Maniac
Movie • 1980 • Horror
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A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Camera flashes.
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Abuse
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Implied that the main character was abused by his mom
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Implicit
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Addiction
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It's more like 'people are assaulted in sexual contexts' than straight up sex assault
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Bodily Harm
Does a head get squashed?
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Not only squashed, but completely blown apart before our very eyes. The unfortunate scene stars Tom Savini as the victim, so I'm sure he spent the best part of his time on the film getting his own death scene just right. (He was the makeup and special FX person on this, and MANY other films.) Very realistic looking and may be hard to watch.
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Is there amputation?
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Near the end of the film, a character's arm is amputated as part of a nightmare sequence.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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There is a graphic strangulation scene near the beginning.
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Is someone tortured?
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Depends on your definition of torture I suppose but people are put through pain for prolonged periods and we watch their suffering
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Protag is very sad about the death of his mother, though this takes place before the film.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The film is about a serial killer who stalks and murders. He does kidnap a couple victims by manipulation to get them in his place. But I can't think of any "taken off the street and thrown in the car" type kidnapping.
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See "audio gore"
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Is there audio gore?
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(Emetophobia warning) After he murders one of his victims ( the first prostitute that offers him "the ultimate" for 100$) He runs off to be sick in the bathroom. It sounds very fake and you don't see anything but the audio is still there. (Sounds like a couple of coughs followed by what can only be described as someone off screen dumping water into a bucket. Not VERY triggering, and you can see it coming. But a little disturbing for us emetophobes.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Nurses are shown leaving work, but the camera never actually enters the hospital or focuses on it.
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Yes. There are sirens.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The protagonist was abused by his mother as a child and is severely traumatized as a result, is often talking to himself, behaving in bizarre ways, etc. He then goes on to murder women. The movie is called Maniac after all
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Ambiguous--it certainly seems that way, but then he opens his eyes at the last moment...
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Yes!! On multiple occasions.
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Does the black guy die first?
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I have seen THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of horror movies, and can only think of 1, yes 1, time the black guy dies first. And that guy survived the entire movie before (I'm referring to a sequel) and has one of the better deaths in a freddy movie. The black guy dying first is a myth. And even if it does happen in a couple movies, it's extremely rare. So how can they say "black people always die first in horror films?" This is not the case. Not at all. Im sure there are a couple more films where the black One dies first but it's seriously like, less than 1% of all horror movies. It needs to stop being believed that black people are constantly being killed first. Seems like they just need something to b***h about. Just had to soapbox for a second. And no, the black guy doesn't die first in this one either.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It depends on how you define 'sad.' You may feel some empathy for the protagonist despite his actions, but ultimately seeing the film end in his misfortune seems like good payoff to me.
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Violence
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The film is about a serial killer who scalps his victims and puts the scalp on mannequins and talks to them. The scalping scenes are shown in gory detail.
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