A disturbed man with a strong attachment to his dead abusive mother kills women and cuts off their scalps to mount them on mannequins. Gory f/x from Tom Savini. Joe Spinell was a great character actor but his screenplay here was average at best.
This review of Maniac (1980) was written by Markus K on 03 Jan 2011.
Maniac has generally received mixed reviews.
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