Directed by william lustig.
Maniac on the floor movie.
The song was used in the 1983 film flashdance and was inspired by the 1980 horror film maniac.
Will he find the perfect woman in a photographer and end his killing spree.
It can cut you like a knife if the gift becomes the fire.
With joe spinell caroline munro abigail clayton kelly piper.
Sembello had originally written the song as a horror theme after watching a slasher film possibly 1980 s.
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So a steel town girl may had replaced a small town girl and she s a maniac on the floor with something else hehehe.
The film maniac was about a serial killer who stalks h read more.
Maniac given an x rating for extreme violence and gore is the story of a new york psycho joe spinell who kills females and scalps them for his mannequin collection at home.
She s a maniac maniac on the floor and she read more.
She s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she never danced before she s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she never danced before.
Maniac appears during an early scene in flashdance and is used as the backing track of a montage sequence showing alex jennifer beals training strenuously in her converted warehouse.
Phil ramone was not only the producer of the track but the music supervisor for 1983 movie flashdance which would launch.
It is obvious that sembello adjusted the lyrics in order to fit with the flashdance s theme hey the movie has to do with dance not with a serial killer.
She s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she s never danced before she s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she s never danced before on the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see it s a hard won place of mystery touch it but can t hold it you work all your life for that moment in time.
About maniac one of the most notable songs made famous by a movie.
Maniac is a song performed by michael sembello.