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The New York Ripper (1982) | User Rating
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Original title: Lo Squartatore di New York
Release Date
Mar 4, 1982 (Italy)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 7, 1999
Running Time
1 hour, 31 minutes
Country Italy
Studio 77 Cinematografica, Fulvia Film
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The New York Ripper
• Lo Squartatore di New York
• Psycho Ripper (1982)
• The Ripper
• Der New York Ripper (1982)
• Der Schlitzer von New York (1982)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Murder, Slasher, Gore, Serial Killer, Disturbing, Detectives, Psychos, Cult Classic, Erotic, Suspense, Urban, Investigation, Revenge, Police
Plot: Italian shock maven Lucio Fulci directed this effort, undoubtedly one of his seediest and most offensive films. A serial killer prowls the streets of New York, preying strictly on women and butchering them in the most sadistic ways (usually starting at the crotch). The cops are always several steps behind the killer, who uses a Donald Duck voice to taunt them (and his prospective victims) over the phone. It's all pretty misogynistic, violent, and brutal, and adds up to an unsavory viewing experience. That said, the plot hangs together fairly well (better than in much of the giallo genre), and Fulci's camera work and editing are topnotch. The director's sense of color and shot composition are in line with much of contemporaries Dario Argento and Mario Bava's work (the color red in particular dominates much of the movie). As with Argento's work, an unassuming woman, caught up in circumstances, turns out to be the film's heroine. Also, it's interesting that both in this film and in Don't Torture a Duckling, Fulci uses Donald Duck as a sort of bizarre totem of shattered innocence and tragedy. Still, Fulci uses his camera here in such a leering, lascivious way that it reinforces the film's oppressive sleaziness and sadism. Fans of Italian horror won't be disappointed with The New
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 A decent Fulci flick. Good gore and deaths, but the movie's confusng at times and the nymphet the movie follows now-and-then ruins the pace and makes it a bit confusing. Worth a check if you're big on Fulci, otherwise, don't bother. 6/10-- (UHM)
Actually a pretty decent sleaze-fest from Fulci. ... Like many of Fulci's films, it lacks a clear protagonist. But what it lacks in plot it makes up for in raw sleaze.-- (eSplatter.com)
I must say the special effects were quite good. Most of them were very graphic and disgusting. Two to look out for are a woman getting her eyeball sliced open with a razor blade and the other a man getting shot through the side of his face.  -- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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| Directed by |
Lucio Fulci
Don't Torture a Duckling, Zombi 3, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
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| Written by |
Lucio Fulci
Gaston Leroux's The Wax Mask, Americano a Roma, Un, A doppia faccia |
| Gianfranco Clerici
Cannibal Holocaust, Don't Torture a Duckling, The House on the Edge of the Park |
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| Cast |
Lucio Fulci
Zombie, The Beyond, City of the Living Dead |
| Jack Hedley
For Your Eyes Only, Character, Goodbye, Mr. Chips | | Howard Ross
Bitka na Neretvi, Five Dolls for an August Moon, Warriors of the Year 2072 | | | Paolo Malco
The House by the Cemetery, Fuga dal Bronx, Tuareg - Il guerriero del deserto | |
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