Maniac 1934 film complete

Then i was starting to understand horror i stumbled across maniac. Guilty parents 1934 might not be as famous as tell your children 1936, aka reefer madness, or maniac 1934, but it tells of the same kind of sexual ignorance and how itll lead a young girl astray. Carpenter in maniac 1934 bill woods in maniac 1934 maniac 1934. Based on what ive seen so far, i look forward to kino releasing narcotic and maniac on blu ray. Night flight has always been a right of passage, a trip of entertainment discovery, old and new. Maniac also contains a lot of gore and even nudity, which is quite spectacular for a 1934 film. When not trying to pass itself off as pseudodocumentary, maniac fills up its reels with images of women lounging around in their underwear or, in some. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest classic films of all time.

Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Harry potter complete 8film collection bluray brand new. Don maxwell william woods, a vaudeville actor, as wanted for a crime, and the mad scientist dr. Maniac sex maniac 1934 from the grindhouse cinema database. Overwrought, badly edited, acted and shot there are several instances when the background is in sharp focus but the actors we are supposed to be watching are fuzzy, maniac straddles two different states of existence. This classic exploitation film is actually a depressionera rendition of edgar allan poes the black cat injected with catfights both literal and figurative, nudity. Much of the subject matter in the film was considered taboo in 1934, and still is considered twisted to this day. Maniac 1934 don maxwell william woods is a former vaudeville impersonator who is working as the lab assistant to dr. An exvaudeville actor is the assistant to a doctor with frankenstein aspirations. It is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name, and follows the violent exploits of a brutal serial killer. A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself. Apr 08, 2010 im not sure how you watched it, but my college recently obtained a double feature of maniac and narcotic released by kino, complete with audio commentary by exploitation film historian bret wood.

Esper and stadie also made the 1936 exploitation film marihuana. Alternatively, you can add nobotsdenyinternetarchivebot to keep me off the page altogether. Tonights feature is very moldie, a strange one from 1934 that clocks in at only 51 minutes. When the great horror movies of the 1930s are talked about, maniac is nowhere in sight. Maniac is a 1934 film about a former vaudevillian who assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself directed by dwain esper. A raw, visceral cinematic experience unlike any other, maniac offers a walking tour through the mind of a bonafide lunatic, distorted by fragmented scenes and ugly realities that mimic insanitys own warped perspective. Satan in maniac 1934 ted edwards in maniac 1934 horace b.

Its too weird to be simply sniffed at as bad, too ugly to show to unprepared audiences, and way too politically incorrect to run at college film festivals. Maniac 1934 is a classic movie directed by dwain esper, and starring william woods. An astonishingly bizarre and lurid horror movie with terrible overacting, nude scenes, and an obvious rapeinprogress sequence too dark for my mpeg converter that amazingly escaped censorship. Don maxwell is a former vaudevillian who apparently did something bad at some point in the past, leading him to hide out in the laboratory of deranged psychiatrist dr. Its budget was probably in the mid threefigures, its actors either incompetent or more over the top than donald trumps hair, and its dialogue written by someone under the influence of some particularly bad synthetic. An eye opening taste of counter culture, smoked with timeless jewels of artistic buds. Like most exploitation melodramas, maniac is cast with a mix of hasbeens and unknown beginners who remained unknown. Maniac makes me feel constantly confused and unsure of why anything is what it is. Sex maniac 1934 a vaudevillian bill woods poses as a mad doctor horace b. With kerwin mathews, nadia gray, donald houston, liliane brousse. I heard of this film in any context was in the essay celebrating. Not that maniac is up there with island of lost souls. I have just added archive links to one external link on maniac 1934 film.

Overview of maniac, 1934, directed by dwain esper, with bill woods, horace carpenter, ted edwards, at turner classic movies. Might not feature as infamous scenes as the other sexploitation films, but it tells a somewhat more fluent story or a desperate girl getting. Time has not taken away one shred of the films warped charisma and sleazy delight. This great film will surely attract a whole new generation of classic movie fans. Maniac even quotes the director of the chicago institute of research and diagnosis, dr. About the movie first of all, i simply cant get over the fact that were still talking about a movie from 1934 that features actual nudity. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page. Maniac 1934 film complet en francais film complet francais. Maniac 1934 film complet en francais a 20171115t03. The black cat is a 1934 american precode horror film directed by edgar g.

After murdering the doctor, the wouldbe actor finds it necessary to assume the identity of the d. See details maniac dvd, 2002 rare 1934 horror aka sex maniac brand new. Aug 11, 2015 even among fans of the strange or bizarre, maniac is an acquired taste, despite playing the grindhouse circuit into the early 1970s. A full length rifftrax for the movie was released on november 25, 2009, with. Most see it as a comedic film but i see it as an early masterpiece in horror.

If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Thanks a lot for reminding me what a fantastically offthewall movie maniac truly is. But the first time i heard of this film in any context was in the essay celebrating the. From dog and cat fights, to bouts of insanity, to rape and murder, to. And for seasoned cinematic connoseuirs, maniac 1934 will. The magic of 1934s maniac is that, despite its fiftyminute runtime, this isnt even the craziest scene. Also in common usage it is an insult for someone involved in reckless behavior. It was a film from 1934 just one year prior to all of those decency laws in film but it truly embodied exploitative horror.

Carpenter, injects a patient and eats a black cats eye. First, its a marvelous time capsule, informed with the standards of the era, useful to students of film as an example of how. The film itself is in the public domain so all it takes is the mere click of a button to resurrect it from its dusty sleep. Im not sure how you watched it, but my college recently obtained a double feature of maniac and narcotic released by kino, complete with audio commentary by exploitation film historian bret wood. Dwain esper also made the only artistically crafted pot. Maniac 1934, rereleased later as sex maniac is an exploitation horror movie. Carpenter, a silent era producerdirectoractor who played whitehaired western characters in sound films, was made a complete fool in a role perhaps written for the tooexpensive. Sadler, md, in order to give the films depiction of insanity an air of legitimacy. At the same time, however, maniac is a far more narratively complex and stylishly crafted film than its simplistic peers, i. Carpenter, a silent era producerdirectoractor who played whitehaired western characters in sound films, was made a complete fool in a role perhaps written for the tooexpensive bela lugosi. The imposter does succeed in reviving the deceased. So, if youre not too easily disgusted either by kitsch or awfulness i recommend tracking this deranged early horror film down. Maniac, also known as sex maniac, is a 1934 blackandwhite exploitationhorror film, directed by dwain esper and written by hildagarde stadie, espers wife. Meirschultz horace carpenter a mad scientist attempting to bring the dead.

Sundance film festival 20 completed sundance film festival 2014 completed movie archive 2020 62 may 8 april 51 march 3 2019 1. This is a 1934 film that contains nudity to my surprise. Not since the room has a film had such a deep impact on the staff of rifftrax, so much so that the images in maniac temporarily dislodged from our minds the mercurial tommy wiseau, the stark. Now we can finally get closer to that original cable tv experience weve all been missing with nf plus, an allaccess membership to the original episodes of night flight and beyond.

Maniac 2018 series, an american web series based on the norwegian. Carpenter, a silent era producerdirectoractor who played whitehaired western characters in sound films, was made a complete. After that are clips from maniac 1934 with perhaps the earliest use of nudity in an exploitation film. This film is listed among the 100 most amusingly bad movies ever made in golden. This item has been produced by ourselves and will be neatly presented on a high quality brand dvd with printed artwork on the disc as shown in a slimline plastic wallet. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Director dwain esperknown for exploitation films like reefer madness. In fact, it might bore a hole right into your brain.

Please note that number of personal lists displayed might be different from the total number of personal lists this movie is in. Maniac is an absolute delight for people who have tastes in things socially unacceptable. Maniac 1934 story and continuity by hildegard stadie. Find out when and where you can watch maniac on tv with the full listings schedule at. Maniac 1934 a vaudevillian bill woods poses as a mad doctor horace b. My only complaint is that this in a full screen edition which noticeably cuts off some of the. Maniac 1934 embraces insanity, rape, murder and general mayhem in a ludicrous script that is bizarre and offensive, but for all that, this is entertaining nonsense at its very best. An american painter has an affair with a bar owner in a french village and agrees to help her murderer husband escape from a prison for the criminally insane. Maniac sex maniac 1934 the grindhouse cinema database. The version of assassin of youth on the blu ray is not the complete feature but an 8 minute abridgement.

Lets hope to see the complete feature on a future blu ray. Watch maniac full movie in hd visit when a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous marrie. Time has not taken away one shred of the film s warped charisma and sleazy delight. Maniac from greek, maniakos is a pejorative for an individual who experiences the mood known as mania. When don takes the doctors glasses off to complete that last bit of deceptive detailing, the doc blinks as theyre removedpeekaboo, i seeee you. Dwain espers film, maniac, is a wildly disturbed and entertaining blackandwhite exploitationhorror film, loosely adapted from the edgar allan poe stories the black cat and murders in the rue morgue. Dwain esper also made the only artistically crafted pot film, marihuana weed with roots in hell. The picture was the first of eight films six of which were produced by universal to pair the two iconic actors. Don maxwell, a fugitive actor who becomes a graverobbing mad scientists assistant, mutders him, and then proceeds to murder more people to cover it up. Based partly on edgar allan poes the black cat, maniac also cleverly superimposes clips from a 1922 movie called haxan to suggest the insanity of characters. There is a commentary track by some expert on exploitation films, and its very good.

Maniac 1934 turner classic movies page on the film contains a complete plot synopsis, but little else. Jun 12, 2017 dwain espers film, maniac, is a wildly disturbed and entertaining blackandwhite exploitationhorror film, loosely adapted from the edgar allan poe stories the black cat and murders in the rue morgue. Black moon 1934 full movie download full hd youtube. A burlesque house was an appropriate venue for maniac as the movie includes shots of topless womena true shocker for 1934. Maniac roadshow attractions 1934 welcome to moldie oldie monday here at the dungeon, with your host tabonga and his little gnat helper pet, rufus. As usual with an exploitation film, this camp classic presents us with unmotivated spectacle supposedly justified as educational.

Maniac has its own twisted logic and is, in its own way, a perfectly acceptable cinematic portrayal of madness. Written by hildagarde stadie based on the short story the black cat by edgar allan poe. Bill woods, horace carpenter, ted edwards a vaudeville performer becomes the lab assistant to a research scientist experimenting on reanimating dead tissue. Maniac, also known as sex maniac, is a 1934 blackandwhite exploitationhorror film, directed by dwain esper and written by hildagarde stadie, espers wife, as a loose adaptation of the 1843 edgar allan poe story the black cat, with references to his murders in the rue morgue. Produced and directed by exploitation specialist dwain esper and written by mrs. Although in many films it is a treat to spot the cast member who overacts, in this film every cast member adopts the most exaggerated performance. Maniac, an exploitation film directed by dwain esper. The editing of silent german expressionism highlights into the film is quite eerie definitely well attempted. Meirschultz horace carpenter takes him in as an assistant. Unless you regularly do mushrooms and go to lady gaga concerts with your good friend crispin glover, then watching maniac is guaranteed to be the weirdest experience you have ever had. Then, theres the business with the crazy cat guy, a character whose sole apparent purpose is to provide an excuse for the mondoish footage of battling cats with which director dwain esper peppers. Meirschultz, the distinction collapses between editing that is sloppy and cheap and editing that is fractured. The cinema of dwain esper page 11 classic horror film board. He tells about all the actors, who seemed to have crawled out from under rocks, but he gives their complete histories.