

I, Madman
Lose Yourself in a Good Book.
A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $151.2K
- Language
- English
- obsession
- murder
- doctor
- book store
- deformed
- christmas horror
- book comes to life
- horror novel
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalRSource: IMDB7 Apr 1989
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1619 Jul 1990
RussiaSU
- Theatrical (limited)Screening of films of the Avoriaz film festival7 May 1990
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I, Madman was released on 7 April 1989.
Audience reviews
2- W6/10
Wuchak
12/25/2022
**_An infatuated Frankenstein-like killer is loose in the City of Angels_** A secondhand book store clerk & aspiring actress (Jenny Wright) becomes aware that what she sees in her imagination while reading books by a weird pulp author is coming to life in the form of a madman who murders people for body parts. Clayton Rohner plays her detective beau and Stephanie Hodge the owner of the book shop. Shot in Novemb…
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
4/9/2025
I'm a bit shocked that this doesn't have a cult following, but it is yet another example why Tubi is my favorite of the streaming services. I can just subsist off of what Tubi has to offer and have most of my entertainment needs met. It's low budget as all get out, but what it lacks in budget it makes up for in atmosphere. You really get sucked into it on that... and a bit on the lack of budget too, the snippets…
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