Maniac (powerhouse) A Hammer film production

Although not one of Hammer’s best-known films, the lurid Maniac is a tightly paced and intricately plotted thriller, penned by the great Jimmy Sangster, and taking inspiration from both Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques and Hitchcock’s Psycho. A young American (Kerwin Mathews, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) stranded in rural France takes up with local hotel owner Eve (Nadia Gray), and is soon involved in a plot to spring her criminally insane husband from an asylum... INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio White-Hot Terror: Inside ‘Maniac’ (2017, 11 mins): an analysis of the film by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby and cultural historian John J Johnston Hammer’s Women: Nadia Gray (2017, 8 mins): horror-film expert Lindsay Anne Hallam looks at the fascinating life and work of the Romanian stage and screen actor Focus Puller Trevor Wrenn and Clapper Loader Ray Andrew on ‘Maniac’ (2016, 6 mins): original crew members share their memories of working with Hammer Original theatrical trailer Original promotional material: extensive gallery of stills, lobby cards and posters On-set photography: selections from the personal archives of writer Jimmy Sangster and director Michael Carreras New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing