Joe Spinell was working in between the filming of Maniac (1980) with other movie projects, one of them being Nighthawks (1981) which began filming before production on Maniac ended, in which Spinell cut his hair short and shaved off his mustache to play a clean-cut, high-ranking New York police official for Nighthawks. In order to keep costs down, several porn actresses, such as Abigail Clayton, were hired to play the victims and other minor female roles. Maniac is a 1980 American psychological slasher film directed by William Lustig and written by C. A. Rosenberg. The film is an international co-production produced by the French film companies La Petite Reine and Studio 37. Joe Spinell was working in between the filming of Maniac (1980) with other movie projects, one of them being Nighthawks (1981) which began filming before production on Maniac ended, in which Spinell cut his hair short and shaved off his mustache to play a clean-cut, high-ranking New York police official for Nighthawks. The headless corpse in the end is the Betsy Palmer corpse (Jason's mother) from Friday the 13th (1980). A young couple are lying on a beach, being watched by an unseen man lurking on the dunes. Various releases were banished separately by different courts, totaling nine. Happy Tuesday the 13th! A group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. Perhaps the most brutal slasher movie at the time of its release (in 1980), this was also the most exploratory portrait of a killer to date as well (perhaps in honor of Psycho’s Norman Bates). When the film's poster appeared on a billboard on the property of the R&B Custom Shop in West Hollywood, the owner was so disgusted by the violence displayed she and several of her friends actually painted the billboard white. In a few scenes (most of them being where Frank Zito is driving his car), Spinell is wearing a fake mustache with a long-haired wig under his cap. When he submitted material for the soundtrack of Flashdance (1983), he accidentally included this song. The opening scene on the beach was inspired by the opening scene from Jaws (1975) from the point-of-view of the stalking shark. The opening scene on the beach was inspired by the opening scene from Jaws (1975) from the point-of-view of the stalking shark. $12,000 came from Andrew W. Garroni and the rest ($30,000) came from William Lustig which was from their profits in the adult film business. Award-winning F/X artists, monster-related artwork displayed and sold, killer celebrity guests. Was this review helpful to you? Entertainment Weekly ranked this Number 12 on their "Guilty Pleasures: Testosterone Edition" list in their March 30, 2007 issue. Soundtrack fatigue hit me a few years ago.
Use the HTML below. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree. This movie has several attributes to the film, Psycho (1960). If you were wondering what the next entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series would be, then you can now fill in the correct answer on your test score sheets, because Slaughter High is ...
Synopsis: People dressed up fake mannequins with the victims clothes to see if they can identify them as well what the character Frank does in the movie with his victims.
But after Spinell suddenly passed away in 1989, the sequel never happened.
Singer Michael Sembello once wrote a song inspired by this film, which he called "Maniac". When he submitted material for the soundtrack of Flashdance (1983), he accidentally included this song. A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekenetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins. Filmed over 26 non-consecutive days in late 1979 and early 1980. The producers loved it, despite its violent lyrics, and Sembello was then asked to change the lyrics to fit the film better.