Although not one of Hammer’s best-known films, the lurid Maniac is a tightly paced and intricately plotted thriller, 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 rural France takes up with local hotel owner Eve (Nadia Gray), and is soon involved in a plot to spring her criminally insane husband from an asylum...
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
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White-Hot Terror: Inside ‘Maniac’ (2017, 11 mins): an analysis of the film by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby and cultural historian John J Johnston
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Hammer’s Women: Nadia Gray (2017, 8 mins): horror-film expert Lindsay Anne Hallam looks at the fascinating life and work of the Romanian stage and screen actor
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Focus Puller Trevor Wrenn and Clapper Loader Ray Andrew on ‘Maniac’ (2016, 6 mins): original crew members share their memories of working with Hammer
- Original theatrical trailer
- Original promotional material: extensive gallery of stills, lobby cards and posters
- On-set photography: selections from the personal archives of writer Jimmy Sangster and director Michael Carreras
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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BBFC cert: 12
REGION FREE
EAN: 5060697920796
