Frankie, Maniac Woman

Name: Frankie, Maniac Woman
Duration: 1 h 35 min

1hr 35m

3.1/5 (630)

1hr 35m
3.1/5 (630)

An aspiring LA singer-songwriter confronts childhood trauma, internalized misogyny, and industry fat-shaming until she violently breaks. More Details »

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Release Date:

Apr 24, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 35m

Synopsis

An aspiring LA singer-songwriter confronts childhood trauma, internalized misogyny, and industry fat-shaming until she violently breaks.

Moviegoers are saying

This darkly comedic slasher follows Frankie, a woman driven to murderous revenge by body dysmorphia and society's beauty standards, with audiences praising Dina Silva's fearless lead performance and the film's surprisingly effective blend of gore, social commentary, and Texas Chain Saw Massacre-inspired horror. While some critics found the tonal shifts jarring, most were captivated by its uncompromising take on fatphobia and the brilliant soundtrack that accompanies Frankie's bloody rampage.

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Nightmare-Fuel

Unhinged-Performance

Gore-Fest

Body-Horror

Female-Rage

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3.1

RATINGS 7 FANS

3.1

Jul 18, 2026

Did the GLP-1 industry plant this film? No. Dina Silva wrote, produced and stars as Frankie in this dark comedy horror about a woman with low self-esteem, body dysmorphia and a wicked conscience driving her to “get even” with those who she feels have shamed her or are…

111 Likes

Digital Press

Oct 3, 2026

7,1/10 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨◻️◻️◻️ No está bien matar gente… pero algunas se lo estaban buscando, che. Esta es otra película que toma algo de inspiración de The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), pero a diferencia de Dolly (2025), acá tenemos un origen mucho más desarrollado de su…

26 Likes

Maximiliano Aranda

Jun 20, 2026

if i were a murderer, i would always spare the hot ones

83 Likes

haley
Jul 31, 2026

This gory, gross (the mayo scene was awful 🤮), and glorious comedic horror film has a lot of TCM in it, with dashes of body horror. A thicc aspiring singer takes her pent up rage out on fatphobia. I can’t remember the last time I rooted so hard for the killer to succeed.

74 Likes

Dr Michael Awesome

Jun 9, 2026

A strange, subversive, satirical, sometimes surreal Neo-slasher from TRAUMATIKA director Pierre Tsigaridis (who also co-writes, shoots and edits) that plays with the subgenre model in interesting ways, mainly through his collaboration with Co-writer/Star Dina Silva, who…

67 Likes

Joe Lynch

Sep 9, 2026

"How about you nail something else tonight?" Tonal whiplash of this calibre needs to be studied. There's a decent premise here but it's buried under a messy and directionless script that flits between feminist, gore-fest, slasher, tongue-in-cheek and dark comedy at…

26 Likes

Ryan Preston
Jul 22, 2026

love this crazy chica. a real freak in a sea of posers

37 Likes

miki minach

Aug 4, 2026

“What if I sang with a mask?” “What is this? Lizzo meets Slipknot?” Darkly hilarious, vile, courageous, stylish, campy, ridiculously over-the-top and satisfying as hell! Massively entertaining takedown of commercialized beauty standards by our leading lady Leatherface and…

34 Likes

_lijahfilmz

Oct 15, 2025

BEST FEMINIST SLASHER? Probably. Dina Silva is an absolute STAR. Her performance as Frankie is by far the best from the Grimmfest 2025. The film is based on the short I Who Have No One on Alter. A low budget mix if Maniac, Henry portrait of a Serial Killer and The Substance…

32 Likes

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