JFD704: Maniac, Alone in the Dark, Idle Hands
It's Schlocktober, creeps! Everyone's favorite time of year. To get into the spooky spirit, we're taking a look at three killer flicks! Up first, Joe Spinell plays a vicious serial killer to creepy perfection on the streets of grimey early 80's New York City in William Lustig 's Maniac from 1980. Next Jack Palance and Martin Landau play a couple of dangerous lunatics who escape a mental facility run by Donald Pleasence during a power outage in order to stalk one of their psychiatrists and his family in Alone in the Dark from 1982. And finally, Devon Sawa plays a high school stoner whose hand becomes posessed by a demon and is committing murders against his will. But with the help of his undead buddies ( Seth Green and Elden Henson ), his love interest ( Jessica Alba ) and a demon hunter ( Vivica A. Fox ) he may just save the day in Idle Hands from 1999. All this plus You Can See Everything chat, The Devils back in theaters, Halloween viewing, French gran...
