---
title: 'Maniac (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dwain Esper'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 51
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/maniac-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025465/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Maniac (1934)

1934 · 51 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

Maniac is a 1934 American independent black-and-white exploitation horror film directed by Dwain Esper and written by Hildagarde Stadie, Esper's wife, as a loose adaptation of the 1843 Edgar Allan Poe story "The Black Cat", with references to his "Murders in the Rue Morgue". Esper and Stadie also made the 1936 exploitation film Marihuana.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dwain Esper](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwain-esper)
- **Director of Photography:** [William C. Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-c-thompson)

## Cast

- [Horace B. Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-b-carpenter)
- [Ted Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-edwards)

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