Elijah Wood is a Homicidal 'Maniac' in New Horror Preview (Video)

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Elijah Wood, the Lord of the Rings star who reprised his hairy-footed hero character for a cameo in this month's prequel The Hobbit, plays the title character in Franck Khalfoun's remake of the 1980 horror-slasher film Maniac. His forever-young face, often an asset in projecting innocence, is here a sign of a man-child emotionally interrupted, as he stalks down women and removes their scalps in a rampage that begins shortly after the death of his mother.

The first six minutes of the film has been released by Warner Bros., and features a lot of heavy breathing and the pursuit of a woman in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The film also stars America Olivo and Nora Arnezeder.