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| Credits | |
| Title: | Maniac |
| Genres: | Horror Thriller |
| Directed by: | Franck Khalfoun |
| Written by: | Alexandre Aja; Grégory Levasseur |
| Produced by: | Alexandre Aja; Antoine de Cazotte; Daniel Delume; Andrew W. Garroni; Pavlina Hatoupis; Thomas Langmann; William Lustig; Emmanuel Montamat; J.B. Popplewell; Alix Taylor; Justine Raczkiewicz |
| Music by: | Robin Coudert |
| Cinematography: | Maxime Alexandre |
| Edited by: | Baxter; Franck Khalfoun |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Ciné+ Canal+ Studio 37 La Petite Reine Blue Underground |
| Released: | May 26th, 2012 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 89 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Maniac is an American independent feature film of the horror and thriller genres with an emphasis on the slasher genre. It is a remake of the 1980 film Maniac by director William Lustig. The film was directed by Franck Khalfoun with a screenplay by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur. It was produced by La Petite Reine and Studio 37 in association with Blue Underground and the participation of Canal+ and Ciné+. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 26th, 2012. The film stars Elijah Wood in the role of psychotic stalker and murderer Frank Zito.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Nora Alexander | Anna |
| Brian Ames | 80's man 1 |
| America Olivo | Frank's mother |
| Genevieve Alexandra | Jessica |
| Liane Balaban | Judy |
| Jan Broberg | Rita |
| Aaron Colom | Alley man |
| Joshua De La Garza | Martin Nunez |
| Alex Diaz | Puppeteer #2 |
| Megan Duffy | Lucie |
| Eli Dupont | Young Frank |
| Luis Fernandez-Gil | Waiter |
| Dan Hunter | Nick |
| Devra Korwin | Saleswoman |
| Akbar Kurtha | Pharmacist |
| Sal Landi | Police chief |
| Bryan Lugo | Officer Burton |
| Mike McCarty | Puppeteer #1 |
| Délé Ogundiran | Policewoman |
| Patrick Orr | 80's man 2 |
| Steffinnie Phrommany | Clubber girl |
| Ron Reznik | Officer Norton |
| Mic Rodgers | Old man |
| Sammi Rotibi | Jason |
| Rochelle Rudolph | Dancer #2 |
| Gregory Taieb | Walker |
| Lauren Emily Vaughan | Dancer #1 |
| Steven James Williams | Frank #2 |
| Elijah Wood | Frank Zito |
Notes[]
- This movie is based on an original screenplay written by the late actor/writer Joe Spinell.
- The tagline for this film is "I warned you not to go out tonight".
- There are a total of twenty-nine credited cast members in this film.
- The central setting for this movie is Los Angeles, California in the modern day. In the original film, the setting was New York City, New York.
- This film was shot on-location in Los Angeles, California.
External Links[]
- Maniac at IMDB
- Maniac at Wikipedia
- Maniac at Metacritic
- Maniac at Box Office Mojo
- Maniac at Themoviedb.org
References[]
Automobile accident | Baseball bat | Butcher knife | Cocaine | Computer | Corpse | Dismemberment | Drowning | Female rear nudity | Female topless nudity | Flashback | Flaying | Gore | Hallucinations | Homosexuality | Knife | Meat cleaver | Mutilation | Profanity | Prostitution | Scalping | Severed face | Severed limbs | Stabbings | Strangulation | Subway | Suffocation | Torture | Van Voyeurism