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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

MANIAC 1977 (TUBI)

This is also known as "Assault In Paradise" and "The Ransom"

This was picked up by Roger Corman's New World Pictures for distribution and they tacked on a murder scene at the beginning of the film that has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, but it does get your attention.

An Indian travels around in a small resort town and kills the rich people with a high powered bow and arrow and demanding a 4 million dollar ransom to stop the killing.

This is an odd movie with no point, but that isn't to say that it's not entertaining. The cast alone sold the movie for me. There are some great set pieces and this film seems like typical drive-in fare of the 70's.

Paul Koslo is Victor, the Indian killer, but it is never made clear if he's a real Indian or what. Not that it matters with movies like this, but it was just weird to me.

The cast includes Oliver Reed, Deborah Raffin, John Ireland, Stuart Whitman, Jim Mitchum and Paul Roland.

This little gem is obscure and really needs to be seen more. Check it out if you get a chance and see if this doesn't take you back to a better time when movies didn't have to be perfect to entertain.

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