Highest-Rated Movies about 'Maniac'

The Strangler (1964), Maniac (1980), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Maniac (2012), House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The First Deadly Sin (1980), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Hatchet (2006) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Maniac movies.

#1. The Strangler (1964)

Storyline: Leo Kroll, a lab technician in a large unnamed city, is responsible for the strangulation murders of several young nurses. He feels that in some twisted way, that he is getting back at his overbearing shrew of a mother. Leo also kills the nurse who is taking care of his mother in the rest home she is staying at. As a result, Mrs. Kroll dies from a heart attack. He also kills an arcade worker whom he feels can identify him.—Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>

Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, horror, serial killer, psychological thriller, film noir, murder ...

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#2. Maniac (1980)

Storyline: Frank Zito misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but Frank still misses her. He tries to keep her from leaving him, and reform her evil ways, by killing young women and putting their scalps on mannequins which he displays around his apartment. Photographer Anna D'Antoni takes a picture of him in the park, and he pursues and befriends her. Is she the one he has been looking for or just another mother wannabe?

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, psychological, serial killer, new york, slasher, gory ...

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#3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Storyline: Driving through the backwoods of Texas, five youths pick up a traumatized hitchhiker, who shoots herself in their van. Shaken by the suicide, the group seeks help from the locals, but their situation becomes even more surreal when they knock on the door of a remote homestead. It's quickly apparent the residents are a family of inbred psychopaths, and the unlucky youths suddenly find themselves running for their lives. In hot pursuit is a disfigured, chainsaw-wielding cannibal known as Leatherface.

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, gore, violence, serial killer, texas, dismemberment ...

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#4. Maniac (2012)

Storyline: Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. As their friendship develops and Frank's obsession escalates, it becomes clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed compulsion to stalk and kill.

Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, horror, remake, serial killer, mental asylum, violence, gore ...

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#5. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Storyline: On the eve of Halloween, on October 1977, four friends--Bill, Jerry, Mary, and Denise--embark on an exciting cross-country road trip to write a guidebook about offbeat roadside attractions in America's less-travelled roads. Before long, the young explorers chance upon Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen, only to become infatuated with the local legend of a deranged serial-killer doctor, and cross paths with the mysterious hitchhiker, Baby. However, when the unsuspecting group meets Baby's eccentric family after having a flat tyre, an endless night of terror, torture, and murder ensues. Has anyone ever got out alive from the House of Thousand Corpses?

Plot Keywords: horror, gore, violence, disturbing, psychological thriller, slasher, dark ...

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#6. The First Deadly Sin (1980)

Storyline: A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?—Michael C. Berch <mcb@postmodern.com>

Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, detective, murder, police, psychological ...

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#7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Storyline: It's October 30, 1988 and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago, was finally stopped (events of H1 and H2). However when he is transfered from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith's Grove he awakes when he hears that he has a niece in Haddonfield and after killing the transfer crew he escapes. In Haddonfield, the niece, Jamie, has been adopted by the Carruthers family but keeps having nightmares about Michael (but she doesn't know who he is). On Halloween night, Jamie goes out trick and treating, little knowing that her murdering Uncle is following her and her step-sister Rachel. Rushing to her aid is Dr. Loomis and with the help of Sheriff Meeker starts to search the town for Michael and to find Jamie to protect her. But can anything stop Michael this time?

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, slasher, halloween, serial killer, masked killer, gory ...

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#8. Hatchet (2006)

Storyline: A motley crew of tourists embark on a boat ride of the haunted Louisiana bayous where they learn the terrifying tale of local legend "Victor Crowley," a horribly disfigured man who was accidentally killed with a hatchet by the hands of his own father. But when the boat sinks and the ghost story turns out to be real, the group tries desperately to escape the swamp with their lives . . . and all of their pieces.

Plot Keywords: horror, gory, slasher, revenge, urban legend, serial killer, survival ...

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#9. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Storyline: After Jason Vorhees was chained to the Bottom of Camp Crystal Lake by Tommy Jarvis. A Young Telekinetic Girl known as Tina Shepherd accidentally killed her Father with her Powers at Crystal Lake. Years Later, Tina and Her Mother return to Camp Crystal Lake, Where Tina's Doctor trys to manipulate her powers for his own evil plans. Tina then trys to ressurect Her Father but Accidentally Awakens Jason Instead. It's now up to Tina to use her Powers to Stop Jason and Her Evil Doctor.

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, slasher, gory, supernatural, serial killer, 1980s ...

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#10. Child's Play 3 (1991)

Storyline: It's been eight years since the events in the second film, we now see that Andy is a teenager who has been enrolled in a military school. Play Pals Toy Company decides to re-release its Good Guys line, feeling that after all this time, the bad publicity has died down. As they re-used old materials, the spirit of Charles Lee Ray once again comes to life. In his search for Andy, Chucky falls into the hands of a younger boy, and he realizes that it may be easier to transfer his soul into this unsuspecting child. Andy is the only one who knows what Chucky is up to, and it's now up to him to put a stop to it.

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, killer doll, supernatural, serial killer, revenge, evil spirit ...

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#11. Badge of Silence: Maniac Cop 3 (1992)

Storyline: Cop Katie Sullivan (Gretchen Becker) shoots two crooks who are robbing a store, and though she's also wounded in the process, reporters cast her as a trigger-happy rogue. Devious police department bosses, hoping to get rid of a public relations problem, plan to kill Sullivan. But Matt Cordell (Robert Z'Dar), a dead cop who's just been resurrected, takes a liking to Sullivan and is determined to mow down her enemies before a police detective, Sean McKinney (Robert Davi), can stop him.

Plot Keywords: action, crime, horror, thriller, police, serial killer, supernatural ...

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