The New York Ripper (1982)

Original title

Lo squartatore di New York

Directed by

Lucio Fulci

Genre

horror film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 329 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York police lieutenant hunts a serial killer who attacks women with blades. The killer leaves clues and the detective follows a trail of increasingly brutal murders.

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What happens

The New York Ripper (Italian: Lo squartatore di New York) is a 1982 Italian giallo slasher film directed by Lucio Fulci, who co-wrote the screenplay with Gianfranco Clerici, Vincenzo Mannino, and Dardano Sacchetti. The film is about a police lieutenant who is tracking a sadistic serial killer who slashes women with a switchblade and straight-razors across New York City. Shot in late August to October 1981 in New York with interiors being shot in Italy, the script was re-written by Sacchetti at the last moment prior to filming. It was released in 1982 in Italy and later in the United States in 1984 while being banned in the United Kingdom until 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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