Thursday, October 7, 2010

Maniac (1963)


Directed by Michael Carreras
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony)

Kerwin Mathews is an oversexed American who ditches his girlfriend in rural France. He rents a room from a woman and her daughter who run the local bar and restaurant. He hits on both, but only the mother returns his overtures. Her husband is in jail for a gruesome murder involving a welder but he plots an escape. Mathews agrees to help thinking this will give him the woman free and clear. The ending is one mammoth plot twist after another, with every major character undergoing a radical transformation. Instead of shocking it's just plain confusing.

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