Maniac

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Maniac

2013

1h 29m

Horror

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A serial killer (Elijah Wood) removes his victims' scalps and attaches them to the vintage mannequins he restores in his late mother's shop.

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Shocking and bloody. Maniac is smarter than your average psychological slasher, but it's often undermined by its excessive gore.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Sep 1, 2017

3/5

One for hard-core gore-hounds.

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Jeff Shannon

Seattle Times

Jul 11, 2013

2/4

Frodo Baggins as a psycho-killer? Why not?

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Scott Tobias

The Dissolve

Jul 11, 2013

2.5/5

Beyond the killings, there isn't much mystery to Wood's Frank. He has Norman Bates Syndrome. The end.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 22, 2023

4/5

Impressively stylish in all aspects and brutal in ways the original couldn't pull off. Effectively reimagines the core concept while also injecting it with fresh perspectives that feel organic as opposed to artbitrary.

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Howard Gorman

NME (New Musical Express)

Jun 10, 2021

With its unique style, a career-redefining turn from Elijah Wood and insane levels of violence, this is not only one of the better remakes of recent years, but also one of the best horror films of the decade.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 27, 2019

[Franck] Khalfoun's Maniac is about as human as one can get. A heart-pounding, heart-stopping cinematic experience.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Keith B

@Okbullard Mar 16, 2026

It was pretty good but the ending was so dorky so I had to delete one star. I never saw the original Maniac film but I'm not a huge slasher film fan anyway. I must say Elijah Wood had creepy eyes as a kid and they got creepier as an adult. He's an okay actor though. Nora Arnezeder as Anna was very good in this film.

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Arturs L

@RT15290379 Mar 7, 2025

Great gore and interesting perspective in this psycho slasher horror!

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Craig H

@DownWeGo Feb 15, 2025

Elijah Wood does a great job here playing the super psychotic killer with major mummy issues. The vibes are creepy, the music is great and the kills are gory. An underrated little horror gem

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d m

@RT02542716 Sep 12, 2024

#NotRecommended 4/10

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Jun 13, 2024

Elijah is a hurt little boy turned slasher that puts scalps on his restored mannequins. An attempt is made to give some understanding for the poor guy, but it's mostly just deranged killing.

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Synopsis

A serial killer (Elijah Wood) removes his victims' scalps and attaches them to the vintage mannequins he restores in his late mother's shop.

Director: Franck Khalfoun
Producer: Thomas Langmann, Alexandre Aja, William Lustig
Screenwriter: Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: La Petite Reine
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.8K
Runtime: 1h 29m

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