On Twitter, Trailers from Hell asked me why I didn’t mention Maniac (1980) on Monday.
The fact is, my “copy” is part of a cheapo 12-film horror film compilation and is lousy quality. So I’ve never sat through the whole thing. The poster is much better than the film.
I have, however, sat through Ed Gein-inspired (and what isn’t?) Deranged numerous times, possibly because it counts as “CanCon.”
UPDATE: speaking of Maniac…
These days, junior high school kids flock to Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre to see “The Lion King.”
But in the late 1960s, 13-year-old William Lustig might have begun his day there with a double-feature of biker movies from American International Pictures. Then he’d move onto the Harris, the Liberty and the Apollo—all part of the 42nd Street movie theater circuit affectionately known as grindhouses.
“I hated going to school,” said the 55-year-old filmmaker (…)
Some 40 years later, the former truant turned robust cult director (“Maniac,” “Maniac Cop”) acts as a curator of those youthful enthusiasms. Once again, Mr. Lustig has masterminded an eight-day retrospective of forgotten genre films at Anthology Film Archives.
“I hated going to school,” said the 55-year-old filmmaker (…)
Some 40 years later, the former truant turned robust cult director (“Maniac,” “Maniac Cop”) acts as a curator of those youthful enthusiasms. Once again, Mr. Lustig has masterminded an eight-day retrospective of forgotten genre films at Anthology Film Archives.
“William Lustig Presents,” which begins Thursday, cranks up the cinematic Way Back Machine to turn the East Village repertory center into a sticky-floored grindhouse.
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