Blue Underground is a MANIAC (review)

Forget FLASHDANCE, Joe Spinell is the MANIAC in William Lustig's 42nd Street gorefest as a mother-obsessed killer of women cutting a slice out of the Big Apple.  Caroline Munro also stars.  Special make-up effects by Tom Savini.


REVIEW LINK: Blue Underground (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

MANIAC Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 and 2.0 Stereo, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, and Spanish (Castilian) Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH, Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Thai
• Audio Commentary by writer/director William Lustig and producer Andrew W. Garroni (Recorded in July 2010)
• Audio Commentary by writer/director William Lustig, editor Lorenzo Marinelli, Joe Spinell's assistant Luke Walter and special make-up effects artist Tom Savini (From 1994 and the Laserdisc release)
• Trailers:
• U.S. "Hard" Trailer
• U.S. "Soft" Trailer
• International Trailer
• French Trailer
• German Teaser
• German Trailer
• Italian Trailer
• 9 TV Spots
• 4 Radio Spots
• Disc Two: 
• Outtakes (with audio commentary by William Lustig)
• "Returning to the Scene of the Crime with Bill Lustig" location revisit
• "Anna and the Killer" interview with actress Caroline Munro
• "The Death Dealer" interview with special make-up effects artist Tom Savini
• "Dark Notes" interview with composer Jay Chattaway
• "Maniac Men" interview with songwriters Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky
• "The Joe Spinell Story" documentary
• "Mr. Robbie" 'Maniac 2' Promo
• Publicity:
• "Paul Wunder" radio interview with William Lustig, Joe Spinell and actress Caroline Munro
• William Lustig on "Movie Madness (18/02/1981)"
• Joe Spinell at Cannes
• Joe Spinell on "The Joe Franklin Show"
• Caroline Munro TV Interview
• Barf Bag Review Policy
• Grindhouse Film Festival 2010 Q&A with William Lustig, Andrew Garroni and Sharon Mitchell
• Stills Gallery
• Controversy:
• Los Angeles:
• Channel 7 News 3/6/81 11:00pm
• Channel 11 News 3/6/81 10:30pm
• NBC Tomorrow Show 3/10/81
• Chicago:
• Channel 2 News 2/3/81 10:00pm (2:13)
• Philadelphia:
• Channel 10 News 3/2/81 11:00pm (0:29)
• Channel 3 News 3/3/81 6:00pm (1:13)
• Channel 3 News 3/3/81 11:00pm (0:51)
• Channel 6 News 3/3/81 5:30pm (0:54)
• "Newsbeat"
• Violent Movies (12:45)
• Movie Violence (8:26)
• "Midnight Blue"
• Al Goldstein rants against violent movies (3:54)
• Al Goldstein mutilates his love doll (2:39)
• "Gallery of Outrage" various newspaper reviews
• Disc Three (CD):
• Soundtrack by Jay Chattaway
• Comes with a booklet by Michael Gingold
• Reversible Cover
• Holographic Slipcover