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The Driller Killer
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
1979 · Directed by Abel Ferrara · 101 min · Horror · 18 frames
Tagline
The Blood Runs In Rivers... And The Drill Keeps Tearing Through Flesh And Bone.
Crew
- Screenplay: Nicholas St. John
- Cinematography: Ken Kelsch
- Edited by: Abel Ferrara, Michael Constant, Bonnie Constant, Orlando Gallini
- Music: Joe Delia
Cast
- Abel Ferrara as Reno Miller (as Jimmy Laine)
- Carolyn Smith as Carol Slaughter (as Carolyn Marz)
- Pamela Bergman as Pamela Bergling (as Baybi Day)
- Harry Schultz as Dalton Briggs
- Alan Wynroth as Al the Landlord
- Maria Helhoski as The Nun
- James O'Hara as Man in Church
- Richard Howorth as Stephen - Carol's Husband
- Louis Mascolo as Knife Victim
- Tommy Santora as Attacker
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Navaron Films
- Budget: $20,000
- Themes: new york city, concert, cheating, painting, artist, hallucination, insomnia, punk rock, murder, church
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