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Maniac

2012 · 89 min

A queasy, intimate plunge into a killer's skull, all slick neon and scalpel-cold dread that leaves you feeling complicit and unclean.

Directed by
Franck Khalfoun
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo
Tagline
I Warned You Not to Go Out Tonight.
Overview
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

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Free in the UK
  • Rakuten TV
  • Plex
  • W4free
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Franck Khalfoun
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • obsession
  • loneliness
  • trauma
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror9
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension9
Darkness10
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Franck Khalfoun
Written by
Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur
Starring
Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Zoe Aggeliki, Jan Broberg Felt, Joshua De La Garza, Dan Hunter, Genevieve Alexandra
Music
Robin Coudert
Cinematography
Maxime Alexandre
Runtime
89 min
Country
France, United States of America
Languages
English

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