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MANIAC

1980 US HMDB
May 10, 1980

A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.

Cast

Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton, Nelia Bacmeister, Denise Spagnuolo, Billy Spagnuolo, Kelly Piper, Sharon Mitchell, Rita Montone, Hyla Marrow
Horror

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Marco Castellini

A psychopathic killer murders young girls and rips off their scalps to make wigs to put on mannequins he keeps at home. When even an enterprising photographer is about to meet the same fate, her already precarious psyche collapses and drives her to a horrific end. A slasher-movie that passed into history for its excellent splatter effects, curated by specialist Tom Savini, and for the crudeness of the images (particularly noteworthy is the head explosion sequence…); an unexpected and bloody ending makes it even more appealing. Only flaw: a screenplay not always up to par. Still worth watching.

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