iRewind Talk: MANIAC COP {1988}

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Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :

This is one of those slasher type horrors,that nobody has really yet to mention. I've seen all three MANIAC COP but i like this one thee best!.... MANAIC COP tell the story of Matt Cordell a former NYPD officer sent to an Alcatraz-style jail for getting too carried away in dispensing tough justice. Matt Cordell is Attacked and left for dead by some inmates while serving his sentance in prison. Cordell survies the brutal attack,and is somehow smuggled out by the Coroner,and thus the Killing Begins..... MANIAC COP starring Tom Atkins(HALLOWEEN III)as Detective Frank McCrane, and Bruce Campbell(EVIL DEAD I & II)as Jack Forrest, who was framed and arrested for a series of gruesome murders,and believed to be the MANIAC COP that's killing innocent law abiding citizens in New York. Witness claims that the killer was a large white male,wearing a NYPD uniform. Tagline: You Have The Right To Remain Silent.....Forever!

This is a Cult Classic...What ever that means [Confused]

All i know is that Matt Cordell is one SCARY M F!....Anybody else recalls seeing this movie? and if so did you care for it much?

Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :

Guess nobody has seen this movie [Confused]

Posted by Nomisdrol (Member # 2688) on :

I loved this movie the first time I saw it but unfortunately it doesn't stand the test of time too well.

Definitely worth a look if you've never seen it but please, consider it a personal favour to me, avoid the sequels...

Noms [Cool]

Posted by rhodes (Member # 3293) on :

I enjoyed the first one,would agree that the sequels suck..

Posted by Steve (Member # 1933) on :

I also Liked the first one when it first came out and then a few months ago I bought it on DVD and watched it again and it didn't seem as good.

Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :

I think it's time for a remake of this film,i would go and see it,if it was remade.

Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :

I saw it,CT! BRUCE CAMPBELL IS DA MAN!!!!!
the first ones not bad but part two they sorta lost me.

Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :

[Eek!]

I'm Shocked Mamamiasweetpeaches!

I can't believe you seen this movie [Cool]

That's my kind of WOMAN!!!!! I like your taste in movies [Big Grin]

Posted by Canyoudigit. (Member # 2703) on :

quote:
Originally posted by CT:
I think it's time for a remake of this film,i would go and see it,if it was remade.

It's one of Tarantino's all time fav movies so you never know.

I'm with Nom's great first time around but it has aged very badly. Lustigs other movie Maniac on the other hand is still as intense as it ever weas.

Also Vigilante is another great Lustig movie, and for me his best.

Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :

I read a magazine article (See? I know how to read too!) in, I think, ROLLING STONE where Bruce Campbell reviewed movies he had been in. I was surprised I had missed so many so I bought a few of them. MANIAC COP was one of them.

Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :

Hey Canyoudigit is this the movie you were talking about:

I have never seen this one...But i wont too [Big Grin]

Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :

MANIAC was on cable a few months ago and I taped it...but somehow missed the last half hour of it.It was decent I guess.....will have to see the end one of these days.

Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :

Next Times It Comes On Cable Mamamiasweetpeaches,please let me know. I have all the movie channels,so i should be able to catch it.

Posted by Canyoudigit. (Member # 2703) on :

That's the one, you really gotta see the uncut version. Joe Spinell is excellent and Caroline looks rather nice. In fact both these two teamed up for another slasher pic The Last Horror Show and this is also well worth tracking down.

Posted by noikz (Member # 1000) on :

Maniac Cop was great. I remember renting the VHS back in the day. Gteat atmosphere but not to be taken too seriously. picked it up on DVD a while back for a couple of quid. [Smile]

Posted by CT (Member # 2903) on :

I was reading up on.. MANIAC

And the review that i read said that..It was a "grusome gore fest"....and that Scalping was involved? lot's of Blood & Gore [Big Grin]

......I gotta see this movie. Is it that good?

Posted by ValleyCat (Member # 1322) on :

mamamiasweetpeaches I saw an article on Bruce Campbell in Entertainment magazine where he reviewed several of his movies. He said "Maniac Cop", "Evil Dead" & "Army Of Darkness" are the movies he is best known for in his career. They called him the B-Movie King!

I remember him in "Waxwork II", he is actually a pretty good actor.

Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :

Maybe that was the article I read. I know it was right around the time he made the cameo in SPIDERMAN 2.

MANIAC actually be worth renting or buying a cheap used copy cuz now that I think about it.....maybe I saw it on AMC or one of those ones where they edit the **** outta everything.

Its plot is pretty much this guy who goes around scalping women....he like dresses up a mannequin with the hair and stuff. He has bigtime "Mommy issues". It's a real gritty "I need to take a bath after watching it" movie.(But if I see ads on cable that its coming up I'll let you know.)

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