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Maniac

Maniac

He menaced women with weird desires!

19343.90h 51m

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.

Directed by Dwain Esper
Written by Hildegarde Stadie
Produced by Hildegarde Stadie, Louis Sonney, Dwain Esper
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Top Cast

B

Bill Woods

Don Maxwell

Horace B. Carpenter

Horace B. Carpenter

Dr. Meirschultz

T

Ted Edwards

Buckley

P

Phyllis Diller

Mrs. Buckley

T

Theo Ramsey

Alice Maxwell

J

Jenny Dark

Maizie

M

Marvelle Andre

Marvel

C

Celia McCann

Jo

J

John P. Wade

Embalmer

M

Marian Constance Blackton

Neighbor

Themes & Keywords

rapecatexploitationmad scientistmad doctorpre-codepsychotronic

About Maniac

Maniac is a horror film released in 1934 exploring themes of rape, cat, exploitation, mad scientist, mad doctor, pre-code. Directed by Dwain Esper, it stars Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards. 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.

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