{"id":2573,"date":"2013-01-31T19:48:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T18:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2013-02-01T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T11:46:04","slug":"maniac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2013\/01\/31\/maniac\/","title":{"rendered":"Maniac"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our ‘Repulsion’ theme this month we look at the repellent anti-hero of William Lustig’s Maniac<\/I> (1980) in anticipation of the release on March 15 of Franck Khalfoun and Alexandre Aja’s revisiting of the story.<\/p>\n

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Comic Strip Review by Andrew Cheverton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
For more information on Andrew Cheverton, please go to angrycandy.co.uk<\/A>.<\/div>\n
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As part of our ‘Repulsion’ theme this month we look at the repellent anti-hero of William Lustig’s Maniac<\/I> (1980).
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