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Ep 105 - MANIAC (1980): 45 YEARS OF SWEAT, SPLATTER, SLASHERS, AND SPINELL!!
MANIAC (1980) d. William Lustig (USA)
Celebrating 45 years of William Lustig's Maniac (1980) — a cult horror classic that's part slasher, part psychological descent, and all Joe Spinell.
Wildly controversial and undeniably influential, Maniac (1980) is one of the most unsettling slasher films of the early 1980s. Directed by William Lustig and starring Joe Spinell—who also co-wrote the screenplay—Maniac follows Frank Zito, a deeply disturbed and isolated man driven by trauma, navigating the grim streets of New York City.
Unlike many slasher movies of the era, Maniac is a psychological horror…
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