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Maniac · 4K + Blu-ray

Best Release

Blue Underground

Released 2020-05-26 · America

Director

Franck Khalfoun

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Box Office

$31,081

Cast

Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Zoe Aggeliki

Runtime

1 hour and 29 minutes (89 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging
Keepcase
Discs
3 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO | DISC ONE: h
Video
1.85:1 · Dolby Vision
Audio
other other
Subtitles
Cantonese · Danish · Dutch
+ 14 more
English HoH
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
other
other
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
other

Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • The Film
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director William Lustig and producer Andrew W. Garroni (Recorded in July 2010)
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director William Lustig, editor Lorenzo Marinelli, Joe Spinell's assistant Luke Walter and special make-up effects artist Tom Savini (From 1994 and the Laserdisc release)
  • Trailers (with "Play All" option)

    • U.S. "Hard" Trailer (1:32)
    • U.S. "Soft" Trailer (1:18)
    • International Trailer (3:46)
    • French Trailer (1:22)
    • German Teaser (0:55)
    • German Trailer (2:50)
    • + 1 more
      Italian Trailer (3:24)

TV Spots (with "Play All" option; 3:08)

  • TV Spot #1: "Stalking (0:32)
  • TV Spot #2: "Models (0:32)
  • TV Spot #3: "Subway (0:32)
  • TV Spot #4: "Helicopter (0:12)
  • TV Spot #5: "Car (0:12)
  • TV Spot #6: "Cemetery (0:12)
  • + 3 more
    TV Spot #7: "Toy (0:12)
    TV Spot #8: "Poster (0:12)
    TV Spot #9: "I Warned You (0:32)

Radio Spots (with "Play All" option; 3:21)

  • Radio Spot #1 (1:02)
  • Radio Spot #2 (1:04)
  • Radio Spot #3 (0:38)
  • Radio Spot #4 (0:35)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

  • Outtakes (18:53, HD, with audio commentary by William Lustig)
  • Featurettes

    • Returning to the Scene of the Crime with Bill Lustig (location revisit (7:53, HD))
    • Anna and the Killer (interview with actress Caroline Munro (13:04, HD))
    • The Death Dealer (interview with special make-up effects artist Tom Savini (12:07, HD))
    • Dark Notes (interview with composer Jay Chattaway (12:12, HD))
    • Maniac Men (interview with songwriters Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky (10:35, HD))
    • The Joe Spinell Story (documentary (49:19, SD))
    • + 1 more
      Mr. Robbie ('Maniac 2' Promo (7:24, HD))

Publicity

  • Paul Wunder (radio interview with William Lustig, Joe Spinell and actress Caroline Munro) (19:11)
  • William Lustig on "Movie Madness (18/02/1981) (47:18)
  • Joe Spinell at Cannes (0:44)
  • Joe Spinell on "The Joe Franklin Show (13:12)
  • Caroline Munro TV Interview (2:54)
  • Barf Bag Review Policy (2:10)
  • + 2 more
    Grindhouse Film Festival 2010 Q&A with William Lustig, Andrew Garroni and Sharon Mitchell (22:19)
    Stills Gallery (121 images)
Controversy

Los Angeles (with "Play All" option; 7:49)

  • — Channel 7 News 3/6/81 11:00pm (2:19)
  • — Channel 11 News 3/6/81 10:30pm (1:35)
  • — NBC Tomorrow Show 3/10/81 (3:55)

Chicago

  • — Channel 2 News 2/3/81 10:00pm (2:13)

Philadelphia (with "Play All" option; 3:27)

  • — Channel 10 News 3/2/81 11:00pm (0:29)
  • — Channel 3 News 3/3/81 6:00pm (1:13)
  • — Channel 3 News 3/3/81 11:00pm (0:51)
  • — Channel 6 News 3/3/81 5:30pm (0:54)

"Newsbeat" (with "Play All" option; 21:11)

  • — Violent Movies (12:45)
  • — Movie Violence (8:26)

"Midnight Blue" (with "Play All" option; 6:33)

  • — Al Goldstein rants against violent movies (3:54)
  • — Al Goldstein mutilates his love doll (2:39)
  • Gallery of Outrage (various newspaper reviews (29 text pages))

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