Lustig's Maniac Movies Night

 Here's William Lustig:



He made a small number of movies, mostly in the 80's, but a lot of them are notable.

After starting with a couple of porn movies Lustig really made a splash with 1980's Maniac. It stars Joe Spinell, last seen at Bad Movie Night in Cruising, and Caroline Munro, who's starring in her fifth BMN movie:


Starcrash
Maniac
Slaughter High
Faceless
Don't Open Till Christmas 

Maniac was also the inspiration for the song of the same name from Flashdance with original beginning lyrics:

He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door

This sounds like a joke but it's not. The remake is in post-production, slated for a 2013 release, and stars Elijah Wood. This sounds like a joke but it's not.

Maniac Cop stars everybody. Tom Atkins,


Escape from New York 
Desperate Lives
Creepshow
Halloween III: Season of the Witch 
Night of the Creeps 
Maniac Cop
Drive Angry

Bruce Campbell, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, George 'Buck' Flower,


Massacre Mafia Style
Escape from New York 
Maniac Cop 
Mac and Me
They Live
Blood Games

and the lady that played Kramer's mom.

Nowadays William Lustig runs Blue Underground, a home video company that has brought us Anguish, Nightmare City, Q - The Winged Serpent, Rats: Night of Terror and Zombie.

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