Maniac

About Maniac

An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.

Maniac (1934) is a horror film directed by Dwain Esper. It runs 51 minutes and was released in September 1934.

Bill Woods appears as Don Maxwell, Horace B. Carpenter as Dr. Meirschultz, Ted Edwards as Buckley, and Phyllis Diller as Mrs. Buckley. Written by Hildegarde Stadie.

Shelv files it under cat, pre-code, exploitation, and mad scientist. American members can watch it on Artiflix, Cineverse Amazon Channel, and Cultpix.

Island of Lost Souls, Dogville, and Blink Twice make useful companions to Maniac, all filed under mad doctor. It scores 4.0 out of 10 from 60 TMDB voters.