Maniac Cop 2

Maniac Cop 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Lustig
Written byLarry Cohen
Produced byLarry Cohen
Starring
CinematographyJames Lemmo
Edited byDavid Kern
Music byJay Chattaway
Production
companies
  • Fadd Enterprises
  • Medusa Pictures
  • The Movie House Sales Company
  • Overseas FilmGroup
Distributed byLive Entertainment/Lionsgate
Release date
  • December 13, 1990 (1990-12-13)
Running time
88 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish

Maniac Cop 2 is a 1990 American slasher film directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen. It is the second installment in the Maniac Cop film series. It stars Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, and Bruce Campbell, with Robert Z'Dar returning as Matthew Cordell, an undead police officer-turned-serial killer following his own murder.

Maniac Cop 2 was released direct-to-video in 1990, and received mixed-to-positive reviews, with many considering it as an improvement over its predecessor. It was followed by Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1993).

  1. ^ "MANIAC COP 2 (18)". British Board of Film Classification. August 22, 1990. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "Maniac Cop 2 (1990)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.