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Maniac Cop (1988)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:3
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A demented policeman -- or somebody dressed just like a cop -- is murdering people throughout New York City. Lt. McCrae has been assigned the job of tracking down the maniac. Then, another officer,... A demented policeman -- or somebody dressed just like a cop -- is murdering people throughout New York City. Lt. McCrae has been assigned the job of tracking down the maniac. Then, another officer, Jack Forrest, gets framed for the killings. He and his girlfriend, vice cop Theresa Mallory, try to clear his name and find the real murderer. Will they catch the fiend or become his next victims? [More]
Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, Sheree North, William Smith
Director: William Lustig
Director: William Lustig
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen
Composer: Jay Chattaway
Reviews for Maniac Cop
Cohen takes the slasher/serial-killer genre and puts a unique spin on it while adding plenty of gallows humor.
Its execution sits perched well above its scummy aim, and the end result is that you feel guilty for wishing for something more perverted.
A sturdy slasher flick that laces its splattery slayings with some anti-establishment undertones.
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