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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Great film and amazing soundtrack!
By matthew602
Don’t let the negative nancy reviews from this movie stop you from renting this movie, if you are looking for an amazing visual horror/thriller film with a very memorable soundtrack that ties the movie EXTREMELY well, then check out this movie! Also, if you saw Elijah Woods in “Sin City” and loved his character in that movie, then you can expect even more amazing performance by Woods in this Maniac movie as well.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
I finally got to see the correct film…
By j.hexx
this movie I just downloaded it wanting to see the film Maniac starring Elijah Wood, instead the movie was linked to a film called manic. I want my money back. The rating is not for the film, but for Amazon messing up the root link to the wrong film.UPDATE 6/24/13***I finally got to see the film. I must say, I was highly impressed by this re imagining of the 80′s slasher film Maniac! The big twist in this is that we get to see everything as Frank Zito experiences his urges to kill. Now let me say I am a super fan of the original Maniac Directed By William Lustig, and to see Blue Underground as a part of this helped to certify this was approved. Now onto the review.We meet Frank Zito, a young but really seriously mental character who has serious mommy issues. It seems his favorite pastime is scalping women after killing them, to save for his “collection”. He wants to take them home, so they can never go away. He meets a photographer and the two seems to get close. But in inhibiting his urge to kill to feed his sickness, he starts to lose grip with himself and reality. To see it through the killer’s eyes, in my opinion is what sets this film apart even from today’s modern horror films. We hear his thoughts, we see what he sees, so we even in a sense feel what he is feeling, and let me tell you, it’s maddening what is going on in poor Frank’s head. He just can’t seem to keep it together.Without giving too much away, any horror fan who appreciates a bit of a character study on film, to go along with your horror this film is for you. Very intelligent, beautiful cinematography and some of the most haunting and violent films made today, Elijah Wood as the titluar character adds his own flair to the Frank Zito character, and does not steal from the more infamous Joe Spinell’s take on how Frank is. I feel that this film compliments the original release in many ways, and it definitely sets it apart from other horror films this year.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Style over Substance
By Tsuyoshi
In “Maniac,” Elijah Wood plays the (perhaps Ed Gein-inspired) scalping serial killer, but you don’t see much of him in this remake of a 1980 American cult horror film. The new film is shot in a first person POV style for the most part of it, and the face of Elijah Wood’s character Frank Zito can be seen only in reflections.Directed by Franck Khalfoun (“P2″ “Wrong Turn at Tahoe”) and co-written by Alexandre “High Tension” Aja (with Grégory Levasseur), “Maniac” manages to create some stomach churning moments, thanks to the blood and gore special effects, but not much suspense because of the uninspired direction heavily reliant on the gimmicky narrative.What is really impressive about the remake is the nice, Giorgio Moroder-like soundtrack music that is worth listening to, even if you are not particularly interested in horror genre. As to the film itself, it is a typical case of style over substance. I know the director just wanted to get into the killer’s mind, but please, not in this way.

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