Maniac Cop

Synopsis: Innocent people are being brutally murdered on the streets of New York City by a uniformed police officer. As the death toll rises and City Hall attempts a cover-up, Frank McCrae heads the investigation. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself under arrest as the chief suspect, having been the victim of a set-up by the real killer and a mysterious woman phone-caller. Forrest, his girlfriend Theresa, and McCrae set out to solve the puzzle before the Maniac Cop can strike again.
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Director(s): William Lustig
Production: Trans World Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
1988
85 min
406 Views


Come on, Cassey, another

straight after hours.

You've been on your feet

whole day!

No, thanks Joey.

I've got a day job too.

-Are you sure I can't give you a lift?

-I'd rather face the muggers.

Come on! Gimme your

money! Sweetheart!

I worked whole for these tips,

and I don't leave it.

Officer!

Officer!

Officer!

Officer!

Officer! Thank God its you!

Two puerto rican guys...

just trying to mug me....

I swear to god!

It was a cop with a knife.

It was a cop, a big cop.

I hate the smell

of these places.

Good morning.

So...

Well, We have a C-2...

C-3 fracture dislocation...

The head was unstable and there

was a desolvation injury...

The residual hanging...

...where the head just "popped"

That's not what is interesting.

What's interesting is we

also have a crushed larynx.

The head's just flopping.

You're tryin' to tell

me two kids did this?

I just got a statement from an eyewitness

said he saw the kids attack her.

Can't you cover her face?

Her name's

Cassey Philips

I used to go in her place for a nightcap.

She always have latest jokes,

nice sense of humor.

I always told her she ought to...

... audition for one of those comedy joints.

All the more reason I was thinking

was these bastards put away.

Don't pass out on me Lovejoy.

Take a look at the size...

of those hematomas.

You think I don't want those two

kids could have done that?

Sh*t, you really think that

a cop did this?

Why not? She knew me,

she knew a lot of cops.

What's the use? Let's go.

I think I need some fresh air.

You must've been so

afraid Cassey...

... And you saw a cop.

So we just about closed that club. .

You're not kidding.

Sam, wath the lights!

What's the matter with this thing?

Its quite broken or something.

Relax.

What's the hurry?

Oh, sh*t, its a cop. Ditch that beer.

- Where did he come from?

- I don't know, I don't know.

Alright, what seems to be

the trouble, officer?

Oh no, I think he wants you

to go with him!

What for?

I don't know. You just better

cooperate, alright?

I can't stand any more tickets.

My insurance will go up.

Yeah.

Commissioner. Detective Lt.

Mc Crae is here to see you.

Send him in.

Have a seat, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant, I've been going

over your report.

Seems you automatically assume ,

that it was a police officer,

instead of some ...

lunatic son of a b*tch dressed

up like a cop.

He didn't kill the girl.

He wanted a witness.

Oh, there you are.

Obviously, someone tried

to discredit the police force.

I mean if its my profile

for not to be a cop.

All the same I think, we have to take a

look at around people.

I'd like to have police psychologist give a

rundown on cops who've been under...

mental disturbance,

attempted suicide,

under extreme emotional stress.

Sure, why don't we just test the

whole damn force while you're at it?

Otherwise, We're looking for a

white man well over six feet tall,

wears a police uniform,

doesn't have an alibi.

I don't know where to start to

look, Commissioner!

Listen, I want you to keep this

within the department. Keep it quiet.

As long as we can...

but he will kill again,

he enjoys killing.

You know Lieutenant, You seem to

know a hell of a lot about this guy.

Tell me something, when was the

last time you had a mental test?

Anytime, Commissioner.

As a matter of fact, didn't you try to

shoot yourself a couple of years back?

The gun went off.

The gun went off.

Exactly, ten days after your

partner was killed in the line of duty ...

your gun just happens to ...

discharge all by itself.

You've been even killed in every

sense,

Even now,

You don't smile very much.

Hey! What you!

This is my car!

Help! please help!

Help!

Help me!

Help!

Please! Help me! Please!

This is not funny! Stop it!

Help me!

I'm so suprised

when you called.

I didn't think we will see

each other again.

I see you on the news,

in the end of each night.

Just before I shut off the lights.

How romantic.

Gina, this is'nt about romance.

about murder.

People have to be warned.

Most people, they respect the uniform.

They do anything the cop tells them,

Including take a walk up a dark alley.

Who is he killing?

Pushers? Hustlers?

Innocent people.

Jesus! Maniac cop?

How's that for a tag?

I knew I could count on you

to sensationalizing the best way.

Now you got to make it bigger than AIDS.

Its the only way to city hall

off their ass.

You're ready to go

on the line on this?

Be quoted directly?

I'm ready to hand you an

exclusive on this...

... But I want you break it on the

late news show tonight.

Okay, I'll need a backup on every detail,

names of witnesses, specifics from...

Find everything you

need right there.

Mc Crea, remember ...

I owe you one.

You don't owe me anything.

This report was informed by the source

within the New York Police department...

... of attempts by the Homicide Division...

to suppress facts regarding three recent homicides.

Facts and witnesses to these murders point

unmistakably to a uniformed police officer.

I repeat, a uniformed New York cop

has been seen in the commission...

of these brutal killings occuring on

the streets of the city after dark.

The question this station wants answered,

why has Commissioner Pike

withheld these facts,

and does the Mayor know what

is going on in his city?

How can the public defend themselves

if they're unaware...

...that one of New York's finest may

indeed be a psychopath...

whose intent is to kill them

rather than protect them?

Tomorrow on the morning show,

we will have an interview with...

...Detective Lt. Frank Mc Crae McCrae who

is in charge of the investigation.

was ordered not to speak to the press.

You're not gonna get me!

Anybody who wants to shoot a cop these

days has got a helluva excuse.

Can you believe that?

She thought he was the

f***ing the maniac.

Look. We've received 700 letters

accusing individual police officers.

Look Councillor,

A cop gives you a parking ticket

so what you do naturally...

...you write in a letter accusing

him of being the killer. Right?

Sh*t! Why does that have to happen

4 weeks before of my retirement?

We're all in trouble, Captain.

Tourism's off by 38 percent.

This nut must be quite, he is costing the

taxpayers bringings every day.

Ripley, If you can't handle this, put in

for early retirement and step down.

No way, Councillor.

I want to nail this bastard.

Pretty sharp.

He'll be one step ahead of me.

If I stake out

Tribecca and Soho,

he strikes the east side.

He may be getting information

from inside the department.

That means he is one of us.

I didn't know you were

on duty tonight.

Yeah, With all the flu going around,

they had to put a lot of us on overtime.

Always at night.

It worries me when you

work so much at night.

Worries me too.

You don't talk about it much.

When I come home,

i wanna forget.

But it makes me

feel left out, Jack.

You used to talk to me.

Look, You're the one who

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Larry Cohen

Lawrence G. "Larry" Cohen (born July 15, 1941) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as a B-Movie auteur of horror and science fiction films – often containing a police procedural element – during the 1970s and 1980s. He has since concentrated mainly on screenwriting including the Joel Schumacher thriller Phone Booth (2002), Cellular (2004) and Captivity (2007). In 2006 Cohen returned to the directing chair for Mick Garris' Masters of Horror TV series (2006); he directed the episode "Pick Me Up". more…

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