The Driller Killer
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An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
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- Jimmy Laine
- Carolyn Marz
- Baybi Day
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- Jun 29, 2021
More slashers should have their killers’ motivations tied into how annoying it is to live next to a punk band.
Branson ReeseFeb 23, 2020"you're becoming simply a technician. there's nothing there. there's no feeling, no drama, no passion. a work of pure, unadulterated ego." 70s economic and artistic frustration as a gutter slasher psychotic breakdown. an expression of rage that feels sordid and poisonous…
Josh LewisFeb 21, 2021Artists must suffer for their art, that's why it's called painting.
CinemaVoid 🏴☠️ - Jun 14, 2015
It would be completely reasonable to pan this for being incomprehensible, badly paced, strangely acted, and indulgent, but in that confused, slow, awkward mess are a fair few moments of accidental (?) brilliance. Some of these moments are funny (like the pizza eating…
Sally Jane BlackJun 30, 2023Abel Ferrara, who directed hardcore porn before, delivers a dirty, gritty and gory trip somewhere between Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" and William Lustig's "Maniac". All three movies that were made in the late 70s / early 80s are united by the extremely hostile, cold and dirty…
kat🕷Nov 24, 2025"I'll tell you what you know about paint, man!" New York's homeless community finds out what happens when a painter with a drill, $19.95 for a cordless Porto-Pack and zero sleep loses this mind ... it's doesn't end well! (you didn't think it would did you?) "You don't…
VIVE_le_FILTH - Apr 25, 2018
Thanks to WraithApe, Nine Lives, and Mr. Mocata's comment on Hollie Horror's NYC list, I finally got around to watching this and it was about as awesome as I expected. Reno is a (very) struggling artist by day and a psychotic drill wielding killer by night. He kills mostly…
Tony the TerrorOct 6, 2020scared that every mutual's letterboxd review of this is "i related"
KYKApr 24, 2024Guys will be sober for five seconds then decide the only way they'll ever be creative again is as a serial killer. 6/10
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- James New is "meh" onThe Driller Killer
Influential but really not good. 20 minutes too long and it’s distractingly grimy. Exploitation films at their most blatant with the tactile cinematography and uncomfortable performances. Worth watching for impact but quality wise it isn’t there
Strange Girl dislikedThe Driller KillerIt was literally one of the most stupidest and annoying movie. Don’t even waste your time watch the trailer. (7-30-25)
Hasvik likedThe Driller Killermost entertaining thing about this is the VHS cover.
- Ghost likedThe Driller Killer
I feel like I was tripping when watching this
Shawn likedThe Driller KillerNot bad but the audio is not the best
Horror movies are cool lovedThe Driller KillerVery good movie kills are immaculate
- Vogue Italia dislikedThe Driller Killer
terrible :(
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Darkly fascinating, as much a document of the late-'70s New York punk and pop-art scenes as it is a grindhouse plugger.
Noel Murray
The A.V. Club
What makes the film so remarkable is the extent to which Ferrara, even at the outset of his career, exploits sex and violence for their popular appeal even as he reflects on the effect of such subjects on both his own art and the culture at large.
Jake Cole
Slant Magazine
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