Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
- new york city
- police
- sequel
- serial killer
- slasher
- maniac
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robert Davi
Det. Sean McKinney
Claudia Christian
Susan Riley
Michael Lerner
Edward Doyle
Bruce Campbell
Jack Forrest
- Laurene Landon — Teresa Mallory
- Robert Z'Dar — Matt Cordell
- Clarence Williams III — Blum
- Leo Rossi — Turkell
- Lou Bonacki — Det. Lovejoy
- Paula Trickey — Cheryl
- Charles Napier — Lew Brady
- Santos Morales — Store Clerk
- Robert Earl Jones — Harry
- Andrew Hill Newman — Citizen
- Ángel Salazar — Traffic Officer
- Directed
- William Lustig
- Written
- Larry Cohen
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 268 ratings
- Studio
- Overseas FilmGroup, Medusa Pictures, The Movie House Sales Company, Fadd Enterprises
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1988Maniac Cop
Where it starts.
Maniac Cop 2
1990 · You’re here
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
