Maniac

Maniac (from Greek μανιακός, maniakos) is a pejorative for an individual who experiences the mood known as mania. In common usage, it is also an insult for someone involved in reckless behavior.

Maniac may also refer to:

Computer

• MANIAC I, an early computer
• MANIAC II, an early computer
• MANIAC III, an early computer

Film

• Maniac (1934 film), an exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper
• Maniac (1963 film), directed by Michael Carreras
• The Ransom (aka Maniac!), 1977 film with Oliver Reed
• Maniac (1980 film), directed by William Lustig and starring Joe Spinell
• Maniac (2011 film), directed by Shia LaBeouf
• Maniac (2012 film), featuring Elijah Wood

Games

• Ideal Maniac, a handheld electronic LED game created by the Ideal Toy Company
• Maniac Mansion, a point and click comedy-horror game by Lucasfilm games

Literature

• Maniac, a 1995 novel by John Peel
• The MANIAC, 2023 novel by Benjamin Labatut
• Maniac Magee, a 1990 novel by Jerry Spinelli

Medicine

• Melanocytic nevus with intraepidermal ascent of cells

Music

• Maniac (producer), grime producer from London
• Stage name of Norwegian musician Sven Erik Kristiansen
• Maniac (band), a band from Los Angeles, California, US

Songs

• "Maniac" (Michael Sembello song), used in the 1983 film Flashdance
• ”Maniac 2000”, a 2000 Irish dance track
• "Maniac" (Girlicious song), a 2010 song
• "Maniac" (Conan Gray song), a 2019 song
• "Maniac" (Stray Kids song), a 2022 song
• "Maniac" (Macklemore song), a 2022 song
• "Maniac", by Viviz from their extended play Versus
• "Maniac", by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from their album Hysterical
• "Maniac", by Jhené Aiko
• "Maniac", by Kid Cudi from his album Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
• "Maniac", by Merrill Nisker from her album Fancypants Hoodlum
• "Maniac", by Caravan Palace from their album Panic
• "Maniac", by Carpenter Brut featuring Yann Ligner

Sports

• Maryland Maniacs, a United States indoor football team
• "Maniac" Mike Davis (1956–2001), American professional wrestler
• "Maniac" Jimmy Deo, a professional wrestler; one half of the tag-team Assault and Battery
• The Maniacs, Ultras group of FK Željezničar Sarajevo
• Shaquille Leonard (born 1995), American football player

Television

• Maniac (Norwegian TV series), a Norwegian television series
• Maniac (miniseries), an American TV series based on the Norwegian series

See also

• Mania (disambiguation)
• Maniacal (disambiguation)
• Manniac, a 2005 film directed by Ingo Trendelbernd
• All pages with titles beginning with Maniac
• All pages with titles containing Maniac