MANIAC Review On "Violent Maniac's Cage"

MANIAC

(1980, USA)

Another movie that made my Disturbing Movies list. A low budget gore flick with no moral perspective that its own makeup artist wanted to be removed from its credits. Tom Savini would later become famous for his award winning FX as well as acting and directing many later horror films yet his realistic FX are the only saving grace in this gutter film. Like many horror films we have a loner with no social grace or personality, in this case a real mama's boy who enjoys murdering women and using their scalps to adorn his mannequins. The nature of this habit is for nothing more then his perverse sexual pleasure. He is suffering from the torment of an abusive mother and longs for her love. Pity, because the audience is treated to little more then the graphic scenes of murder and of the mutilation of the victims shown in bloody red detail. Like many other slasher films this one displays strong anti-woman feelings and the attitude that woman are only good for killing and raping. Displaying little if any value this film only seems to sink into the abyss of cheap slasher flicks, yet its overt immoral tone and downright negative feelings towards woman in general place it in the hall of the disturbed. Carolyn Munro appears very much against type as a woman who is actually drawn to this sicko, will he do her in.... Who cares!!! Luckily the producer/writer/star Joe Spinell died before making Maniac 2.

Review by: Losman

Email: losman@express-news.net

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