Madman, el loco

I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs.

Revisited it recently.

Well, most will agree that this is a rip off of FT13 n The Burning but this one has some moments of lol.

The film is tedious, there is zero nudity inspite of a lousy sex scene in a hot tub.

The moustachioed guy's girlfriend acted terrible n her chase was more lengthier than the final girl.

Some hilarious description bah our killer : face wise he is more like the blind chap from Rituals (1977).

He runs like a kid but walks limping and the best part is the way he hides for his prey. (While waiting for the moustachioed guy's girlfriend).

Watch out for his sharp long nails by which he tears a female's cheek. By the way his dungaree n strength inspired Victor Crowley.

There is a character Richie who stalks the mad serial killer and he disappears from the screen at 28th min and later appears aft 60th min and within that screen disappearance time, many murders happen n he is still alive stalking the killer. He again disappears from the screen and again mayhem ensues n voila, he reappears just before the end credits.

The editing is horrendous as scenes keep cutting abruptly.

This hasn't any originality, but its decently constructed mood of fear and larger-than-life villain makes it one of the best of the many FRIDAY THE 13TH ripoffs of the '80s. A story whispered round a campfire tells of old "Madman Marz", a local farmer who, for no reason at all, went nuts and killed his own family one day. He was caught and done in by a lynch mob but his body disappeared and the locals believe he's still out there somewhere haunting the woods. It is said that if anyone goes near his old empty farmhouse and says his name aloud, the old coot will come out and murder anybody he can get his clawed, wrinkled old hands on. Of course some idiot goes to the property, calls out his name and dares Madman Marz to come kill his fellow campers. Naturally the ornery old reprobate obliges, stomping out of the dark forest growling in rage and armed with various sharp objects to bump off the cast. Madman Marz, a disfigured, overweight old ghoul with a long beard and most of his nose missing, is a frightening creation and the merciless cruelty with which he dispatches innocent bystanders is appropriately shocking. Gaylen Ross of DAWN OF THE DEAD and CREEPSHOW is the main star, billed as Alexis Dubin. Again, there's not much imagination here, but good lighting and professional camerawork keep things watchable and it must be admitted that, in the end, the nice, simple, spooky summertime slasher movie does succeed in being creepy and suspenseful often enough to make it of at least marginal interest. It ain't high art, but it is pretty scary.... and that's what horror movies are supposed to be, right?

This is my kind of movie. This is a perfect slasher, and its hard to find slashers worth watching. It has blood, gore, crunching of bones, all the elements of a slasher. Beautiful. It only lacks some nudity, but I don't care about that. I like the kind of slashers that can give me a rush from the deaths (I know this sounds freaky), but this is one. This movie was ahead of its time in the slasher history.

I remember seeing the commerical on t.v. when I was young, and it scared me. It's a shame movies today can't do the same. Well, I saw it on video, and it was scary, and the madman was scary, but!!! the acting is lousy, Overlook that and we have a scary little forgotten chiller from 1981. The year in which a lot of horror came out.......

The last night of Summer Camp finds a group of badly-dressed pubescent teens and over-sexed counselors deep in the woods telling ghost stories by the fireside. A story is told about a local farmer (Marz) who decided it was rather appropriate to hack his family to pieces while they slept in their beds. After discovering this, the locals hung Marz from a tree-branch and left him for dead. However, his body disappeared and now it is said that when his name is uttered, he appears and randomly hacks around for a while.

From here, a story emerges about a psycho killer, aptly named Madman Marz who likes wielding various sharp, heavy implements - chiefly an axe. You always know when madman's about to hack into someone because you hear the creepy bars of music that closely resembles "dow dow dow...eheheheheheh".

The film is straight from the teen horror text book and features the obligatory hot tub scene (featuring a man with a rather strange belly button and a buxom blonde ripe for a horror film hacking). Despite some inane killing, Marz shows true compassion when saving characters with a bad 70s/80s 'do from additional shame and embarrassment by mashing their head right into a car's engine and jamming the bonnet down on their shaggy mess of hair (that's one shonky sounding starter motor).

While it won't win any awards for originality, you have to admire the simple fun that Madman offers. Whether it be watching the "special" campers get separated and randomly massacred in the woods or the screaming blonde try to hide in a refrigerator, there is no doubt that Madman is a very under-stated horror classic.