benjmarshall Review of The Driller Killer

The Driller Killer (1979)

Bad outweighs the good (only just) Spoilers.

[8 December 2004]

Not sure what to make of this. It's entertaining (in a sick way) but as other users have also said, the appalling production values make it almost unwatchable (it can make you feel quite uncomfortable and nauseous). Having said the story is believable: A bloke is living in a scummy area of New York with his girlfriend, and another woman (stoned out of her head all the time) A punk band move in next door, and play music all night (is it me or does every song sound like the riff from Peter Gunn?) and his "masterpiece" of a painting gets rejected. He flips and goes round drilling people to death. The lighting in this film is also terrible, as is the film quality and sound. Just a horrid mess. But the storyline could be true.