tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post2448305103099079553..comments2024-03-27T23:36:43.408-07:00Comments on Apocalypse Later Film Reviews: Maniac (1934)Hal C. F. Astellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807389103456317098noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post-78506187921977152952012-02-02T22:07:14.129-07:002012-02-02T22:07:14.129-07:00Thanks, Carl!
If you enjoyed this review, you sho...Thanks, Carl!<br /><br />If you enjoyed this review, you should enjoy the other Cinematic Hell reviews. I haven't reached the fifty I'm aiming at yet but I'm pretty close and the others should arrive in the next couple of months. Then I can settle down into turning them into book form.<br /><br />HalHal C. F. Astellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807389103456317098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post-44181419283679450842012-02-02T20:12:46.279-07:002012-02-02T20:12:46.279-07:00Just heard about this movie and, wanting to be an ...Just heard about this movie and, wanting to be an educated consumer, looked it up. After reading several reviews, must say yours is the best. Thanks, in fact for time you have put into your site. Now I'm going to have to hunt up many of the others you write about!<br /><br />Carl<br />Somewhere near Buffalo, NYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post-5465036802314871142010-04-14T11:25:09.658-07:002010-04-14T11:25:09.658-07:00Many thanks for your comment, Andreas. The more I ...Many thanks for your comment, Andreas. The more I see Esper the more I think I need to see more Esper.<br /><br />I have a few copies of Maniac in various public domain box sets, but I don't have Narcotic. I'll have to track it down. I'm sure Netflix have it.<br /><br />Of his other films, I've only reviewed <a href="http://www.apocalypselaterfilm.com/2008/05/marihuana-1936-dwain-esper.html" rel="nofollow">Marihuana</a> at present, though Esper gets a namecheck in <a href="http://www.apocalypselaterfilm.com/2010/02/reefer-madness-1936.html" rel="nofollow">Reefer Madness</a> too, not because he made it but because he's the one who took it on the road.<br /><br />HalHal C. F. Astellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807389103456317098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post-24158128375434227702010-04-14T10:51:07.465-07:002010-04-14T10:51:07.465-07:00This is an awesome review of a very awesome movie....This is an awesome review of a very awesome movie. He may have been a no-talent hack, but Esper was definitely a great showman, and I've probably watched <i>Maniac</i> 5-10 times. "Batshit insane" is probably the best way to describe it.<br /><br />I'm not sure how you watched it, but my college recently obtained a double feature of <i>Maniac</i> and <i>Narcotic</i> released by Kino, complete with audio commentary by exploitation film historian Bret Wood.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for reminding me what a fantastically off-the-wall movie <i>Maniac</i> truly is.Andreashttp://mendthiscrack.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com