Maniac (2012) – Trailer

June 18, 2026 4 Evil Eyes

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Father Son Holy Gore calls it “intense, innovative and disturbing.” Bloody Good Horror says, “it raises the bar for what a remake should be.” Now the film that Bloody Disgusting proclaims “a modern horror classic” – produced by Alexandre Aja (HIGH TENSION), Academy Award® winner Thomas Langmann (THE ARTIST), the original’s creator William Lustig and directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2) – defiles your senses in UHD for the first time ever: In a career-redefining turn, Elijah Wood of THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy stars as a young man whose mind seethes with madness while his body commits unspeakable acts of depravity, all of which you will personally witness through the eyes of a maniac. Nora Arnezeder (ARMY OF THE DEAD) co-stars in “one of those rare genre remakes that stands on its own while recapturing the original’s spirit” (Fangoria), scanned in 4K with over 3 hours of new and archival Special Features that explore the entire MANIAC legacy.

Maniac (1934) (Forbidden Fruit : The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Vol. 17) Available November 12

September 7, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

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So perverse that it continues to shock and offend viewers 90 years after its release, Dwain Esper’s Maniac is a deranged retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” in the guise of an educational film on mental illness. This no-budget thriller by self-taught filmmakers has a wildly fragmented style. Its intrusive use of title scrolls, stock footage, and gratuitous nudity make it one of the first true underground films (with a gruesome wink at the eyeball-slicing scene of Un chien andalou). Maniac is presented here in a new 4K restoration, from the original camera negative and other 35mm elements preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and is presented in cooperation with Something Weird and the Sonney Amusement Enterprises Film Collection.

STARRING: Horace Carpenter, Bill Woods, Thea Ramsey, Ted Edwards

Horror History: Friday, January 30, 1981: Maniac was released in US theaters

January 30, 1981 4 Evil Eyes

Frank Zito is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women.