Joe Spinnel is brilliant and magnetic as the titular Maniac but everything else - with the exception of the shotgun scene - is contrived and/or forgettable.
This review of Maniac (1980) was written by Ruairí C on 08 May 2014.
Maniac has generally received mixed reviews.
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