Maniac (1934)

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Maniac (1934, USA) is a Surreal film directed by Dwain Esper.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1934
  • B & W
  • Running Time: 51 Min.
  • Production Co: Roadshow Attractions
  • Distribution Co: Roadshow Attractions (1934) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Dwain Esper
  • Written by Hildegrade Stadie, as a loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
  • Starring William Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller
  • Produced by Dwain Esper, Louis Sonney, Hildegarde Stadie
  • Cinematography by William C. Thompson

Plot Summary

  • A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.

Also Known As

  • Sex Maniac

Taglines

  • He menaced women with weird desires!
  • A Subject Seldom Discussed
  • True and Authentic/Nothing Withheld
  • Strange Loves Exposed
  • What Are the Dangers of Desire?
  • What Wrecks Romances?
  • The Truth About Love Fearlessly Told
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