The goal of Modernizing Maniac is to make this a feature film that modern audiences can enjoy. I want the audience to pay attention to the work but I also want them to be able to see and hear the movie with the best possible production value. I believe that aligning the movie with the Edgar Allen Poe “The Black Cat” short story is the first step for achieving this goal. The second step will be an audio remix for quality sound and a modern music sound track. Modernizing Maniac is a remake of the 1934 film “Maniac”, which we will call Maniac 1934. The original feature film Maniac was a 1934 exploitation / horror film. The feature film was a loose adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe story “The Black Cat”, and also contained references to Poe’s
