MANIAC - 2013 ****

4sur5 It looks like a fairy tale where the progenitor have deserted and good fairies arrive too late - too late to repair the child rocking quietly in the monstrosity. The duo Aja / Levasseur has already supported the remakes of The Hill , Into the Mirror ( clean and result without interest) , Piranha ( very popular ) , but now it takes to William Lustig Maniac (1980) an important reference films serial killer . This is another member of the team Aja , Franck Khalfoun , which has already made his debut with the mixed second basement , which was responsible for the implementation .
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The result is a total replay with the same premise , a very accurate final scene (but revised again ) and a similar dynamic ( interfering in the mind of the killer ) but Maniac it swaps the wanderings in the city for the development of an impossible romance. As The Hills Have Eyes in 2006 , this is a great movie , worth to himself and standing out there by the hordes of remakes of horror classics he is nevertheless a part . However, The Hills Have Eyes was based on a poor totem as such , Maniac 2013 is worthy of its predecessor (co -producer , Lustig was regularly the scene of the shooting ) , however, the competition between the two would vain , the two versions are very different , each with a strong identity literally captivating , refined and rooted in their time.
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If Maniac is also one of the few great movies about psycho -killer , this is particularly due to the subjective vision throughout (except when the murders - how to keep his place violence ) . Aja and Khalfoun have created a monument of pure terror , modern and discreet vintage fads recalling its source 80s . Incidentally, they had the courage to bring the slasher and horror authentic and immersive first degree , in the landscape of non- Bis. For fans of gore and serious nightmares, it will be a fire - d'artifice .
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No surprise level psychology (the classic disorder induced by the abusive mother and frustrated also outdated and careless here), but a shrewd , browned and inspired use , reinforcing the subjectivity and to the unconscious hegemonic Frank (hallucinations and other romantic symptoms serve this purpose ) .
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The anxiety climate, extremely ambivalent importantly, what Maniac 2013 have truly one of those moments where cinema is allowed to win . Emotional control is massive, cruel also , we share the view of the killer and have compassion for Frank , we know the distress at the same time , we are completely insecure by his fault , and emphasis with his victims, thus sharing the doubling condition hostages at the forefront of the tragedy.
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These strange feelings are reinforced by radical staging choices : First, we see Frank as the reflections that he sees (and are often surprised to find such a fragile silhouette, almost childlike ) . Then all women exposing themselves to him , to give or to mock , approaching a wild finish. Finally, the soundtrack completes the immersion work with the spellbinding score Rob plus a twinkling in Silence of the Lambs .
Overall Rating 82

* Setting radical scene , refined and subjective camera

* Film proactive kind , elegant, powerful and resources (material , too)

* A Maniac -2013 and not a simple remake

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