Details
- Status
- Released
- Release
- May 13, 1988 (38 years ago)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Origins
- Companies
- Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
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Tom AtkinsFrank McCrae
Bruce CampbellJack Forrest
Laurene LandonTheresa Mallory
Richard RoundtreeCommissioner Pike
William SmithCaptain Ripley
Robert Z'DarMatt Cordell
Sheree NorthSally Noland
Nina ArvesenRegina Sheperd
Nick BarbaroCouncilman
Lou BonackiDetective Lovejoy
Barry BrennerCoroner
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External reviews
★★★☆☆ Many Bruce Campbell aficionados will have overlooked William Lustig’s action slasher Maniac Cop (1988). Panned upon release, it took a swan...
Read the Empire Movie review of Maniac Cop. A no-holds-barred assault on hollywood cop sensibilities that could have benefited from more comic...
"Maniac Cop" (MPAA-rated R, citywide) is the kind of movie that begs to have a title theme song--maybe by Michael Sembello ("He will cut you with a knife. . . .
Had writer/producer Larry Cohen directed this low-budget thriller himself, it might have displayed more vitality and wit. As it is, despite abundant action and
Maniac Cop is a disappointing thriller that wastes an oddball premise and offbeat point-of-view. Writer-producer Larry Cohen's gimmicky approach has the nove...