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Author Christian Francis has teamed with director William Lustig for novelizations of each film in the Maniac Cop trilogy

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Maniac Cop 3 (1993) – The Black Sheep

Maniac Cop 3 (WATCH IT HERE – OWN IT HERE) was kind of a mess behind the scenes but still had plenty of heart and included many of the same key ingredients that made the first two so special. Being the...

Posted 5 years ago

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It’s the Booze Talkin’; We can’t wait for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop!

Posted 7 years ago

I love movies. In fact, I tend to appreciate all kinds of genres and styles. And of course, I have a massive soft spot for all things horror. There’s something else that I generally connect to; it’s a filmmaker who doesn’t always take...

The Test of Time: Maniac Cop (1988)

Posted 8 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must see?...

Interview: Rifftrax’s Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy

Posted 9 years ago

Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy have perhaps the best jobs in the world. They get to make fun of movies professionally, first as part of the cultural phenomenon Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for you cool kids),...

Robert Z’Dar sets out to stop Easter Sunday eggsecutions in new trailer

Posted 11 years ago

Described as a "goofy, bloody" throwback to the campy and gory slashers of the 1980s, writer/director Jeremy Todd Morehead's EASTER SUNDAY is set to make its world premiere at the Bright Box Theater in Winchester, Virginia as part of the...

Robert Z’Dar and Linnea Quigley help tell A Blood Story

Posted 11 years ago

Among the several genre greats we've lost so far this year is MANIAC COP star Robert Z'Dar, who passed away in March at age 64. One of Z'Dar's final films was writer/director Joe Hollow's A BLOOD STORY, which has just...

R.I.P. Maniac Cop star Robert Z’Dar has passed away

Posted 11 years ago

We have some sad news to share as it has been reported that MANIAC COP star Robert Z'Dar has passed away at the age of 64. The Pensacola News Journal reports that Z'Dar died Monday night in Pensacola after being...

Face-Off: Maniac Cop Vs. Maniac Cop 2

Posted 12 years ago

Well, it was close, but most actually did agree with the outcome of our last LeatherFace-Off that part 3’s R.A. Mihailoff was slightly better than the remake’s Andrew Bryniarski. This was a fun one and I enjoyed reading everyone’s sharp...

Details for Maniac Cop 2 and Maniac Cop 3 Blu-rays!

Posted 13 years ago

Nicolas Winding Refn recorded a commentary for the MANIAC COP 2 Blu-ray. Just wanted to open with that… Blue Underground has detailed the Blu-ray debuts of William Lustig's MANIAC COP 2 and MANIAC COP 3: BADGE OF SILENCE, both of...

Easter slasher coming in the form of Easter Sunday, starring Robert Z’Dar

Posted 13 years ago

Northgate Pictures is currently in production in Virginia on EASTER SUNDAY, a “gritty throwback to the golden era of slasher films” which is evidently based on an urban legend about an axe-wielding killer who wears a rabbit costume. Never heard...

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