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Availability: Out Of Print - This title is currently unavailable and/or out of print. Other versions may still be available; and will be listed on the right side of your screen. AKA: Lo Squartatore di New York || Psycho Ripper || The Ripper Director: Lucio Fulci Released: 1982 [Italy] Genre: Horror     Sub-Genre: Thriller Keywords:  BDSM / Bondage / Fetish || Death / Dying || Gore || Masturbation || Murder || Rape || Serial Killer || Sex / Sexuality || Torture

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Avg. Rating:	5 / 5 (based on 2 ratings). What did you think of it?
Plot:	A killer who talks like a duck wanders around New York City killing women by various means including slicing an eyeball with a razorblade. Detective Jack Headly is hot on his trail.
Overview:	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 York Ripper, but be advised that the movie's overriding unpleasantness makes it an acquired taste at best.
Cast:	Jack Hedley  ||  Antonella Interlenghi  ||  Howard Ross  ||  Andrea Occhipinti  ||  Alexandra Delli Colli  ||  Paolo Malco  ||  Cinzia De Ponti  ||  Cosimo Cinieri  ||  Daniela Doria  ||  Babette New  ||  Zora Kerova  ||  Paul E. Guskin  ||  Anthon Kagan  ||  Josh Cruze  ||  Marsha MacBride (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	89 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Dutch
Distributor:	Italian Shock  [A Netherlands-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Letterboxed Trailer Picture Gallery Filmography Soundtrack Digitally Remastered From 35mm Negative