Maniac Cop – The Archive Conversation

[Pete]

MANIAC is pants, MANIAC COP is great, as is no 2, and VIGILANTE is excellent.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Pete

MANIAC is pants, MANIAC COP is great, as is no 2, and VIGILANTE is excellent.

I can't wait to see the other panel (or panels) for Maniac Cop. Just as long as one of them isn't the one used on the Synapse dvd, which butchered the original (cool) poster by sticking a goofy looking face on Cordell when it was in shadow on the poster. And on that note, I'm watching Maniac Cop 3 at the moment. Someone needs to give us a special edition of Maniac Cop 2.

[mercury]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Yes.

Rick always feels the need to paint semi nude women it seems.

And that's why I like his covers I do agree that for some it doesn't fit with the movies themselves. Inferno for example: I love the art for that, but after seeing the film I would say it is more of a masterpiece, than the cover would indicate.

Anyway, finally Arrow is releasing a film that I have actually seen before

[darthelvis]

Excited about this release but agree with Stephen, lose the woman from the cover = much better cover!!!

[Pete]

I have no problem with the cover, I think it's great.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Same here.

[antmumford]

Me too, looks superb

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[Daemonia]

I like most of Lustig's films - I don't even mind the sub-par Uncle Sam, it's a fun little zombie/slasher movie. Maniac I think is a masterpiece (sorry, Pete), Spinell is superb and it's a harrowing look at the mind and life of a psychopath. Vigilante is a great urban action piece focusing, naturally, on people taking the law into their own hands. You know right from Williamson's speech at the very start that this is a film not to be taken too seriously.

Then there's Maniac Cop, which I've always liked (I like the whole trilogy, actually). I waited years for a decent release on DVD and Synapse finally obliged - and now Arrow are giving us a Blu-ray. Good times.

I'd also echo other people here and say that putting out the entire trilogy would be very welcome.

[bgart13]

Aw, never mind...

[Splatterdragon73]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Anyone else think that artwork would be so much better without the girl?

Personally, i don't mind the saturated sexpot in peril but i'm not too enamoured with the image of Bruce Campbell's face emblazoned on Matt Cordell's torso. This element seems a bit too random and out of place to me. Apart from this i quite like Rick's rain-drenched concept.