Maniac Cop
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Maniac Cop is a 1988 cult horror-action film about a murderous, seemingly unstoppable police officer terrorizing New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maniac Cop canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9801983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maniac Cop Context triple: [Tom Atkins, notableWork, Maniac Cop]
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A.
Bad Cop
Bad Cop is a central antagonist-turned-ally in *The Lego Movie*, depicted as a conflicted Lego police officer with a split good cop/bad cop personality.
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B.
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a bilingual Canadian action-comedy film that pairs an Ontario and a Quebec police officer who must overcome cultural differences to solve a cross-border crime.
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C.
Cops
Cops is a long-running American reality television series that follows police officers on duty as they respond to real-life incidents and arrests.
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D.
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy as a wisecracking Detroit detective who investigates a murder in the upscale city of Beverly Hills.
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E.
Maniac
Maniac is a dark comedy-drama miniseries that blends psychological sci-fi and surreal storytelling, in which Emma Stone stars as a troubled woman participating in a mysterious pharmaceutical trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maniac Cop Target entity description: Maniac Cop is a 1988 cult horror-action film about a murderous, seemingly unstoppable police officer terrorizing New York City.
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A.
Bad Cop
Bad Cop is a central antagonist-turned-ally in *The Lego Movie*, depicted as a conflicted Lego police officer with a split good cop/bad cop personality.
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B.
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a bilingual Canadian action-comedy film that pairs an Ontario and a Quebec police officer who must overcome cultural differences to solve a cross-border crime.
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C.
Cops
Cops is a long-running American reality television series that follows police officers on duty as they respond to real-life incidents and arrests.
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D.
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy as a wisecracking Detroit detective who investigates a murder in the upscale city of Beverly Hills.
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E.
Maniac
Maniac is a dark comedy-drama miniseries that blends psychological sci-fi and surreal storytelling, in which Emma Stone stars as a troubled woman participating in a mysterious pharmaceutical trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Frank McCrae is a veteran detective investigating the murders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Forrest is a young police officer suspected of the killings NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Cordell is a murderous ex-police officer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | James Lemmo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| cultStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| director | William Lustig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | David Kern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles
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New York City ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Maniac Cop film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Maniac Cop 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
horror film ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Maniac Cop 2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Frank McCrae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Forrest NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Cordell NERFINISHED ⓘ Teresa Mallory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jay Chattaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining slasher horror with action elements
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depiction of a seemingly unstoppable killer police officer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Larry Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988-05-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Campbell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurene Landon NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Roundtree NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Z'Dar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Atkins NERFINISHED ⓘ William Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tagline | You have the right to remain silent... forever ⓘ |
| theme |
police corruption
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urban paranoia ⓘ vigilantism ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1980s ⓘ |
| writer | Larry Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Maniac Cop Description of subject: Maniac Cop is a 1988 cult horror-action film about a murderous, seemingly unstoppable police officer terrorizing New York City.
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