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'''Maniac''' is a 1980 cult horror slasher/splatter directed by [[William Lustig]], most known for famed character actor [[Joe Spinell]] outstanding performance as a psychotic serial killer Frank Zito, incredible special make-up effects by genre cult guru [[Tom Savini]] and neo-noir dark romantic depiction of New York.
{{Infobox Movie|{{PAGENAME}}
[[Image:Maniac_1980.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Maniac (1980)'']]
|name = Maniac
|picture = Maniac_1980.jpg
|caption = ''Theatrical Poster''  
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States
|director = [[William Lustig]]  
|date= 1980 
|language = English
|studio= Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.
|distributor=Analysis Film Releasing Corporation
|character1=Frank Zito
|actor1=[[Joe Spinell]]  
|character2=Anna D'Antoni
|actor2=[[Caroline Munro]]
|character3=Rita
|actor3=[[Abigail Clayton]]
|character4=Disco Boy 
|actor4=[[Tom Savini]]  
|character5=First Cop
|actor5=[[Randy Jurgensen]]
|character6=Second Cop
|actor6=[[Jimmy Aurichio]]
}}


'''The following weapons were used in the movie ''[[Maniac]]'':'''
'''''Maniac''''' is a 1980 American exploitation slasher film directed by [[William Lustig]] and co-written by known character actor [[Joe Spinell]]. It is mostly notable for Spinell's portrayal of a psychotic serial killer Frank Zito as well as incredible special make-up effects by genre guru [[Tom Savini]] and neo-noir dark romantic depiction of New York, all these while not being stripped of social content and sense.


== Unknown double barreled shotgun ==
A sequel, ''Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie'' was partially filmed in 1986 but abandoned and eventually not completed after Spinnel's death in 1989. Another half-abandoned idea was the crossover with ''[[Maniac Cop]]'' franchise (though, [[Maniac Cop 2]] still has a similar character portrayed by [[Leo Rossi]], as well as being dedicated to Spinell who is nicknamed "Maniac" in the end credits). Also in 1989, movie was unofficially remade in Greece as ''The Sigrou Street Strangler''. In 2012, an official remake (produced by Lustig) starring [[Elijah Wood]] as Frank Zito premiered in Cannes, followed by successful theatrical and video releases in 2013.  
Frank Zito ([[Joe Spinell]]) using unknown double barelled shotgun in the most known scene of the movie, where he shoots disco boy ([[Tom Savini]]) and disco girl (Hyla Marrow)with it in their car. Zito uses viloin case to illegaly hide his weapon, when he's in the city.
[[Image:Violin_case1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito's table. Shotgun is on the left, waiting to be put in the viloin case.]]
[[Image:Violin_case2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito putting shotgun in the viloin case]]
[[Image:Violin_case3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun in the viloin case]]
[[Image:Violin_case2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito putting shotgun in the viloin case]]
[[Image:Shotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy ([[Tom Savini]])]]
[[Image:Shotgun2 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy. Note that disco boy is a special effects dummy (though relly good made). The hands is thst of [[Tom Savini]] making him shooting himself in this scene.]]
[[Image:Shotgun3 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito shooting disco boy. Note abscense of big muzzle flash and that barrels moving strange]]
[[Image:Shotgun4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco girl (Hyla Marrow)]]
[[Image:Shotgun5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Close up of shotguns barrell from disco girls point of view.]]
[[Image:Shotgun6.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun among with pistol case and violin case on the table near the end of the movie.]]
[[Image:Table1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun on the table.]]


== Unknown sports or air pistol ==
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Frank Zito using unknown pistol held in special case, while practising shooting in his appartament. He didn't fire this pistol in the movie, but there is a bullet holes in the wall, presumebly by bullets shot from this pistol.
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[[Image:Pistolcase1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with his pistol case.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito taking pistol from the case.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito holding his pistol.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito holding his pistol.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito holding his pistol.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase6.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his pistol at the wall.]]
[[Image:Pistol2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his pistol at the wall.]]
[[Image:Pistol1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito holding his pistol.]]
[[Image:Pistol3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito holding his pistol.]]
[[Image:Pistol4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito holding his pistol.]]


== Colt Detective Special ==
== 12 Gauge Double barreled shotgun ==
[[Image:Colt detective spl 1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt detective special]]
Frank Zito ([[Joe Spinell]]) uses a [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]] in the most famous scene of the movie, where he shoots disco boy (special effect makeup artist [[Tom Savini]]) and disco girl (Hyla Marrow) with it in their car. Zito uses a violin case to illegally hide his weapon, when he's in the city.
Police detectives ([[Randy Jurgensen]] and [[Jimmy Aurichio]]), that arrived in Zito's apartament in the movie's final scene using two [[Colt Detective Special]] revolvers.
[[Image:StevesSBS1960s.jpg|thumb|none|500px|1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.]]  
[[Image:Policeguns1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Randy Jurgensen]] (left) and [[Jimmy Aurichio]] taking out their Colt DS revolvers.]]
[[Image:Violin_case1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito's table. Shotgun is on the left, waiting to be put in the violin case.Also note the stiletto, bayonet, and machete.]]
[[Image:Policeguns2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Randy Jurgensen]] (left) and [[Jimmy Aurichio]] with their Colt DS revolvers.]]
[[Image:Violin_case2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito putting shotgun in the violin case.]]
[[Image:Policeguns3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Randy Jurgensen]] (left) and [[Jimmy Aurichio]] with their Colt DS revolvers.]]
[[Image:Violin_case3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Shotgun in the violin case.]]
[[Image:Policeguns4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Randy Jurgensen]] (left) and [[Jimmy Aurichio]] with their Colt DS revolvers. Jurgensen's clear visible.]]
[[Image:Shotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy ([[Tom Savini]]).]]
[[Image:Policeguns5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Randy Jurgensen]] (left) and [[Jimmy Aurichio]] with their Colt DS revolvers.]]
[[Image:Shotgun2 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy. Note that disco boy is a special effects dummy (though really well made). The hands are those of [[Tom Savini]] making it so he's shooting himself in this scene.]]
[[Image:Policeguns6.jpg|thumb|none|350px|[[Randy Jurgensen]] (left) and [[Jimmy Aurichio]] with their Colt DS revolvers.]]
[[Image:Shotgun3 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito shooting disco boy. Note absence of big muzzle flash and that barrels are moving strangely.]]
[[Image:Shotgun4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito points his shotgun at disco girl (Hyla Marrow).]]
[[Image:Shotgun5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Close up of shotguns barrel from disco girl's point of view.]]
[[Image:Shotgun6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Shotgun among with pistol case and violin case on the table near the end of the movie.]]
[[Image:Table1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Shotgun on the table.]]


== Machete ==
==Benjamin EB22==
[[Image:Machete_screen_used.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete with [[Tom Savini]] autograph on it. Original prop used in "Maniac" and [[Dawn of the dead (1978)]]. Note that it rust because of fake blood. Real blood also terribly effective rust agent.]]
Frank Zito uses thr [[Benjamin EB22]] air pistol (an older version with an attached front sight) held in a special case, while practicing shooting in his apartment. He does fire the gun at a target painted on the wall (a little bit bigger then a .22 pellet should do, though).
One of Frank Zito's weapons in the film is rarely used machete. In the film it's mostly seen on the table until hallucination scene, where it's picked up from the viloin case (same one used to held the shotgun) by one of the maneqins of killed girls with her scalps on it, and then used to cut out Zito's arm.
[[File:BenjaminEB22.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Benjamin EB22 (older version with an unattached front sight) - .22 pellet]]
Intersting fact, that it was the same prop machete, that was used by [[Tom Savini]] in [[Dawn of the dead (1978)]] as motorcycle rider named Blades.
[[File:BenjaminEB22 02.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Benjamin EB22 (newer version with a traditional front sight attached) - .22 pellet]]
[[Image:Machete1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete held by one of the maneqin girls.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito taking the pistol from the case.]]
[[Image:Machete2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito's arm cut by his own machete.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|As you can see, Zito has no trigger discipline. He's a maniac, after all...]]
[[Image:Violin_case3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete visible on the table.]]
[[Image:Pistolcase6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito aims his pistol at the wall and fires.]]
[[Image:Violin_case4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Violin case directly before machete is taken from it. Note strange thing, presumeable shotguns barrell.]]
[[Image:Pistol3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito with his gun (a detailed shot).]]
[[Image:Pistol4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Zito with his gun (additional details).]]
 
==Smith & Wesson Model 10==
Two police detectives ([[Randy Jurgensen]] and [[Jimmy Aurichio]]), that arrive in Zito's apartment in the movie's final scene use [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] snub nose revolvers.
 
[[Image:S&WModel10Snub.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special.  Same frame, but with smaller grips and 2 inch barrel.]]
[[Image:Policeguns1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[Randy Jurgensen]] (left) and [[Jimmy Aurichio]] taking out their Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers.]]
[[Image:Policeguns2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[Image:Policeguns3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[Image:Policeguns4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jurgensen's revolver clearly visible.]]
[[Image:Policeguns5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[Image:Policeguns6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]


== Bayonet ==
Bayonet (you can tell it the loop and the quillon) used by Zito in the scene, where he chases nurse (Kelly Piper)in the subway station and then killing her in station's toilet with this bayonet in the back.
[[Image:Table2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Bayonet on the table.]]
[[Image:Sword1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Bayonet just before it used to kill nurse.]]
[[Image:Sword2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito killing nurse in front of the mirror.]]
[[Image:Sword3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with covered in blood bayonet after killing nurse.]]
[[Image:Sword4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with his bayonet watching himself in the mirror after killing nurse.]]
[[Image:Sword5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito washing his bayonet after killing nurse.]]


Thanks for reading. --[[User:Kloga|Kloga]] 16:35, 31 March 2010 (UTC)


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Maniac
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Theatrical Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by William Lustig
Release Date 1980
Language English
Studio Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.
Distributor Analysis Film Releasing Corporation
Main Cast
Character Actor
Frank Zito Joe Spinell
Anna D'Antoni Caroline Munro
Rita Abigail Clayton
Disco Boy Tom Savini
First Cop Randy Jurgensen
Second Cop Jimmy Aurichio


Maniac is a 1980 American exploitation slasher film directed by William Lustig and co-written by known character actor Joe Spinell. It is mostly notable for Spinell's portrayal of a psychotic serial killer Frank Zito as well as incredible special make-up effects by genre guru Tom Savini and neo-noir dark romantic depiction of New York, all these while not being stripped of social content and sense.

A sequel, Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie was partially filmed in 1986 but abandoned and eventually not completed after Spinnel's death in 1989. Another half-abandoned idea was the crossover with Maniac Cop franchise (though, Maniac Cop 2 still has a similar character portrayed by Leo Rossi, as well as being dedicated to Spinell who is nicknamed "Maniac" in the end credits). Also in 1989, movie was unofficially remade in Greece as The Sigrou Street Strangler. In 2012, an official remake (produced by Lustig) starring Elijah Wood as Frank Zito premiered in Cannes, followed by successful theatrical and video releases in 2013.


The following weapons were used in the film Maniac:


12 Gauge Double barreled shotgun

Frank Zito (Joe Spinell) uses a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun in the most famous scene of the movie, where he shoots disco boy (special effect makeup artist Tom Savini) and disco girl (Hyla Marrow) with it in their car. Zito uses a violin case to illegally hide his weapon, when he's in the city.

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1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 Gauge.
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Zito's table. Shotgun is on the left, waiting to be put in the violin case.Also note the stiletto, bayonet, and machete.
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Zito putting shotgun in the violin case.
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Shotgun in the violin case.
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Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy (Tom Savini).
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Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy. Note that disco boy is a special effects dummy (though really well made). The hands are those of Tom Savini making it so he's shooting himself in this scene.
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Zito shooting disco boy. Note absence of big muzzle flash and that barrels are moving strangely.
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Zito points his shotgun at disco girl (Hyla Marrow).
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Close up of shotguns barrel from disco girl's point of view.
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Shotgun among with pistol case and violin case on the table near the end of the movie.
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Shotgun on the table.

Benjamin EB22

Frank Zito uses thr Benjamin EB22 air pistol (an older version with an attached front sight) held in a special case, while practicing shooting in his apartment. He does fire the gun at a target painted on the wall (a little bit bigger then a .22 pellet should do, though).

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Benjamin EB22 (older version with an unattached front sight) - .22 pellet
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Benjamin EB22 (newer version with a traditional front sight attached) - .22 pellet
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Zito taking the pistol from the case.
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As you can see, Zito has no trigger discipline. He's a maniac, after all...
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Zito aims his pistol at the wall and fires.
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Zito with his gun (a detailed shot).
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Zito with his gun (additional details).

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Two police detectives (Randy Jurgensen and Jimmy Aurichio), that arrive in Zito's apartment in the movie's final scene use Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolvers.

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Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special. Same frame, but with smaller grips and 2 inch barrel.
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Randy Jurgensen (left) and Jimmy Aurichio taking out their Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers.
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Jurgensen's revolver clearly visible.
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