25 Brilliant Gore-Fest Movies You Need To See Before You Die

12. Maniac

Maniac Film
Analysis Film Releasing Corporation

Horror film killer sure do like to collect mementos for each of their kills, and for Frank Zito, those mementos are scalps. For each woman that he kills in the film, Zito collects their scalp and nails each one to a mannequin because why not.

As his collection grows, Frank becomes increasingly insane, eventually revealing that he kills women due to the neglect and abuse his mother gave him when he was a child. Still, it doesn't really explain the whole scalp thing.

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