether or not the writers of this film were basing the plot on the real life serial killer Ed Gein, who also grew up with an abusive mother and suffered psychological problems later on as an adult, which ultimately drove him to grave-robbing and murder. There are some striking similarities between the story of this film and Ed Gein’s life.

Overall, “Maniac” is one grisly, nasty movie. It displays the psychological torment that many real-life serial killers suffer from and does a good job at it, leaving it’s audience uncomfortable in their seats. And from what I have seen, not many movies do that. 7/10.

Gory as hell no-holds-barred slasher flick.
“Maniac” is one of the most visceral examples of the horror genre.Along with Romano Scavolini’s “Nightmare”(1981)it is one of the most disturbing horror films ever made.The killings presented here are cold-blooded,extremely brutal and gory.”Maniac” in its almost pornographic depiction of violence makes any “Friday the 13th” film look tame.Joe Spinell is perfect as a maniac killer Frank Zito,who graphically murders and scalps his victims.Caroline Munro(“Kronos”,”Slaughter High”)is really hot as a young fashion photographer.The gore effects made by Tom Savini are simply spectacular-the head explosion scene has to be one of the most amazing moments in cinematic history.The amount of gore splashed in this sequence is incredible.The direction by William Lustig(“Maniac Cop” series,”The Violation of Claudia”)is well-handled,the acting is fairly convincing and the atmosphere is really ugly and disturbing.Definitely one to avoid if you’re politically correct,but if you like confrontional stuff you can’t miss it.10 out of 10.See it now!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 27 min (87 min)
Budget 350000
Revenue 10000000
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, Horror
Director William Lustig
Writer C.A. Rosenberg, Joe Spinell
Actors Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Stereo, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory TVC Laboratories, New York (NY), USA (color) (processing)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2020 remaster), Dolby Vision, Super 16
Printed Film Format 35 mm (blow-up)