Maniac

Hell’s Kitchen summer night. A transistor radio buzzes static before a news bulletin cuts to screams. A hollow-eyed drifter wanders Midtown with a straight razor and a stolen Polaroid camera, past blinking marquees and kneeling bums. Cassavetes’ gutter-level chill meets grindhouse sleaze in one tight, sticky frame.

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William Lustig directed Maniac in 1980. See William Lustig's full filmography, where to start with William Lustig, or where to go after you've seen everything by William Lustig.

Maniac was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 88 minutes.