Maniac [1934] (Blu-ray)

So perverse that it continues to shock and offend viewers 90 years after its release, Dwain Esper\u2019s Maniac is a deranged retelling of Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s \u201CThe Black Cat\u201D in the guise of an educational film on mental illness. This no-budget thriller by self-taught filmmakers has a wildly fragmented style. Its intrusive use of title scrolls, stock footage, and gratuitous nudity make it one of the first true underground films (with a gruesome wink at the eyeball-slicing scene of Un chien andalou). Maniac is presented here in a new 4K restoration, from the original camera negative and other 35mm elements preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and is presented in cooperation with Something Weird and the Sonney Amusement Enterprises Film Collection.\n\nREGION ALL\n\nProduct Extras :\n--Four true crime short films by Dwain Esper and Louis Sonney: You Can't Beat the Rap, The Last Hour of Killer Mears, The March of Crime, and The March of Crime (2nd Ed.)\n--Aud)