A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
Acting
Oliver Reed's barely contained menace elevates every scene.
Practical Effects
Crossbow kills hit harder than any CGI could manage.
Director
Richard Compton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as The Terrorists in the UK and Maniac! in some markets, desperately trying to find an audience that wanted Oliver Reed as a crossbow-wielding antihero.
Richard Compton's script awkwardly gestures at Native American grievances while still making Victor the 'other' to fear—peak 70s liberal guilt with conservative teeth.
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