History Film / Madman

* RedRightHand: Marz has a grey, corpse-like skin. He's also missing the tip of his nose, which was [[NoseNabbing bitten off]] in a bar fight.

* PaterFamilicide: Marz was a dick who used to butalize his family. One night he just snapped, and killed them all with his axe while they were sleeping.

* SlashedThroat: The alcoholic Dippy finds out that his bottle of Jack Daniels is empty, so he gets up and goes to a door. When he turns on the light, he finds Marz there, who was hidden by the darkness. Marz then slices open his throat and drags the body away.

The movie opens in ´[[SummerCampy a summer camp]], where a group of people are [[GhostStory sitting around the campfire telling scary stories]]. After one of them has sung a song based on the subject, the camp counselor Max tells the local legend of "Madman" Marz, who killed his family brutally with an axe and was hanged for his deeds by the townsfolk. According to him, Marz lived through the experience and is still wandering in the surrounding forest.

While telling the story, Max says that his name must [[TemptingFate not be said out loud]], because then he will come to get you. One of the kids laughs at the story and starts mockingly yelling Marz' name. Unfortunately for them all, [[SpeakOfTheDevil Marz hears the mocking]], and starts picking them one by one....

The movie opens in a summer camp, where a group of people are [[GhostStory sitting around the campfire telling scary stories]]. After one of them has sung a song based on the subject, the camp counselor Max tells the local legend of "Madman" Marz, who killed his family brutally with an axe and was hanged for his deeds by the townsfolk. According to him, Marz lived through the experience and is still wandering in the surrounding forest.

'''''Madman''''' is a horror movie released in the year 1982, during the golden age of the SlasherMovie.

The movie opens in a summer camp, where a group of people are sitting around the campfire telling scary stories. After one of them has sung a song based on the subject, the camp counselor Max tells the local legend of "Madman" Marz, who killed his family brutally with an axe and was hanged for his deeds by the townsfolk. He lived through the experience and is still wandering in the surrounding forest.

While telling the story of Marz, Max says that his name must [[TemptingFate not be said out loud]], because then he will come to get you. One of the kids laughs at the story and starts mockingly yelling Marz' name. Unfortunately for them all, Marz hears the mocking, and starts picking them one by one...

Not to be confused as a film adaptation of the comic ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'', though there were plans to do one.

!!! "The trope lives/Beware the Madman Marz":

* ActionGirl: Betsy. When she sees Marz prowling the camp grounds, her first reaction is to get the gun and hunt ''him''.
* AnAxeToGrind: Marz's primary weapon.
* CreepyBasement: Marz keeps his past victims there.
%%* DevelopingDoomedCharacters
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Marz is constantly barefooted.
%%* DontGoInTheWoods
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler:Marz kills Stacy and it is hinted that he escaped his burning house]].
* TheEndOrIsIt: Meant as a SequelHook.
* FemmeFatalons: Marz has these.
* FinalGirl: Betsy. [[spoiler: [[AvertedTrope Or not.]] ]]
** [[spoiler: Richie makes it in the end making him the Final Guy.]]
%%* GoodScarsEvilScars
* GoombaStomp: When Stacy's pickup truck won't start and she tries fix it, Marz jumps on the hood, thus decapitating her.
* HolyBacklight: Shown when Marz kills Dave.
%%* HollywoodDarkness
* HopeSpot: While Ellie is chased by Marz, she hides inside a fridge. Marz then let's her believe that he missed her.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Even though the film is set in a summer camp, it's obviously fall, and somebody even mentions that Thanksgiving is coming up soon.
%%* HystericalWoman: Ellie.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in the flashback where Marz gives his whole family the ax, including his son and daughter. Played straight on the camping children.
* {{Leitmotif}}: When Marz is near a distinctive short tune will be heard.
* NoPeripheralVision: While approaching Dave's corpse, Stacy is somehow unable to see that he is missing his head.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The axe that is stuck deep in the tree stump which only Marz can remove fits this trope.
* PaterFamilicide: Marz' origin, though it is not specified why he killed his family.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: If you say Marz' name loud enough, he will come to get you.
* TheUnintelligible: Marz, who is constantly mumbling to himself incomprehensibly.

* FinalGirl: Betsy.

[[caption-width-right:325:''"Madman Marz...He's real!"'']]

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters

* DontGoInTheWoods

* GoodScarsEvilScars

* HollywoodDarkness

* HystericalWoman: Ellie.

* TheUnintelligible: Marz, who is constantly mumbling to himself incomprehensibly.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Marz.

* PaterFamilicide: Marz' origin.

Not to be confused as a film adaptation of the comic ''[=Madman=]'', though there were plans to do one.

!!''Madman'' includes the following:

Not to be confused as a film adaptation of the comic ''Comicbook/{{Madman}}'', though there were plans to do one.

* AxeBeforeEntering
* AnAxeToGrind
* BatterUp

* DangerousWindows

* ImpendingDoomPOV

* TheManTheyCouldntHang
* MyCarHatesMe
* NeckSnap

* OffWithHisHead
* OffscreenTeleportation

* PeekABooCorpse
* TheScourgeOfGod

* StealthHiBye
* TemptingFate
* TrophyRoom

'''''Madman''''' is a horror movie released in the year 1982, during the golden age of SlasherMovies.

->"It all started during a campfire at North Sea Cottages, a special retreat for gifted children..."
->-- Opening credits

* TwentyMinutesWithJerks

* SwordInTheStone: The axe that is stuck deep in the tree stump, which only Marz can remove.

* [=~The Man They Couldn't Hang~=]

* OrIsIt: Meant as a SequelHook.

* [[{{Ptitleksd3bfc6}} Horror Doesn't Settle For Simple Tuesday]]: Even though the film is set in a summer camp, it's obviously fall, and somebody even mentions that Thanksgiving is coming up soon.

Not to be confused with the comic ''MadMan'' or TV series ''MadMen''.

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[[caption-width:325:''"Madman Marz...He's real!"'']]

-->"It all started during a campfire at North Sea Cottages, a special retreat for gifted children..."
-->-- Opening credits

* FridgeLogic: How come nobody has found the bodies of Marz's family when they have been in his house's basement all this time?

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Gaylen Ross (under the name Alexis Dubin) plays Betsy. She also played Francine in the original ''DawnOfTheDead'' and Becky in third segment of ''{{Creepshow}}''.

The movie opens in a summer camp, where a group of people are sitting around the campfire telling scary stories. After one of them has sung a song base on the subject, the camp counselor Max tells the local legend of "Madman" Marz, who killed his family brutally with an axe and was hanged for his deeds by the townsfolk. He lived through the experience and is still wandering in the surrounding forest.

There are rumours for possible continuation, but nothing conclusive hasn't been said yet.

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler:Marz kills Stacy and it is hinted that he survived from his burning house]].

* [=~The Man They Couldn't Hang~=]: Marz.

* {{Narm}}: The cheesy music, especially in the jacuzzi scene.

The film was succesful in the drive-ins and its popularity grew when it was released on VHS. It has its own small devoted fanbase and Paul Ehlers, who played the titular villain, is still making appearances at conventions.

The film was succesful in the drive-ins and it's popularity grew when it was released on VHS. It has it's own small devoted fanbase and Paul Ehlers, who played the titular villain, is still making appearances at conventions.

* OpenSaysMe