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(The Plot)
A group of children and camp workers sit around a campfire telling scary stories into the night. One tells of Madman Marz, a farmer who drank too much and beat his wife. One night Marz hacked his and family to death. So legend has it that it you say his name above a whisper, he'll come after you...

(The Movie)
This is one of the better early 80's slashers that quickly followed Friday the 13th. The movie starts of quite quickly, getting right into the story about Madman Marz, they show some flashbacks of him killing his family with an axe and such. Once the secret of not saying Madman Marz's name out loud was given to everyone else at the campfire, the stupid teenager just couldn't resist in yelling it out and even throwing a bottle through a window into Marz's house.

When the teen notices a gigantic man looking at him from a tree, that's when the fear set in. I'm sure a lot of people who have seen this movie got a little freaked out right away as Marz slowly makes his way down the tree. That is one scene that I will never forget from this movie. It doesn't take too long for Marz to make his first kill as you don't really get to see much of his face until the last half of the movie. Marz looks like a really old man who was never told about a little thing called "haircut" (...).

This is still your normal, average slasher movie that doesn't really do much different from the others, though some of the camera angles used in this movie are sweeter than sugar. If you're a slasher fan, it's a must see but I'd still even recommend it to anyone looking for a scare or perhaps... a laugh?

(The DVD)
This is a really old, low-budget film which can be excused for not having perfect picture and sound quality. Picture can sometimes seem really good though half the time it does get a little hazy in certain scenes and the audio seemed quite dull most of the time. An example of the audio would be like hearing a new movie which had something (i.e. a blanket) covering the speakers, muffling the sound.

The extras are few but more than what anyone should expect from a film like this. You get an audio commentary track which I have only partially listened to though it seemed interesting enough (normally, I only listen to audio commentary on movies that I really love), quite a few TV Spots and the theatrical trailer.

Not good enough, but it's still okay...
I wanted to see this movie for a long time, and finally got the chance when I got it at a garage sale for really cheap. I love early-80's slasher pics., and heared good things about "Madman". My verdict: Eh...The film has good potential and is okay, but I didn't find myself entertained or scared. There is a rather bizzare scene, which had absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the movie, however, which had me ROllING on the FLOOR, which begins with an un-dressing montage of these two lovers. They then proceed to swirl and twirl around a hot-tub, just staring at eachother, not saying a word!, while some very bad 80's love song plays in the backgrond. Another problem may be because the killer, Madman Marz, resembles and grunts like how we imagine Big Foot would. He's not scary at all. On another note, this film could very easily be apart of the "Friday the 13th" series. Madman Marz would just have to be replaced by jason, the "ch-ch-ch" music put in, and the legend of Jason and Mrs. Vorhees from Friday the 13th part 2 be told instead of the one of Marz. I reccomend this film somewhat reluctantly, if you like 80's slashers.

Did Something in that tree Just Move???!!
I first saw Madman years ago when it was first released on VHS. I was probably in me early teens or pre-teens, and I remember it scaring my brother and I witless. About 10 years ago I found a copy for sale in a mom & pop video store in the neighborhood and picked it up. Now here I was in my mid 20's, newly married and decided to put this in one night when my wife was out of town. Damn if Madman still didn't pack a punch that had me holding onto my dachshund for some comfort. Then flash forward 10 years later, here I am in my mid 30's , well past the demo for this kind of flick, and I get the DVD. I watch the DVD, again alone in the dark, and damn if it still doesn't get under my skin and creep me out. What is so goofy here is that I love horror films. I have seen all of the 80's slasher movies scores of times, I enjoy all of the latest and greatest scream-fests Hollywood can pound out, but there is just something about Madman that stands out. I don't know if it's the cheap production, or the bad acting, or the synth soundtrack, but somehow it really strikes a chord that produces genuine fright with me. I see by other reveiws here that I am in the minority with Madman, but I would recommend this movie very highly! This thing has scared me for three decades. Maybe you just need to watch Madman alone in the dark for it's power to work, but whatever it is just make sure that when you do watch it, that someone is in the house you can talk to afterward, or get a dachshund to try and ward off the willies!!