"Maniac Cop": 1, 2, & 3
Maniac Cop (1988)
A large man in a police uniform is killing people. Lt. McCrae (Tom Atkins) thinks it's a rogue cop. When Officer Jack Forrest's (Bruce Campbell) wife is killed everyone thinks he did it. With the help of his lover, undercover vice cop, (Laurene Landon) he set's out to clear his name.
I kept hoping for a horror angle but this is more of a action adventure detective story.
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
This one starts with a recap of the last movie. Officer Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell) is cleared of the murders but the real maniac cop Matt Cordell (Robert Z'Dar) isn't dead. His first victim this time is Jack Forrest (and Bruce Campbell is gone from the series). The new main characters are detective Sean McKinney (Robert Davi) and police psychologist Susan Riley (Claudia Christian) (Yay Ivanova!). Then the maniac cop teams up with a serial killer Turkell (Leo Rossi), who is killing strippers.
Still more of a action adventure detective story than horror.
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)
This time it is a horror movie and should have been called "Bride of Maniac Cop".
A Vodou Houngan raises Matt Cordell (Robert Z'Dar) from the dead. Detective Sean McKinney (Robert Davi) is trying to clear the name of Officer Katie Sullivan (Gretchen Becker) who is in a coma after a shootout in a drug store. Dr. Susan Fowler (Caitlin Dulany) helps him out when the maniac cop kidnaps Kate to be his undead bride.
A large man in a police uniform is killing people. Lt. McCrae (Tom Atkins) thinks it's a rogue cop. When Officer Jack Forrest's (Bruce Campbell) wife is killed everyone thinks he did it. With the help of his lover, undercover vice cop, (Laurene Landon) he set's out to clear his name.
I kept hoping for a horror angle but this is more of a action adventure detective story.
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
This one starts with a recap of the last movie. Officer Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell) is cleared of the murders but the real maniac cop Matt Cordell (Robert Z'Dar) isn't dead. His first victim this time is Jack Forrest (and Bruce Campbell is gone from the series). The new main characters are detective Sean McKinney (Robert Davi) and police psychologist Susan Riley (Claudia Christian) (Yay Ivanova!). Then the maniac cop teams up with a serial killer Turkell (Leo Rossi), who is killing strippers.
Still more of a action adventure detective story than horror.
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)
This time it is a horror movie and should have been called "Bride of Maniac Cop".
A Vodou Houngan raises Matt Cordell (Robert Z'Dar) from the dead. Detective Sean McKinney (Robert Davi) is trying to clear the name of Officer Katie Sullivan (Gretchen Becker) who is in a coma after a shootout in a drug store. Dr. Susan Fowler (Caitlin Dulany) helps him out when the maniac cop kidnaps Kate to be his undead bride.
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