MANIAC (1980) @ The Coolidge[views:3964][posts:21]______________________________________ [Dec 9,2010 5:06pm - boblovesmusic ""] Fri & Sat, Feb 18, 19, 25 & 26 - Fri & Sat, Mar 4 & 5 @fter midnite! [img] Legendary director William Lustig will be appearing at the Friday and Saturday screenings on February 18 & 19!! MANIAC stars Joe Spinell (ROCKY, THE GODFATHER, TAXI DRIVER) as Frank Zito, a deeply disturbed man haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. When these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Even as he begins a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME), Frank continues to act on his vile compulsions. The film holds nothing back in depicting the atrocities of a human monster. MANIAC earned instant notoriety in 1980 as the most graphic and disturbing of all slasher films, thanks to the gruesome special effects wizardry of Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY THE 13TH). Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert called for their audience to boycott MANIAC, feminists protested the film's brutal violence, and other critics simply reviled the film as "sick" and "dirty." Aside from the shocking, bloody special effects sequences, MANIAC draws much of its power from the acting of the late Spinell, who also co-wrote and executive produced the film. Grindhouse Releasing, who has placed this beautifully gory new print in our hands, specializes in restoring and distributing the most extreme and controversial horror and exploitation films of our time. bennyhillifier http://coolidge.org/node/2843 |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 9,2010 5:08pm - Headbanging Man ""] Oh man! I may need to go hassle Bill Lustig about that damn (Enzo G. Castellari's) High Crime DVD/Blu he's never gonna put out :whipper: And all those damn out of print Hammer Films titles... |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 9,2010 5:08pm - RichHorror ""] Legendary flick. |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 9,2010 5:13pm - Headbanging Man ""] [img] That ain't no trouser-sock! |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 9,2010 6:46pm - thuringwethil ""] holy shit! crazy movie, I'd put Joe Spinnell up there with Peter Lorre in M or even Anthony Hopkins in Silence. Yes, Maniac is THAT classic. and disturbing. |
| _________________________________ [Dec 9,2010 7:06pm - Dankill ""] RichHorror said:Legendary flick. |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 14,2010 12:37pm - bloblovesmusic ""] she's a maniac, maniac! |
| _______________________________________ [Dec 14,2010 12:42pm - goatcatalyst ""] thuringwethil said:I'd put Joe Spinnell up there with Peter Lorre in M or even Anthony Hopkins in Silence. Negro, please! I'll have some of what you're smoking. Great movie, but your hyperbole does not sway me. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 14,2010 1:04pm - Yeti ""] if i get to see the shotgun head explosion on the big screen i can die a happy man. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 14,2010 3:22pm - nekronaut ""] Yeti said:if i get to see the mid-song ball kicking on the big screen i can die a happy man. fix'd |
| ______________________________ [Dec 14,2010 3:29pm - Yeti ""] if my head had exploded it would have been worth it. |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 16,2010 12:22pm - bloblovesmusic ""] Before the Pope, you got this! |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 21,2010 11:25am - bloblovesmusic ""] Midnites! |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 23,2010 12:34pm - bloblovesmusic ""] Legendary director William Lustig will be appearing at the Friday and Saturday screenings on February 18 & 19!! |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 1,2011 10:29pm - bloblovesmusic ""] bloblovesmusic said:Legendary director William Lustig will be appearing at the Friday and Saturday screenings on February 18 & 19!! |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:45pm - boblovesmusic ""] and this too! |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 4:55pm - Blessed Offal ""] definitely wouldnt mind seeing this on silver khed |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 1:55am - nekronaut ""] Bill Lustig FTW! |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 1:56am - boblovesmusic ""] Now this will appeal! |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 2:48am - nekronaut ""] The Notshaver Seal of Approval always has that effect. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 3:08am - NuclearWinter ""] I hope to be there on the 18th or 19th with a group of veritable degenerates. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 10,2011 7:49am - MetalThursday ""] Only doing the special effects for your own head explosion is real. Love this movie! Acephalus sampled it on our full-length. Used to have the t-shirt with the movie poster on front and Spinell's face on the back. bennyhillifier |