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| Plot: | Reno is a struggling artist close to the breaking point. The loud band next door practices 24 hours a day. His debts are mounting. His girlfriend is having an affair with another woman. His troubled mind triggers a violence he cannot contain...
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| Overview: | The Driller Killer is one of the most notorious films ever. It almost single-handedly spawned the media 'video nasty' hysteria of 1984 and the introduction of the video recordings act. It is also the film that launched the career and reputation of critically acclaimed director Abel Ferrara. Away from the hysteria, The Driller Killer is a powerful and compelling study of one man's descent into madness and violence.
Reno is a struggling artist close to breaking point. The loud punk band in the flat next-door practices for 24 hours a day. His debts are mounting. He needs to sell his new painting to pay the overdue rent on the shabby New York apartment he shares with his girlfriend and her spaced out lesbian lover. Despite the desperate need for cash, Reno will not admit that he has completed the painting. It becomes an obsession. In his troubled mind the picture triggers a violence he cannot contain...
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| Cast: |
Abel Ferrara || Carolyn Marz || Baybi Day || Harry Schultz || Alan Wynroth || Maria Helhoski || James O Hara || Richard Howorth || Louis Mascolo || Tommy Santora
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| Running Time: | 96 mins. (approx.)
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| Languages: | English
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| Subtitles: | Spanish, French
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| Distributor: |
Cult Epics [A USA-Based Distributor]
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| Rating: | | UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board." |
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| Features: |
Letterboxed 1.85:1Director's Audio CommentaryTrailersThree Bonus Films: "Could This Be Love", "The Hold Up", "Nicky's Film" w/Director's CommentaryBonus Trailer: "Nine Lives Of A Wet Pussy"Numbered Edition of 10,000
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