I
believe anyone who has read my review of Maniac
knows my feelings towards the film. It was and still is a serious,
chilling and psychological slasher film, right in the same vein
of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
But it looks like no horror or exploitation film from the 70's and
80's are safe anymore from the remake virus.
On
November 4th,
2011, it was announced that Elijah Wood of Lord
of the Rings and Sin
City fame is set to play Joe
Spinell's most infamous role as Frank Zito, a man who is constantly
haunted by visions of his own abusive mother, and takes it upon
himself to murder and scalp women as a way of gaining revenge.(read more...)