Maniac Cop (1988)

Directed by

William Lustig

Genre

action film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film, zombie film, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 537 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A murdered police officer comes back from the dead to kill the people who wronged him. A detective and a jailed man try to stop his rampage through New York.

tensegrimyfast-pacedviolentparanoidexploitativegoryrevenge-driven

What happens

Maniac Cop is a 1988 American slasher film directed by William Lustig, written and produced by Larry Cohen, and starring Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, and Sheree North. Z'Dar plays the title character, a murderous former police officer returned from the dead, and seeks revenge on the people who wronged him. The film is the first installment in the Maniac Cop film series. Maniac Cop was released on May 13, 1988 and grossed $671,382 worldwide on a budget of $1.1 million. The film was followed by two sequels, Maniac Cop 2 (1990) and Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1992). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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