Although Elijah Wood will be appearing as Frodo in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, this new NSFW international trailer for the Maniac remake suggests that the One Ring has done irreparable damage to his psyche.  A contemporary re-imagining of William Lustig’s 1980 slasher flick, Maniac stars Wood as Frank, a shy owner of a mannequin store with a fetish for stalking and scalping young women.  The Franck Khalfoun-directed remake appears to be told from the point of view of Frank as the new trailer clearly shows.

Also starring America Olivo, Liane Balaban and Nora Arnezeder, Maniac is currently touring the festival circuit.  Hit the jump to watch the new trailer.

As if these images from Elijah Wood’s remake of the 1980 slasher flick, Maniac, weren’t disturbing enough, here’s a new trailer to haunt your dreams.  This NSFW first look at the Franck Khalfoun-directed thriller features nudity, gruesome violence and the scalping of not just the dime-store mannequins, but real live women as well.  The original, directed by William Lustig, starred Joe Spinell as Frank, a psychopath with a history of childhood abuse who takes women’s scalps as trophies.  Wood is doing his best to out-creep Spinell in this trailer and I dare say that he has succeeded.  Maniac also stars America Olivo and Nora Arnezeder.  Hit the jump to check out the trailer.