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a celebrity being stalked by a madman
as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman
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When Robert De Niro’s veteran firefighter provokes the psychopath during a parole hearing, Sutherland’s confession of desire is chillingly, obscenely joyful — the spectacle of a madman unable to contain his lusty appetite for destruction.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 25 June 2024
With its slow-build suspense, harrowing sound editing, and the indelible sight of a towering madman in a butcher’s apron, a mask of human flesh, and the buzzing power tool of the title, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre becomes a full-body workout of fear and dread.
—Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Starring David Howard Thornton as the film series’ murderous madman Art the Clown, Terrifier 3, per the film’s U.K. distributor Signature Entertainment, had 11 audience members hitting the exits early at the film’s premiere inthe UK last week.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Written by Graham Yost, Speed casts Reeves as Los Angeles police detective Jack Traven who finds himself at the center of a hostage situation when madman Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) rigs a Los Angeles bus with explosives.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 25 June 2024
With its slow-build suspense, harrowing sound editing, and the indelible sight of a towering madman in a butcher’s apron, a mask of human flesh, and the buzzing power tool of the title, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre becomes a full-body workout of fear and dread.
—Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Starring David Howard Thornton as the film series’ murderous madman Art the Clown, Terrifier 3, per the film’s U.K. distributor Signature Entertainment, had 11 audience members hitting the exits early at the film’s premiere inthe UK last week.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Written by Graham Yost, Speed casts Reeves as Los Angeles police detective Jack Traven who finds himself at the center of a hostage situation when madman Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) rigs a Los Angeles bus with explosives.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madman. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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madman
noun
mad·man
ˈmad-ˌman 
-mən
: a man who is or who acts as if mentally unsound
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