Madman (1981)
Madman (1981)
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Where to Watch.
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Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Gaylen Ross
Betsy
Tony Fish
T.P.
Harriet Bass
Stacy
Seth Jones
Dave
Jan Claire
Ellie
Alexander Murphy Jr.
Bill
Alex Murphy
Bill
Jimmy Steele
Richie
Carl Fredericks
Max
Frederick Neumann
Max
Paul Ehlers
Madman Marz
Tom Veilleux
Tommy
Stephen Clark
Jimmy
Vicki Kenneally
Mary Ellen
Shelley Mathes
Shirley
Lori Mathes
Jeanie
Jane Pappidas
Marz's Wife
Travis Sawyer
Marz's Son
Deidre Higgins
Marz's Daughter
Joe Giannone
Director / Story / Screenplay
Gary Sales
Producer / Story
Will Scheck
Art Direction
Paulette Aller
Costume Design
Sam Marion
Executive Producer
James Lemmo
Director of Photography
Daniel Loewenthal
Editor
Stephen Horelick
Original Music Composer
Bruce Sager
Assistant Unit Manager
Christopher Catt
Stunt Coordinator
Johanne Hansen
Makeup Artist
Kevin Dowd
Unit Manager
Martha Mitchell
Second Assistant Director
Mark Silverman
Production Manager
Arthur Goldweit
Stunt Coordinator
Edgard Mourino
Stunt Coordinator
Mark Slater
Assistant Director
Michael Sullivan
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Madman is a 1981 American slasher film written and directed by Joe Giannone and starring Gaylen Ross and Paul Ehlers. The plot focuses on an axe-wielding murderer named Madman Marz who, after accidentally being summoned by a group of campers during a campfire tale, begins to stalk and murder the young adults.
Originally based on the upstate New York urban legend of the Cropsey maniac, the film was conceived by Giannone and producer Gary Sales, both first-time feature filmmakers who had met in college. Their initial premise and main antagonist was changed last-minute due to conflicts with The Burning (1981), which featured the Cropsey villain and was in production at the same time.
Madman was given a regional platform release by Jensen Farley Pictures, opening in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 30, 1981, and screening throughout the United States over the following two years. It received largely unfavorable reviews from critics, though it became a sleeper hit in the drive-in theater circuit in the United States. Though not prosecuted for obscenity nor officially listed as a video nasty, the film was seized by police forces in Hampshire, England during the video nasty panic.
In the years since its release, Madman has achieved a cult following. In 2017, it was named one of the greatest slasher films of all time by Complex magazine.