William Lustig

Date of Birth

1955-02-01

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Maniac Cop, Vigilante, Maniac, Darkman, Cameron’s Closet

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The What Happened to This Horror Movie series looks back at the 1988 St. Patrick's Day slasher Maniac Cop, starring Bruce Campbell

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Maniac Cop (1988) – What Happened to This Horror Movie?

Posted 1 year ago

The What Happened to This Horror Movie series looks back at the 1988 St. Patrick's Day slasher Maniac Cop, starring Bruce Campbell

Chris Alexander is launching his book Art! Trash! Terror! this weekend with a signing event and screenings of 5 films

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Chris Alexander launches book Art! Trash! Terror!: Adventures in Strange Cinema this weekend

Posted 1 year ago

Chris Alexander is launching his book Art! Trash! Terror! this weekend with a signing event and screenings of 5 films

After spending more than a decade in development hell, the Maniac Cop remake from producer Nicolas Winding Refn might be filming soon

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Bruce Campbell reflects on Maniac Cop and his death in the sequel

Posted 2 years ago

Bruce Campbell doesn't seem to have fond memories of Maniac Cop and reveals why he was killed off in Maniac Cop 2

The new episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie looks at Maniac Cop 3, a flawed follow-up to two awesome movies.

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Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Posted 4 years ago

Cody In 1988, director William Lustig and screenwriter Larry Cohen joined forces to bring us the awesome slasher movie Maniac Cop. They made a follow-up two years later, and Maniac Cop 2 is one of the rare horror sequels that’s...

Blue Underground is bringing the 1996 slasher Uncle Sam, directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen, to 4K UHD this June.

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Uncle Sam: 4K UHD release of William Lustig, Larry Cohen slasher coming in time for the Fourth of July

Posted 4 years ago

After collaborating on the three Maniac Cop movies – and after they both bailed on Maniac Cop 3 before it was finished – director William Lustig and screenwriter Larry Cohen teamed up again on the 1996 slasher Uncle Sam. Now...

The Last Drive-In: Bruce Campbell joins Joe Bob Briggs this Friday

Posted 5 years ago

Joe Bob Briggs has scored yet another awesome guest for his Shudder series The Last Drive-In. In fact, this Friday, May 21st, he will be welcoming two awesome guests onto the show. They are the iconic Bruce Campbell and filmmaker...

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...

HBO picks up Maniac Cop series from Nicolas Winding Refn

Posted 7 years ago

After delivering his series TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG this year, filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (DRIVE) is jumping back into another series, this time a reimagining of the 1988 cult classic movie, MANIAC COP. The series has been given the...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Uncle Sam (1996)

Posted 7 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

Maniac Cop remake will be completely different tonally

Posted 8 years ago

If you're convinced that the remake of William Lustig's 1988 film MANIAC COP is never going to happen, that's totally understandable. There hasn't been a lot of obvious progress made on the project since it was first announced two years...

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