FilmRPsychological Supernatural Splatter & Gore

I, Madman1989

Name: I, Madman
Genre: Psychological, Supernatural, Splatter & Gore, Monster & Creature
Released: 1989-04-07
Rating: 6.1

“Lose Yourself in a Good Book.”

Directed by Tibor Takács

6.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 5.9Rotten Tomatoes 71%TMDB 5.9

✍ Review

On the charts

#12·Top Horror Movies of 1989

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Year

1989

Runtime

89 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$151,203

Domestic

$151,203

🏆 1 win & 1 nomination

The premise

A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.

Horror Vault's take

Virginia, a bookshop clerk with a passion for lurid 1950s pulp fiction, becomes convinced that the monstrous villain from her favorite novel has crossed over into the real world — and he's hunting people she knows. As the body count rises, the line between her vivid imagination and genuine terror becomes terrifyingly thin. This late-80s cult gem blends literary obsession with old-school creature horror, delivering a uniquely stylized nightmare that feels ripped from a dog-eared paperback.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Disturbing Creature Imagery, Murder Sequences