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The Driller Killer (Uncut) [DVD] [1979]

DVD ~ Abel Ferrara
2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz, Alan Wynroth
  • Directors: Abel Ferrara
  • Writers: Nicholas St. John
  • Producers: Rochelle Weisberg
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Ilc Prime
  • DVD Release Date: 9 Oct 2006
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006IXDF
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,430 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
Chapter Selection
Audio Commentary by Abel Ferrara, recorded at the Chelsea Hotel, 19.5.1999
Trailer
Director Filmography
Sound: Dolby Digital
Language: English
Screen Format 4:3

Synopsis
Director Abel Ferrara's (BAD LIEUTENANT) first major feature has an infamous reputation but is actually more of an art film than a straightforward bloodletter. Tortured and penniless artist Reno (Ferrara) and his girlfriends Carol (Carolyn Marz) and Pamela (Baybi Day) hang out at their New York loft, enduring such problems as the phone bill, the rent, and a rock band that's always practicing downstairs. When it all becomes too much, Reno grabs his drill and runs through the city on all-night rampages. Eventually, Carol moves out, Reno's paintings don't sell, and things just get worse from there. Shot on gritty 16mm, THE DRILLER KILLER has a distinctly 1970s New York underground feel--a low-rent artistic quality that makes it seem like a cross between TAXI DRIVER and ANDY WARHOL'S TRASH (with drilling). Low-budget and somewhat amateurish, this film nevertheless benefits from some moody lighting and Ferrara's brave insight into the psyche. Reno's mental disintegration manages to be chillingly believable and a potent statement on the place of the artist in modern society. A surprise hit on the drive-in circuit, this was rereleased in 1981 to capitalize on the teenage slasher movie boom (and the success of Ferrara's second film, MS. 45).

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars For Lovers of B - Movies only, 4 Feb 2005
By A Customer
I studied movie making at Uni for three years and this was one of the many movies we researched and reviewed. This movie in total honestey is low budget, poorly acted and with a script you'd wonder if the actors ever read it! Must say though this version is far better than the one i watched. The lighting has been improved and the sound is far crisper and the added deleted scenes make me wonder how i managed to review it in the first place!!!

I leave you with this advice. If you love movies and understand the diffilculty in the process then watch and appreciate this film.

If you have never watched a B - Movie and prefer the new version of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the old, the new dawn of the dead to the now commercial new version or believe Peter Jacksons best piece of work is Lord Of The Rings without having seen Bad Taste then DO NOT WATCH THIS.!

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars You will more than likely be dissappointed!, 2 Mar 2003
By A Customer
What can be said about this film that has'nt been said before? It's one of those (untill recently) rare 'video nasty' gems that everyone knows someone, who knows someone who owns a copy. But now we have no need to watch the grainy bootlegged versions anymore as we have it here fully restored and uncut. While all this may be good, it still don't make it a great film. Marking the talented Abel Ferras directorial debut, the 'Driller Killer' follows the story of a New York artist who is putting the finishing touches to his self-proclaimed 'Masterpiece'. While the painting is actually finished, he still feels its not. With the pressure of this and the troubles of having no money to pay the bills his girlfriend and her girlfrined are running up, it all gets too much for him. and to top it all off there is band practising upstairs at full volume in the late hours of the night. So our friend chooses to buy a power drill and take his frustration out on unsuspecting tramps and any other who he feels the need to drill!!!! When the killings do begin they seem very out of place. Come to think about it everything in this film seems out of place, it's like a horror/band documentary film with not a hell of a lot of plot. Sometimes i watch this film and like it, other times i really dislike it. It's a very original film with some good moments, overall it just lacks that certain bite which would make it great.
It first hit the UK shelves again in 1999, in a cut form. But it was NOT cut by the BBFC. The distibutor cut the now restored 54 seconds before submitting it to the BBFC, which i personally think the BBFC would have passed in 1999. More than likely a little cashing in scheme going on there.
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, The Uncut Version Has Arrived, 9 Feb 2003
The Driller Killer is now fully uncut on DVD, with 54 seconds of violent content and a few other scenes restored.

An artist is growing increasingly frustrated with a terrible punk band playing downstairs and people rubbishing his paintings. He then roams round NYC with a cordless drill and begins killing tramps etc.

The dvd quality is fantistic, the picture is smooth and the sound is crisp clear.

The extras include a trailer, a filmography and an audio commentary with Abel Ferrare which is brilliant.

A worthy buy.

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1.0 out of 5 stars COMEDY WITH SOME ART THROWN IN!!
I was very disappointed with this film when I watched it was more of a comedy horror with a bit of art thrown in if that makes sense. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jason Thorne

1.0 out of 5 stars More like a comedy than a horror...
When I asked my friend if he could recommend a good comedy film for me to watch, I was a little perplexed when he suggested The Driller Killer. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Zing!1567

4.0 out of 5 stars Missing the point!!
I really think a lot of the reveiws here are written by people expecting a gore movie, this isn't one, though the murders are gory. this is an "art" movie, quite literally! Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2007 by Mr. Faron D. King

4.0 out of 5 stars ONLY FOR B-MOVIE FANS !! !! !! !!
I know that Driller Killer had a very low budjet but what mant people dont realise is that this film was meant to look cheap and have lots of annoying noises in it to express what... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2006 by M. Western

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap ripp off...
The storyline has been done numerous times. Examples are taxi driver and straw dogs. However they were done much more effectively then this tripe. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2005 by Shkandrij

3.0 out of 5 stars driller killer
i bought driller killer after seeing it reviewed as one of the 50 most exteme movies.
its not as bad as people say, yeah so the acting isn't very good, the lighting/visibility... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2005 by babyjanebunny

1.0 out of 5 stars well that was a waste of time
im not gonna bother writing all the bad pionts about this film because im only allowed 1,000 words in this review.However i will sya that nothing is good about this film . Read more
Published on 20 Jul 2004 by mwhahaha

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst movie i have ever seen
Awful, just awful. this ruined my summer vacation. what the the hell is this movie, there is no plot, the picture quality is so poor you cant even see whats on the screen. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars the worst B serie movie...
i'm too disappointed with this title...what you have in your head Ferrara's?! what's this ?! ...
Published on 28 Jul 2003 by junglism9

1.0 out of 5 stars driller killer
driller killer is a story about a struggling artist living in New York in the 1970s.The poor man has to put up with a nagging girlfriend and a punk band rehearsing next door at... Read more
Published on 29 May 2003 by jae mason

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