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Actors: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Maniac |
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Joe Spinell plays Frank Zito, a man who is haunted by the fact that he was sexually abused and tortured by his mother. She plays a dominant figure in his disturbed, traumatized mind as he stalks and kills women throughout New York City.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Maniac |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- mad guy with knife likes to slice
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) long wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
- deluded
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--swords/knives
- visually blown into pieces
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
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