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Hammer Films Rarest Film: MANIAC (1963)Caixa de entrada Pesquisar todas as mensagens com o marcador Caixa de entrada Remover o marcador Caixa de entrada desta conversa Michael Flores from The Global Psychotronic Film Society <wreckingcrewdirector@substack.com> Anular subscrição |
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Desativar para mensagens em: inglês  | | | | A sexual psychological thriller with more twists than a roller coaster!Andy Black wrote: "Maniac was written and produced by Jimmy Sangster, with Michael Carreras handling direction, and what an under-rated director he was. Donald Houston is George, an escapee from a French asylum (obviously Les Diaboliques had a big effect on Sangster, who also set Taste of Fear in France) who wants to kill his wife's lover. The wife is Nadia Gray, and the lover is Kerwin Matthews. Houston underplays, and also has a fetish for oxy-acetylene torches, with which he causes much panic. A brief 86 minutes and full of little twists and 'who's-behind-the-door' shocks, it really works. The New York Times, Bosley Crowther wrote "Maniac has one thing and has it in spades—a plot of extraordinary cunning...(It) takes on a twitching suspense that simmers, sizzles and explodes in a neat backflip", though he concluded "Michael Carrera's direction is uneven and the characters are a generally flabby lot...Maniac remains a striking blueprint, with satanic tentacles, for a much better picture." Compositionally, some of the Megascope work by cinematographer Wilkie Cooper is quite nifty. Aside from a great extended dolly movement when Jeff and Eva are riding their horses along a beach, the stark exterior night lighting is highly effectively when it needs to be – especially during a few psychologically terrifying moments involving the empty garage and a lit blowtorch. Furthermore, Carreras is obviously no slouch when it comes to framing his melodrama, even if some of the execution is either sensational (like the close-up of Diamond’s leering eyes during the opening credits) or just flat out dull (such as the extended shots of dialogue when the characters, in an effort to keep the audience completely up-to-speed with what’s about to happen, laboriously spell out chunks of plot logistics). - Mark Fraser HERE IS THE FILM:  If you enjoy the world of psychotronic movies and music, join us on Facebook. That’s psycho as in horror and tronic as in electronic or science fiction. We also cover the realm of pop culture others consider trash. Join the film society on Facebook If you like our spin-off, THE GLOBAL PSYCHOTRONIC FILM SOCIETY subscribe! © 2023 Michael Flores
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