• 'Maniac' US Trailer & Poster: Elijah Wood's First Person Trip Into Madness

    Though there have been multiple trailers released for Franck Khalfoun's remake of Maniac, and we've even seen the first few minutes of the movie, this marks the first time the official US release gets some love. On June 21 IFC Midnight will release the film, which stars Elijah Wood as a deranged killer whose point of view…

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  • Watch Frodo Kill In The First Six Minutes Of Franck Khalfoun's 'Maniac' Remake

    Elijah Wood remains best known as sweet, brave Frodo from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, but the actor's never shied away from tackling weirder roles. Just a couple of years after Return of the King hit theaters, he appeared as creepy, murderous Kevin in Sin City. Now, with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey still…

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  • Second Bloody Red-Band 'Maniac' Trailer Goes For Unsettling Intensity

    Yesterday, when writing up Silent Night, I mentioned the new version of Maniac that has been doing festival rounds. In this remake of William Lustig's super-creepy '80s exploitation classic, Elijah Wood plays the title character, a photographer who has some very violent problems with women. This version is set in LA, rather than NYC, but…

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  • 'Maniac' Starring Elijah Wood Picked Up By IFC Midnight

    Briefly: Fans of horror and Elijah Wood have a bit of good news today as IFC Midnight has picked up the North American rights to Maniac, the first-person serial killer film directed by Franck Khalfoun. That means the film, a remake of the 1980 cult classic directed by William Lustig, will likely get a theatrical…

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  • Full Red-Band 'Maniac' Trailer Shows More Of Murderous Elijah Wood

    Here's the full trailer for the remake of Maniac, which stars Elijah Wood as a very damaged guy who is very violently trying to come to terms with his troubled relationship with his mom. We saw a not-quite-synced up trailer a week or so ago, and this is a full version of the same thing,…

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  • 'Maniac' Remake Red-Band Trailer: You've Never Seen Elijah Wood So Creepy

    William Lustig's Maniac, released in 1980, is not a nice movie. It is an exploitation classic; a weird, super-creepy story of a very damaged man (originally played by Joe Spinell) who kills women as a way to articulate rage towards his deceased mother. It is dirty but effective, and A Maniac remake shot recently with…

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  • Elijah Wood To Play A 'Maniac'

    Most people think of Elijah Wood as a sweet and noble character, both because he was the hero of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy but also because he began acting so young. Combining his younger roles with Frodo Baggins seemingly paints a picture of Wood's wheelhouse however, on occasion, he goes the totally opposite…

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  • Cool Stuff: Mondo's Fantastic Fest 2011 Posters

    I type this from the tables right outside the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin Texas as Fantastic Fest 2011 is getting ready to kick off. Of course, it wouldn't be a true to form Alamo event if Mondo didn't get involved and in addition to an Olly Moss American Werewolf in London poster that…

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  • Cool Stuff: New Mondo Posters For 'Vigilante,' 'Maniac' And 'Maniac Cop 2'

    Mondo has been on a roll lately, and today they tossed images of three upcoming poster images out to three different sites. But while the company has been doing a lot of high-profile films of late (Star Wars, Hellboy, etc) these films get back closer to the origins of Mondo. The Alamo Drafthouse is doing…

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