Lurid and nasty yet strangely engrossing, 'The New York Ripper' contained enough stomach-churning violence for it to be banned in the UK for two decades...
It's about a razor-slashing maniac who targets sexually active young women while taunting the police with a deranged Donald Duck voice imitation. And it sends us into the sleazy underbelly of New York.
Lucio Fulci, known for his extreme gore, shows more skill here as a filmmaker. He expertly uses extreme close-ups, whether it's by emphasising the anguished realisation in a victim's eyes or forcing us to endure each flesh-tearing attack by filling the frame with blood, the Italian director certainly knows what he's doing in order to achieve the desired effect - and/or gasp.
It's a mean, bizarre, unrelentingly gruesome horror thriller, but it's well-filmed throughout and maintains a vicious intensity in its atmosphere.
8/10
It's about a razor-slashing maniac who targets sexually active young women while taunting the police with a deranged Donald Duck voice imitation. And it sends us into the sleazy underbelly of New York.
Lucio Fulci, known for his extreme gore, shows more skill here as a filmmaker. He expertly uses extreme close-ups, whether it's by emphasising the anguished realisation in a victim's eyes or forcing us to endure each flesh-tearing attack by filling the frame with blood, the Italian director certainly knows what he's doing in order to achieve the desired effect - and/or gasp.
It's a mean, bizarre, unrelentingly gruesome horror thriller, but it's well-filmed throughout and maintains a vicious intensity in its atmosphere.
8/10