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Maniac

Directed by Dwain Esper
1934Color3.8 / 567.7k viewsPublic Domain

Notorious film from early exploitation king Dwain Esper, who brought us such classic early titles as "Sex Madness," "Narcotic," "Reefer Madness," "How To Undress In Front Of Your Husband," and "Marihuana." Film's IMDb page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025465/

Archivist Notes

sciwriter★★★★

""Dr. Freud, Dr. Freud, I wish you were otherwise employed" (from the song: "The balad of Sigmund Freud." This movie is an interesting attempt at a me..."

1/26/2008
Rufus T. Firefly★★★★★

"Did anyone notice that the opening credits include "Mrs Buckley - Phillis Diller?!" Now I HAVE to watch & find her."

1/26/2008
blackbox_jones★★★★

"If the evil Dr. Clayton Forrester ever got his hands on "Maniac", and managed to show it to the captives on the Satellite of Love, one can easily imag..."

5/30/2007
Christine Hennig★★★★★

"This legendary 30s exploitation flick is one ripe piece of cinematic cheese. It features one of the most over-the-top mad scientists ever, who gets ki..."

8/19/2006
movieman16★★

"This movie was not quite what I expected.Dwain Esper is a master of explotational films and this one ranks close to the top of his endeavors.It exploi..."

8/16/2006