MANIAC (PC, Xbox One/Series X, Switch) - Roguelite Crime Action Game

Video Game Description: Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!

Genre: Action, Roguelite

Publisher: Skystone Games

Developer: Transhuman Design

Rating: T for Teen (Violence, Blood and Gore)

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New on Blu-ray: MANIAC (1934) - Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Vol. 17

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Product Description: So perverse that it continues to shock and offend viewers 90 years after its release, Dwain Esper’s Maniac is a deranged retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” in the guise of an educational film on mental illness. This no-budget thriller by self-taught filmmakers has a wildly fragmented style. Its intrusive use of title scrolls, stock footage, and gratuitous nudity make it one of the first true underground films (with a gruesome wink at the eyeball-slicing scene of Un chien andalou). Maniac is presented here in a new 4K restoration, from the original camera negative and other 35mm elements preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and is presented in cooperation with Something Weird and the Sonney Amusement Enterprises Film Collection.

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New on Blu-ray: MANIAC (1980) - 2-Disc Special Edition - New 4K Restoration

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Product Description: [REGION FREE] Frank Zito (a career performance by writer/executive producer Joe Spinell of ROCKY and THE GODFATHER fame) is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME), yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a MANIAC. Directed by William Lustig (MANIAC COP 2, VIGILANTE) and featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY THE 13th), this relentlessly shocking and disturbing film was originally banned or censored all over the world due to its graphic violence. Now Blue Underground is thrilled to present MANIAC in a new 4K Restoration from its recently discovered 16mm original camera negative, overflowing with hours of Extras!

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New on Blu-ray: MANIAC (1980) - 3-Disc Limited Edition

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Product Description: Frank Zito (a career performance by co-writer/co-executive producer Joe Spinell of ROCKY and THE GODFATHER fame) is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro of THE SPY WHO LOVED ME), yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a MANIAC.

Directed by William Lustig (MANIAC COP 2, VIGILANTE) and featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY THE 13th), this relentlessly shocking and disturbing film was originally censored all over the world due to its graphic violence. Now Blue Underground is thrilled to present MANIAC in a brand-new 4K Restoration from its recently discovered 16mm original camera negative, overflowing with hours of new and archival Extras!

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New Soundtracks: MANIAC Netflix Limited Series (Dan Romer)

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Composer:
Dan Romer

Total Time:
75:26

Label:
Paramount Music

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

Release Date
September 21, 2018

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MANIAC (2018) Miniseries Trailers, Clips, Featurette, Images and Poster

"Maniac" is a miniseries created by Patrick Somerville and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, based on the Norwegian series of the same name by Espen PA Lervaag, Håakon Bast Mossige, Kjetil Indregard and Ole Marius Araldsen.

The series stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill as two strangers drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will solve all of their problems, permanently, supposedly without any side effects. As always, however, things do not go as planned. The cast also includes Billy Magnussen, Sonoya Mizuno, Julia Garner, Gabriel Byrne, Jemima Kirke, Hank Azaria and Sally Field.

"Maniac" premiered on September 21, 2018 on Netflix. The series has received mostly positive reviews from critics.

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New Trailers: CAPTIVE STATE, HOMECOMING, PRIVATE LIFE and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• The sci-fi thriller "Captive State" starring John Goodman and Vera Farmiga.
• Amazon's upcoming drama series "Homecoming" starring Julia Roberts.
• Netflix's dramedy "Private Life" starring Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn.
• The submarine thriller "Hunter Killer" starring Gerard Butler.
• Netflix's upcoming series "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina", a dark reimagining of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", starring Kiernan Shipka.
• The Netflix ten-episode limited series "Maniac" directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill.

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New Trailers: ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA, BEL CANTO, MANIAC, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• Showtime's eight-part miniseries "Escape at Dannemora" starring Patricia Arquette, Benicio Del Toro and Paul Dano.
• Paul Weitz's hostage crisis thriller "Bel Canto" starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe, based on Ann Patchett's best-selling novel.
• Cary Joji Fukunaga's trippy ten-episode series "Maniac" starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill.
• Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren.
• The romantic drama "A Boy. A Girl. A Dream." starring Omari Hardwick and Meagan Good.
• Showtime's drama series "Kidding" starring Jim Carrey.
• The Netflix comedy "The After Party".

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New Trailers: MANIAC, SLENDER MAN, BLUE IGUANA, THE GOOD COP and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• The Netflix limited series "Maniac" directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. The miniseries stars Jonah Hill and Emma Stone.
• The horror film "Slender Man" starring Julia Goldani-Telles and Joey King.
• The second season of Netflix's animated series "Castlevania"
• The caper comedy "Blue Iguana" starring Sam Rockwell and Ben Schwartz.
• Netflix's upcoming comedy series "The Good Cop" starring Tony Danza and Josh Groban.
• The second season of Netflix's crime drama series "Ozark" starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.
• The horror reboot "Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich".

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DVD & Blu-Ray: MANIAC (2013) Starring Elijah Wood

MANIAC

Rated: Not Rated | Runtime: 89 min | Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO

Synopsis: Frank (Elijah Wood, The Lord of the Rings) leads a deceptively peaceful life: to the outside world, he s a withdrawn and somewhat eccentric owner of a mannequin store. But his quiet façade masks an inner rage that forces him to brutally kill the women who manage to get too close to him. When a young artist named Anna (Nora Arnezeder, Safe House) appears one day at Franks shop and asks for his help with her new exhibition, Frank develops an obsession with her that threatens to completely destroy his already fragile psyche. Soon the streets become unsafe for any woman after dark as this newly-awakened maniac begins to stalk and kill. A 21st century Jack the Ripper story set in present day Los Angeles, MANIAC is an intimate, visually daring, psychologically complex and profoundly horrific trip into the downward spiraling nightmare of a killer and his victims.

Buy from Amazon.com (Click links to order / pre-order):

• DVD ($9.96) - 1 Disc
• Blu-Ray ($10.96) - 1 Disc
• Amazon Instant Video

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