Maniac

Maniac

Year: 1934

Runtime: 51 mins

Language: English

Director: Dwain Esper

HorrorHorror the undead and monster classicsChilling experiments and classic monster horrorGory gruesome and slasher horrorExtreme gory horror and cannibalism

An ex‑vaudeville actor works as the assistant to a doctor who is obsessed with creating a modern Frankenstein. After murdering the doctor, the actor assumes the dead man's identity and begins menacing women with strange desires, turning the laboratory into a nightmarish hunting ground.

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