Maniac
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / slasher, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.
Our read · Maniac (1980) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · slasher · exploitation entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Maniac
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The reading.
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