USA, 1933
51m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Dwain Esper.
Plot Summary
A vaudevillian and impressionist helps a mad scientist to reanimate corpses and is driven insane.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Dwain Esper
© [not given on screen]
Hollywood Producers & Distributors presents
Story and Continuity by: Hildegarde Stadie
Assistant Director: J. Stuart Blackton Jr
Photographer: William C. Thompson
Editor: William Austin
Cast
Bill Woods (Maxwell)
Horace Carpenter (Dr Meirschultz)
Ted Edwards (Buckley)
Phyllis Diller (Mrs Buckley)
Theo Ramsey [real name Thea Ramsey] (Alice Maxwell)
Jenny Dark (Maizie)
Marvel Andre [real name: Marvelle Andre] (Marvel)
Celia McCann (Jo)
J.P. Wade (embalmer)
Marian Constance (neighbor)
Alternative Titles
Dwain Esper’s Maniac – alternative title
Maniak – Poland
Seksipeto – Finland
Sex Maniac – Poland, USA (video)
Маньяк – Soviet Union
Links
Extracts included in
100 Years of Horror: Maniacs (1996)
American Grindhouse (2010)
Exploitation Classics (1985)
Horror Business (2007)
It Came from Hollywood (1982)
Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001)
Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989)
Includes extracts from
Häxan (1922)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Maciste all’inferno (1925)
References
Periodicals
- Classic Images no,292 (October 1999) p.C34 – video review (Video views by John Nangle)
Books
- After Dracula: The 1930s Horror Film by Alison Peirse p.105
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.60
- Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography, 1931-1939 by Bryan Senn pp.256-264
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.310
- Poverty Row Studios 1929-1940 by Michael R. Pitts pp.326-328 – credits, note
- Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.404
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.162
