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== Unknown double barreled shotgun == | == Unknown double barreled shotgun == | ||
Frank Zito ([[Joe Spinell]]) using unknown double | Frank Zito ([[Joe Spinell]]) using unknown double barreled shotgun in the most famous scene of the movie, where he shoots disco boy ([[Tom Savini]]) and disco girl (Hyla Marrow)with it in their car. Zito uses a violin case to illegally hide his weapon, when he's in the city. | ||
[[Image:Violin_case1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito's table. Shotgun is on the left, waiting to be put in the | [[Image:Violin_case1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito's table. Shotgun is on the left, waiting to be put in the violin case.]] | ||
[[Image:Violin_case2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito putting shotgun in the | [[Image:Violin_case2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito putting shotgun in the violin case]] | ||
[[Image:Violin_case3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun in the | [[Image:Violin_case3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun in the violin case]] | ||
[[Image:Violin_case2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito putting shotgun in the | [[Image:Violin_case2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito putting shotgun in the violin case]] | ||
[[Image:Shotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy ([[Tom Savini]])]] | [[Image:Shotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy ([[Tom Savini]])]] | ||
[[Image:Shotgun2 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy. Note that disco boy is a special effects dummy (though | [[Image:Shotgun2 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito aims his shotgun at disco boy. Note that disco boy is a special effects dummy (though really good made). The hands are those of [[Tom Savini]] making it so he's shooting himself in this scene.]] | ||
[[Image:Shotgun3 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito shooting disco boy. Note | [[Image:Shotgun3 (maniac).jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito shooting disco boy. Note absence of big muzzle flash and that barrels moving strange]] | ||
[[Image:Shotgun4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito | [[Image:Shotgun4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito points his shotgun at disco girl (Hyla Marrow)]] | ||
[[Image:Shotgun5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Close up of shotguns | [[Image:Shotgun5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Close up of shotguns barrel from disco girls point of view.]] | ||
[[Image:Shotgun6.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun among with pistol case and violin case on the table near the end of the movie.]] | [[Image:Shotgun6.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun among with pistol case and violin case on the table near the end of the movie.]] | ||
[[Image:Table1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun on the table.]] | [[Image:Table1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Shotgun on the table.]] | ||
== Unknown sports or air pistol == | == Unknown sports or air pistol == | ||
Frank Zito using unknown pistol held in special case, while | Frank Zito using unknown pistol held in special case, while practicing shooting in his apartment. He didn't fire this pistol in the movie, but there is a bullet holes in the wall, presumably by bullets shot from this pistol. | ||
[[Image:Pistolcase1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with his pistol case.]] | [[Image:Pistolcase1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with his pistol case.]] | ||
[[Image:Pistolcase2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito taking pistol from the case.]] | [[Image:Pistolcase2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito taking pistol from the case.]] | ||
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== Machete == | == Machete == | ||
[[Image:Machete_screen_used.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete with [[Tom Savini]] autograph on it. Original prop used in "Maniac" and [[Dawn of the | [[Image:Machete_screen_used.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete with [[Tom Savini]] autograph on it. Original prop used in "Maniac" and [[Dawn of the dead (1978)]]. Note that it rust because of fake blood. Real blood also terribly effective rust agent.]] | ||
One of Frank Zito's weapons in the film is rarely used machete. In the film it's mostly seen on the table until hallucination scene, where it's picked up from the | One of Frank Zito's weapons in the film is rarely used machete. In the film it's mostly seen on the table until hallucination scene, where it's picked up from the violin case (same one used to held the shotgun) by one of the mannequins of killed girls with her scalps on it, and then used to cut out Zito's arm. | ||
Interesting fact, that it was the same prop machete, that was used by [[Tom Savini]] in [[Dawn of the Dead (1978)]] as motorcycle rider named Blades. | |||
[[Image:Machete1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete held by one of the | [[Image:Machete1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete held by one of the mannequin girls.]] | ||
[[Image:Machete2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito's arm cut by his own machete.]] | [[Image:Machete2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito's arm cut by his own machete.]] | ||
[[Image:Violin_case3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete visible on the table.]] | [[Image:Violin_case3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Machete visible on the table.]] | ||
[[Image:Violin_case4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Violin case directly before machete is taken from it. Note | [[Image:Violin_case4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Violin case directly before machete is taken from it. Note what is presumably the shotgun's barrel.]] | ||
== Bayonet == | == Bayonet == | ||
Bayonet | Bayonet used by Zito in the scene, where he chases nurse (Kelly Piper)in the subway station and then killing her in station's toilet with this bayonet in her back. | ||
[[Image:Table2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Bayonet on the table.]] | [[Image:Table2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Bayonet on the table.]] | ||
[[Image:Sword1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Bayonet just before it used to kill nurse.]] | [[Image:Sword1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Bayonet just before it used to kill nurse.]] | ||
[[Image:Sword2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito killing nurse in front of the mirror.]] | [[Image:Sword2.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito killing nurse in front of the mirror.]] | ||
[[Image:Sword3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with | [[Image:Sword3.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with bloody bayonet after killing nurse.]] | ||
[[Image:Sword4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with his bayonet watching himself in the mirror after killing nurse.]] | [[Image:Sword4.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito with his bayonet watching himself in the mirror after killing nurse.]] | ||
[[Image:Sword5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito washing his bayonet after killing nurse.]] | [[Image:Sword5.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Zito washing his bayonet after killing nurse.]] | ||
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[[Category:Slashers]] | [[Category:Slashers]] | ||
[[Category:Splatters]] | [[Category:Splatters]] | ||
[[Category:1980 films]] | |||
[[Category:1980 films]] | [[Category:1980 films]] | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 31 March 2010
Maniac is a 1980 cult horror slasher/splatter directed by William Lustig, most known for famed character actor Joe Spinell outstanding performance as a psychotic serial killer Frank Zito, incredible special make-up effects by genre cult guru Tom Savini and neo-noir dark romantic depiction of New York.
The following weapons were used in the movie Maniac:
Unknown double barreled shotgun
Frank Zito (Joe Spinell) using unknown double barreled shotgun in the most famous scene of the movie, where he shoots disco boy (Tom Savini) and disco girl (Hyla Marrow)with it in their car. Zito uses a violin case to illegally hide his weapon, when he's in the city.
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Unknown sports or air pistol
Frank Zito using unknown pistol held in special case, while practicing shooting in his apartment. He didn't fire this pistol in the movie, but there is a bullet holes in the wall, presumably by bullets shot from this pistol.
Colt Detective Special
Police detectives (Randy Jurgensen and Jimmy Aurichio), that arrived in Zito's apartament in the movie's final scene using two Colt Detective Special revolvers.
Machete
One of Frank Zito's weapons in the film is rarely used machete. In the film it's mostly seen on the table until hallucination scene, where it's picked up from the violin case (same one used to held the shotgun) by one of the mannequins of killed girls with her scalps on it, and then used to cut out Zito's arm. Interesting fact, that it was the same prop machete, that was used by Tom Savini in Dawn of the Dead (1978) as motorcycle rider named Blades.
Bayonet
Bayonet used by Zito in the scene, where he chases nurse (Kelly Piper)in the subway station and then killing her in station's toilet with this bayonet in her back.
Thanks for reading. --Kloga 16:35, 31 March 2010 (UTC)