Frank Zito has to do it. Night after night, the young mannequin restorer roams the streets, always on the hunt for new female victims, whom he mercilessly kills. One day he meets the charming photographer Anna, who takes an interest in his work and for whom he develops special feelings. Frank makes a decision: she should be his.
Yes, the slasher has really had little to offer lately apart from a few irrelevant variations and a lot of rehashed stuff. All the more reason to take a look at this horror highlight of last year. With surprisingly explicit outbursts, magnificent images and a consistent narrative perspective, MANIAC knows well how to draw the viewer into its evil spell. Moreover, Khalfoun's horror thriller fascinates with a convincing Elijah Wood, whose boyish appearance is stylised into the epitome of horror.