Comments on Cool Ass Cinema: Neon Maniacs (1986) review

In this films case, a remake could only improve an...

2011-10-10T18:19:20.525-07:00

In this films case, a remake could only improve and (hopefully) expand on the far too many cool concepts in the original. Yeah, that's Decapitator. Apparently scenes with him were shot but didn't make it into the finished movie. For one, his hood gets removed and its discovered he has no head.

a remake? Never a big fan of those with all them C...

2011-10-09T04:28:01.858-07:00

a remake? Never a big fan of those with all them CGI and stuff, but yeah, i guess it's worth a try, I mean look at "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" remake, it was awesome!

Decapitator, the fella that looks like a wrait h with giant cleavers for hands, right? Yeah, he looks cool, too bad we never get to see him kill. Him and Ape-man

I'd like to have seen more of Decapitator. To ...

2011-10-05T15:15:15.815-07:00

I'd like to have seen more of Decapitator. To see the cut footage would be cool, too. The movie definitely had a great deal of potential. Well, there's always the hope for a NEON MANIACS remake!

That actually explains a lot of plot holes, and ga...

2011-10-05T05:13:12.103-07:00

That actually explains a lot of plot holes, and gave a lot more details on the monsters, which I admit, are really cool.

I saw this recently and I was hyped with what I'm seeing, though the ending was a bit of a let down, but otherwise a really cool slasher-monster flick.

I wish Biker Punk and Samurai had more screentime since they both had an interesting personas (and let's face it, we don't get a lot of Japanese themed slashers out there except that movie "Bloodbeat".)

What i don't get is why a scavenger dragged Archer away after accidentally (or did he?) hooking him.

Oh well...

Wow, that was an amazing read, Nat. An immense amo...

2009-10-08T14:39:33.178-07:00

Wow, that was an amazing read, Nat. An immense amount of thanks for sharing your post. Despite its flaws, the film is a true 80's artifact and curiosity piece. Its problems behind the scenes seems to have left a lot of bad memories for many involved in the production.

My copy of the Fangoria magazine with the article is pretty ratty. I wasn't even sure I still had it. I'll see if I can scan the article (or at least as much of it as possible) for you.

Again, thanks so much for sharing, Nat.

Brian (V5)

My memories of this production are posted at http:...

2009-10-08T08:13:44.680-07:00

My memories of this production are posted at http://watertowerproject.blogspot.com/2009/10/neon-maniacs-1986.html

I'd love to see a copy of the Fangoria article about the 'making of'

Here, check this link out, Carl... http://cliveba...

2009-06-23T18:26:56.564-07:00

Here, check this link out, Carl...

http://clivebarker.info/morenightbreed.html

Im with you there, given an expanded runtime it co...

2009-06-23T17:55:37.757-07:00

Im with you there, given an expanded runtime it could have accomplished much more, but NO I hadnt heard he finally found the footage, just two years ago at Fango he said it was still long gone and would never be seen again, that is fantastic news!! Very very excited about that. I hope more people get the chance to see Neon Maniacs in the mean time, like it or hate it, Neon Maniacs:Nightbreed::Hobgoblins:Gremlins

Hey, thanks, Carl. That's an enormous complime...

2009-06-22T20:39:58.305-07:00

Hey, thanks, Carl. That's an enormous compliment and I deeply appreciate it. Glad some others are fans of the film. I had to dig out my old and tattered issue of Fangoria to get the extra bits of info for the piece.

What's funny is most of the issues are in order, but the one I needed was stuck in amongst some much later issues so it took some time digging around for it. I didn't even realize the DVD was OOP!

Speaking of NIGHTBREED (saw that one in the theater, too), Clive Barker has found the missing footage and is trying to get the film released. You probably already know all that anyway, but it would be awesome if that film would get a worthy release as it was intended.

Going back to MANIACS, when I rewatched the film recently, I read through the end credits and realized there was even a soundtrack LP!

I do wish we could have seen Decapitator do something aside from looking ominous. In the Fango article it wasn't stated whether or not the scene where he is revealed to have no head was actually shot or not, just that it was there at least in the script.

And the head dribbling scene would have been cool to see as well. I think to do the original script justice, the film would have to be 2 1/2 to 3 hours long, or possibly do the mini series route with it. It was just too ambitious, IMO.

I passed this one up hundreds of times on DVD unti...

2009-06-22T17:15:47.483-07:00

I passed this one up hundreds of times on DVD until it went OOP and I caught it on Youtube. Man do I wish I would have bought the DVD, I loved the film and thought it was an incredible effort for such a small and undermentioned film. It had the potential to be a new Nightbreed, and though it isnt great by any means, the makeup work is pretty impressive and the film was fun. Looking forward to buying.

As for the review, awesome. Pure awesome. I hope someone else finds this and can fully appreciate it, made my day!