Maniac Cop back on the beat!

Remember “Maniac Cop”, the schlocky but fun 80s flick about a man in a cop’s uniform (Robert Z’Dar) who starts killing people for no apparent reason?

Whilst it wasn’t a huge hit at theaters, it – and its two sequels – did huge business on VHS.

Surely it’s about time DVD got acquainted with the classic series, yeah?

Director William Lustig tells Fangoria that he’s gotten back the rights to the law-enforcing monster character and plans to introduce him to disc real soon.

“Larry and I have gotten the sequel rights back for [it], and we’re preparing to do a Maniac Cop 4”, he tells the website. “I don’t have any more details other than that; this all happened within the last month, so it’s so fresh… When I get back to Los Angeles, [writer] Larry [Cohen] and I are going to sit down and work on something.”