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"They thought they were alone."

Madman Marz, an old folklore legend who murdered his family before escaping into the woods, is inadvertently summoned to a campsite to finish the spree he started decades ago.

Top Cast

  • Gaylen Ross

    Gaylen Ross

    Betsy

  • Tony Nunziata

    Tony Nunziata

    T.P.

  • Harriet Bass

    Harriet Bass

    Stacy

  • Seth Jones

    Seth Jones

    Dave

  • Jan Claire

    Jan Claire

    Ellie

  • Alexander Murphy Jr.

    Alexander Murphy Jr.

    Bill

  • Jimmy Steele

    Jimmy Steele

    Richie

  • Carl Fredericks

    Carl Fredericks

    Max

  • Paul Ehlers

    Paul Ehlers

    Madman Marz

Overview

Madman Marz, an old folklore legend who murdered his family before escaping into the woods, is inadvertently summoned to a campsite to finish the spree he started decades ago.

Rating

5.0 / 10
188 Reviews
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2 Reviews

  • Wuchak
    Wuchak
    4 Aug 4, 2019

    ***Pedestrian Grade B knockoff of “Friday the 13th”*** It’s the end of the season at a youth camp on the remote end of Long Island and a legendary mad backwoodsman appears on the final night to pick off the counselors. Gaylen Ross (as Alexis Dubin) from “Dawn of the Dead” (1978) appears as one of the protagonists. Seeing “Madman” (1981) makes you realize the excellence of “Friday the 13th” (1980). It has the same basic setting and plot with a promising opening that borrows from “The Fog” (1980), not to mention a crazy ax-wielding killer that recalls “The Shining” (1980). But it never rises above a flat experience, although it has some nice nocturnal camp mood. The fact that everything takes place within a few hours on the same night doesn’t help because there are no daytime scenes; and so the story’s just too one-dimensional for a movie that runs almost an hour and a half. Some dull scenes unnecessarily drag on and could’ve been cut in half. Another negatory is that the director/writer has no eye for capturing women on film; and I’m not talking about nudity or sleaze. Still, if you favor the “Friday the 13th” flicks and don’t mind a subpar copy, “Madman” should fill the bill, although that’s about it. At least the titular character’s make-up is well done. He’s sort of like Bigfoot if he were human and liked axes. The movie runs 1 hour, 28 minutes, and was shot entirely at Fish Cove Inn, Southampton, Long Island, New York. GRADE: C/C-

  • JPV852
    JPV852
    5 Feb 28, 2022

    Saw this a while back and gave it a second shot with Vinegar Syndrome's 4K release and... my opinion remains the same. The kills are unspectacular and on the whole was pretty dull, as were the cardboard cutout characters. Not sure the timeline when it was filmed, but seems like a clear Friday the 13th clone. **2.25/5**

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