Maniac. 2012.
Frank who owns a mannequin store meets a young artist and helps her with her new up and coming exhibition unaware of Frank's deadly obssession.
The 80s a follow up to the slasher genre and able to get away with a bit more blood and gore on the screen till a activist stepped in. the original gave us a typical mild mannered man Joe Spinelli and Bill Lustig gave us a great serial killer.
Director Franck Khalfoun gave us a remake with Elijah Wood in the lead role, I was hesitant due to the fact that Mr Frodo was in a teen horror Sci-Fi The Faculty but can he pull off being a stalker and serial killer...Yes he bloody can do. Did Elijah and the director watch the original and think "what they did there, we can do better"? The way this is done with the cinematography is brilliant when we hear Frank talk to his victims it can be like P.O.V. then changes to a still cam. It can be uncomfortable to watch but you still can't look away. Robin Coudert (Rob) provides a brilliant score that goes well with the film's tone.
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