�THE BBFC DO NOT LIKE REJECTING FILMS BUT IN CASES WHERE SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS GLORIFIED THEY HAVE NO CHOICE�
CURRENTLY BANNED IN THE UK, MANIAC WAS WILLIAM LUSTIG�S EXPLORATION INTO THE GRIM REALITY OF A SCHIZOPHRENIC LONER WHO SHARES A ROOM WITH SHOP WINDOW DUMMIES CLOTHED IN THE DRESSES AND SCALPS OF THOSE HE KILLS. WHILST CONDUCTING A SERIES OF GRIZLY MURDERS OF A STRING OF WOMEN, HE CONDUCTS A SEEMINGLY �NORMAL� RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. THIS FILM IS ALSO RIDDLED WITH ARTY HALLUCINATION SCENES WHICH ARE MADE ALL THE MORE HORRIFIC BY THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WIZARDRY OF TOM SAVINI, WHO WAS RUMOURED TO HAVE MADE A STAND TO HAVE HIS NAME REMOVED FROM THE CREDITS AS THIS FILM RECEIVED SUCH AN OUTCRY, HE THOUGHT IT WOULD END HIS CAREER FOREVER. THE KILLINGS THEMSELVES ARE A SCHMORGES BOARD OF SHOTGUN DECAPITATIONS, DISMEMBERMENT, SHOOTINGS AND STABBINGS, ALL CLOSE UP AND IN FULL, GRUESOME, HORRIFIC GORE SPLATTERED DETAIL. ANOTHER REASON FOR THIS MOVIE�S DREADFUL REALISM IS THE UNHINGED, ALL-TOO-CONVINCING ACTING OF JOE SPINNELL. IF YOU THOUGHT �FRIDAY THE 13TH� WAS HORRIFICALLY GORY, YOU AIN�T SEEN NOTHING YET. |
