Frank Zito is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer, yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a Maniac.
“My popularity was my gore stuff. You know I was a combat photographer in Vietnam. So I saw horrible shit. To me if the fake stuff didn’t give me the same feeling I got when I saw the real it wasn’t good enough. I think that’s where my reputation came from. My gore was very realistic.” - Tom Savini
People say that my interest in gore began because I was a combat photographer back in Vietnam. I saw horrible shit, but it wasn’t my interest in gore, it was my interest in makeup. Vietnam was like a lesson in anatomy where I got the gore right. The blood had to be the perfect colour, the next day it turns brown; I learned a lot. That’s where I got my reputation for realism because of what I saw in Vietnam. But I think it was just my interest in makeup that led to me being called the King of Splatter. - Tom Savini
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