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New York Ripper
1982
Directed by the godfather of gore, Lucio Fulci, NEW YORK RIPPER is one of the most notorious and deeply unsettling horror films in the history of cinema. When a dog emerges from wasteland with a severed hand in its mouth, the scene is set for a murder mystery that is absurd as it is shocking. The ripper in question preys upon .. Read more
| Starring | Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Paolo Malco |
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| Director | Lucio Fulci |
| Genres | Horror |
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New York Ripper
Directed by the godfather of gore, Lucio Fulci, NEW YORK RIPPER is one of the most notorious and deeply unsettling horror films in the history of cinema. When a dog emerges from wasteland with a severed hand in its mouth, the scene is set for a murder mystery that is absurd as it is shocking. The ripper in question preys upon promiscuous females, stalking them before ending their lives in a variety of sadistic ways. The police are stumped, but with the killer calling to taunt them after each murder, the net is closing in. Banned in many countries and refused a certificate by the censors for years - the film was considered so shocking by previous BBFC director James Ferman, that he ordered the print be sent out of the country, under police escort.
| Starring | Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Paolo Malco, Lucio Fulci |
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| Director | Lucio Fulci |
| Studio | SHAMELESS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins Watch now: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English Watch Online: English |
| Released | DVD: 01 Oct 2007 Watch now: 26 Oct 2009 Production year: 1982 |
| Watch now | Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package. |
| Format | DVD |
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Quack Quack
One of the most notorious horror movies of the 1980's hits DVD for the first time in the UK. Sure, the BBFC have trimmed a little under 40 seconds, but the sheer raw power of the gore in the film still comes through.
New York is under the grip of a killer who carves his female victims into bloody pieces. A bitter cop begins the chase to find the killer, who, when he calls to taunt the seemingly inept coppers, talks like a duck. Yes, a duck. He quacks at them.
And that is about it, really. Fulci, clearly revelling in shooting on location in the Big Apple, has a ball with this, and in his now trademark fashion, never shies away from the violence.
Never being a favourite film of the censor or the feminist groups, New York Ripper does exactly what it sets out to do. Show you a few murders, have a bit of a chase and then a blood soaked confrontation with the killer. Even with the censor cuts, the film is still seedy and powerful, much like William Lustig's Maniac, another bete noir of the BBFC.
So, if you like your maniacal killers to sound like Donald Duck, if you like your murders bloody and in extreme close up, and if you like your dialogue written on the back of a stamp, then rent Fulci's infamous sleazefest. -
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Quack Quack
One of the most notorious horror movies of the 1980's hits DVD for the first time in the UK. Sure, the BBFC have trimmed a little under 40 seconds, but the sheer raw power of the gore in the film still comes through.
New York is under the grip of a killer who carves his female victims into bloody pieces. A bitter cop begins the chase to find the killer, who, when he calls to taunt the seemingly inept coppers, talks like a duck. Yes, a duck. He quacks at them.
And that is about it, really. Fulci, clearly revelling in shooting on location in the Big Apple, has a ball with this, and in his now trademark fashion, never shies away from the violence.
Never being a favourite film of the censor or the feminist groups, New York Ripper does exactly what it sets out to do. Show you a few murders, have a bit of a chase and then a blood soaked confrontation with the killer. Even with the censor cuts, the film is still seedy and powerful, much like William Lustig's Maniac, another bete noir of the BBFC.
So, if you like your maniacal killers to sound like Donald Duck, if you like your murders bloody and in extreme close up, and if you like your dialogue written on the back of a stamp, then rent Fulci's infamous sleazefest. -
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Directed by the godfather of gore, Lucio Fulci, NEW YORK RIPPER is one of the most notorious and deeply unsettling horror films in the history of cinema. When a dog emerges from wasteland with a ... -