The Driller Killer R

The Blood Runs In Rivers... And The Drill Keeps Tearing Through Flesh And Bone.
The Driller Killer
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Format:  DVD-R
item number:  6X39C
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DVD-R Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: August 1, 2012
  • Originally Released: 1979
  • Label: Desert Island Films

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Fresh69%

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Total Count: 13

Spilled32%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 5,185
Rating: 2.5/4 -- you can see both Ferrara's strengths and weaknesses at play here, although some of the latter can be explained at least partially by marketplace demands for a low-budget genre film Full Review
Q Network Film Desk
Dec 20, 2016
a thematically dense, messily grounded film which, although about a drill, never bores - and there is nothing else quite like it. Full Review
Little White Lies
Nov 28, 2016
Rating: 3.5/5 -- There's a grim, grimy and rather unsettling vibe to the thing; this is not the sort of horror movie where you "root" for the oft-maligned misfit. Full Review
Monsters At Play
Jul 29, 2004
Rating: 3/10 -- I suspect that a viewer might also begin wielding a power drill if he or she had to sit through it too many times. Full Review
Movie Metropolis
Jun 24, 2004
Rating: 4/5 -- Worthwhile for admirers of Ferrara's overall portfolio; probably too slow and odd for those hoping for shallow splatter. Full Review
eFilmCritic.com
Apr 9, 2007
Rating: 3/5 -- Okay slasher flick.
Juicy Cerebellum
Aug 24, 2005
Rating: 4/10 -- In a lot of very important ways, the film is stiff and clumsy... there is one way in which the film is kind of brilliant: its depiction of the New York punk scene. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
May 30, 2010

Product Description:

Director Abel Ferrara's (BAD LIEUTENANT) first major feature has an infamous reputation but is actually more of an art film than a straightforward bloodletter. Tortured and penniless artist Reno (Ferrara) and his girlfriends Carol (Carolyn Marz) and Pamela (Baybi Day) hang out at their New York loft, enduring such problems as the phone bill, the rent, and a rock band that's always practicing downstairs. When it all becomes too much, Reno grabs his drill and runs through the city on all-night rampages. Eventually, Carol moves out, Reno's paintings don't sell, and things just get worse from there. Shot on gritty 16mm, THE DRILLER KILLER has a distinctly 1970s New York underground feel--a low-rent artistic quality that makes it seem like a cross between TAXI DRIVER and ANDY WARHOL'S TRASH (with drilling). Low-budget and somewhat amateurish, this film nevertheless benefits from some moody lighting and Ferrara's brave insight into the psyche. Reno's mental disintegration manages to be chillingly believable and a potent statement on the place of the artist in modern society. A surprise hit on the drive-in circuit, this was rereleased in 1981 to capitalize on the teenage slasher movie boom (and the success of Ferrara's second film, MS. 45).

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  • Sales Rank: 26,679
  • UPC: 639767538299
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