The Invisible Maniac

Impact

The film is primarily regarded for being one of the few nonpornographic works starring lead actress Shannon Wilsey (who later took on the name Savannah). The film's reception had a profoundly negative impact on the actress, despite the fact that it was well received for its comedic merits, she felt mortified about her performance. In an interview for the E! True Hollywood Story documentary on the life of the actress, former boyfriend Billy Sheehan recounted how Wilsey was utterly humiliated during the film's premiere. Whenever the audience would laugh at one of her lines she could not differentiate whether they were laughing at her person or the character. The experience forever marred Wilsey on a personal level and she soon afterwards resigned herself to pursue a career exclusively in the adult entertainment industry. She rose to the highest auspices of the adult entertainment world becoming the indisputable "porn queen", though her life was forever fraught with personal disappointments and drug addiction which eventually culminated in her suicide in 1994. She was 23 years, 9 months and 2 days at the time of her death.

DVD release

Despite a large amount of demand for a DVD release, Republic Pictures has no current plans to release the film onto DVD due to its poor reception.

Cast