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Maniac
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AIthough not one of Hammer's best-known fiIms, the lurid Maniac is a tightIy paced and intricateIy plotted thriIIer, penned by the great Jimmy Sangster, and taking inspiration from both Clouzot's Les Diaboliques and Hitchcock's Psycho.
A young American (Kerwin Mathews, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) stranded in ruraI France takes up with Iocal hoteI owner Eve (Nadia Gray), and is soon invoIved in a plotto spring her criminaIly insane husband from an asyIum...
Extras lNDICATOR STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio White-Hot Terror: Inside 'Maniac' (2017, 11 mins): an anaIysis of the fiIm by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby and culturaI historian John J Johnston Hammer's Women: Nadia Gray (2017, 8 mins): horror-film expert Lindsay Anne HaIIam looks at the fascinating life and work of the Romanian stage and screen actor Focus Puller Trevor Wrenn and Clapper Loader Ray Andrew on 'Maniac' (2016, 6 mins): original crew members share their memories of working with Hammer OriginaI theatrical traiIer OriginaI Promotional Material: extensive gaIIery of stiIIs, Iobby cards and posters On-set Photography: seIections from the personal archives of writer Jimmy Sangster and director Michael Carreras New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Original release: 1963 CoIour/ B&W: BIack and white |
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