Maniac Cop
United States
1988
91 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Innocent people are being brutally murdered on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. As the death toll rises and City Hall attempts a cover-up, Frank McCrae heads the investigation. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself under arrest as the chief suspect, having been the victim of a set-up by the real killer and a mysterious woman phone-caller. Forrest, his girlfriend Theresa, and McCrae set out to solve the puzzle before the Maniac Cop can strike again. —IMDb
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William Lustig
William Lustig (born February 1, 1955 in in The Bronx, New York), also known as Bill Lustig, is an American film director and producer who has worked primarily in the horror film genre.
As a film director, Lustig is best known for his films Maniac, Vigilante, Uncle Sam, and the Maniac Cop series. Lustig has also worked as an actor playing small roles in his own films as well as in films by Sam Raimi, most notably as a fake shemp in Army of Darkness and a dockworker in Darkman. As of 2009, Lustig is the CEO of Blue Underground; an entertainment company specializing in the release of obscure films and exploitation films on DVD. —wikipedia
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MANIAC COP Blu-ray Review (UK)
By Twitchfilm.com on December 31, 2011
The eighties were a magnificent time to be a sleaze merchant in the movie business, and among the finest of the breed was William Lustig. Lustig, who had made a name for himself directing the brutally
MANIAC COP Blu, SOUTH OF HEAVEN DVD Coming Soon From Synpase Films!
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
It is a great time to be a cult film fan! A few weeks back we reported on the upcoming Arrow Video Blu-ray release of William Lustig’s Maniac Cop, well now we in the US have our own to look……
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By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
The sleaze-merchants at Arrow Video are at it again with a new round of announcements for some of the finest filth on Blu-ray and DVD this fall. We’d previously mentioned Arrow Video’s Maniac Cop Blu
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