We're so used to seeing Elijah Wood as the good guy that it's off-putting to see him play someone a little bit nutty, or in the case of Maniac as a cold-blooded killer. Perhaps in a giving mood post-Christmas, we're being treated to the first six minutes of the film, in itself a remake of the 1980s B-movie slasher.
The footage is kind of dull and flat, but the first-person perspective is an interesting approach as it puts us right into the killer's shoes as he stalks his next victim. We don't actually see Wood, but we hear his commentary as he tracks his prey, giving us a glimpse into his warped personality. Directed by Franck Khalfoun, who seems to be employing the same claustrophobic style he brought to his parking garage horror, P2, Maniac is expected to open some time in 2013. Check out the footage plus the plot synopsis below....[Moviebox]
PLOT: Frank Zito (Elijah Wood) is a mentally disturbed man who lives with his mother, Angela (America Olivo), way into his adulthood which turns him into a lonely individual. Soon after his mother's death, Frank begins to go on a killing spree, murdering innocent and young woman and having a deep desire for scalping them. Frank becomes a professional serial killer but begins to have hard times with his work when he meets and befriends another woman named Anna (Nora Arnezeder), an artist who is beginning to open up an art exhibit. As a relationship forms between the two, Frank begins to struggle for what he really wants; another scalp as a trophy or real love.
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