Movie

Maniac

1934 · 51 min

A creaky, lurid exploitation oddity that lurches between dull talk and sudden shocks, more amusingly bizarre than frightening.

Tagline: He menaced women with weird desires!
Overview: An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.
How it feels: Dark, campy, absurd and eerie. Measured and fine in the background.
About: Madness, identity, obsession, crime
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
identity
obsession
crime
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong