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Maniac (1980)

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Maniac

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Edited from

    • Inferno (1980)

      The scene of the helicopter point of view shot was taken from the unused footage for Argento's film and reused for Maniac.

Edited into

    • Heads Blow Up! (Short 2011)

      Clip edited into montage.

Featured in

    • "Sneak Previews" For Your Eyes Only/S.O.B./The Great Muppet Caper/Dragonslayer (TV Episode 1981)

      Gene Siskel's Dog of the Week.
    • Scream Greats, Volume I: Tom Savini (Video 1986)

    • 100 Years of Horror (TV Series 1996)

    • Kovat jätkät (Video 1996)

    • "100 Years of Horror" Maniacs (TV Episode 1996)

      clips

Followed by

    • Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie (Short 1986)

Referenced in

    • Yoko Ono: Walking on Thin Ice (Music Video 1981)

      cinema marquee shown
    • Lady, Stay Dead (1981)

      A serial killer gets laid by a mannequin and stalks a pretty woman.
    • Beauty (1981)

      The title is advertised on a marquee.
    • Pieces (1982)

      The twisted murderer goes around chopping up women and has mother issues.
    • Trick or Treats (1982)

      Christopher looks at the soundtrack record.

References

    • While the City Sleeps (1956)

      The scene in which Frank Zito releases the button lock on the model's door and murders her in the bathtub is an direct homage to the opening scene of Fritz Lang's While the City Sleeps.
    • Psycho (1960)

      Frank Zito was abused by his mother and has issues much like Norman Bates. Also both serial killer characters are based on real-life serial killer Ed Gain.
    • Blood Feast (1963)

      A psychopath attacks two lovers on a beach at night and brutally kills one of them.
    • Aroused (1966)

    • The Gruesome Twosome (1967)

      A serial killer murders and scalps beautiful women.

Remade as

    • O straggalistis tis Syggrou (Video 1989)

    • Maniac (2012)

Spoofed in

    • Gutterballs (2008)

      The poster and the tagline, "I told you not to bowl tonight," parody that of "Maniac."
    • Don't Go Into the House by the Woods (2017)

      Homages film.

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