‘The new physics professor has a disappearing act that’s a real scream.’
The Invisible Maniac is a 1990 comedy horror film about a scientist who escapes from an asylum and teaches horny high-schoolers.
Directed by Adam Rifkin (Director’s Cut; Psycho Cop Returns; Chillerama: segment “Wadzilla”) [as Rif Coogan] from a screenplay co-written with Matt Devlen and Tony Markes.
The movie stars Noel Peters, Stephanie Blake, Scream Queen Melissa Moore and Clement von Franckenstein.
Plot:
A young boy is caught by his mother spying on the young lady across the road as she removes her clothing. She lambasts him on the evils of women.
Twenty years later, the scientist announces his theories of invisibility to a group of colleagues. They mock him and he responds by killing four of them. He escapes from the insane asylum and manages to secure a job teaching summer school physics at a high school. The students tease him relentlessly. Meanwhile, he perfects his serum for invisibility, and he goes on a spree of vengeance…
Reviews:
“Even with limited creative goals, The Invisible Maniac isn’t quite the romp it should be, as Rifkin has a real problem with filler, noticeably sweating to get the movie up to a sellable run time, which results in some serious drag in a feature that wants to be a rip-roaring ride of violence and sexploitation.” Blu-ray.com
” …a lame comedy excuse for a bunch of gratuitous nudity. A crazed scientist escapes from an asylum and gets a job at a high school where he uses his invisibility formula to spy on the girls’ showers and murder anyone who mocks him for being an annoying jerk. Clumsy and unfunny, the only point of note is how well a few of the actors mime being beaten up by their unseen assailant.” Cagey Films
“Poorly done late 80s slasher posing as a teen comedy […] One person is choked to death with a sandwich (!), another strangled with a fire hose, another drowned in a fish tank, another shotgunned, etc. There’s plenty of nudity…” Down Among the “Z” Movies
“It’s definitely watchable. Passable (over)acting, steady pace, lots of naked chicks, respectable body count, one outstanding song, late 80s/early 90s fashions, a completely illogical story that wisely ignores the stuff that makes no sense and just rolls with the action instead.” Happyotter
“Most of the humour is of the sub-Porkys type – with seemingly endless montages of boobs and butts, and people watching them jiggle through conveniently placed air grates. Some of the humour is (presumably) unintentional, with the school’s nympho principal being especially inept at the thespian task at hand. Sadly, director Adam Rifkin can’t help but conform to the early 90s stereotype of the wisecracking killer.” ★★½ Hysteria Lives
“In 80s horror, of course, the killer’s victims are usually suffering a metaphorical punishment for their crimes – drugs, sex and alcohol being the most popular choices. In the world of The Invisible Maniac, that idea of the world providing the killer a slate of deserving victims is utterly absurd.” Reel to Reel
“There are a lot of surprisingly good kills here—Bubba being force-fed a sandwich, Betty getting choked by a fire hose, Vicky’s electrocution by way of radio and shower. Kevin even pulls off a couple of decent Freddy-type lines, which could probably have slipped into a second draft of The Dream Child...” VHShitfest
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