Possibly the nastiest and most vicious of all of Lucio Fulci's movies, this sadistic giallo not only features some truly unsettling scenes of explicit gore, but also manages to tell a rather involving and immoral tale that perfectly captures the sleazy vibe of New York in the early 80s.
Jack Hedley plays Lt. Fred Williams, a policeman heading the search for the psycho responsible for a spate of bloody murders. Teaming up with a genius psychoanalyst, he attempts to form a profile of the killer that will help him solve the case before too many more mutilated bodies are discovered.
Totally nauseating, unashamedly misogynistic, and completely unmissable if you're fond of graphic on screen bloodletting, this film is perfect viewing for anyone who found the likes of House by the Cemetery, City of the Living Dead and Zombie 2 a little too tame.
Complete with umpteen raunchy sex scenes (including bondage and a 42nd Street live sex-show), razor blade eyeball mutilation and nipple slashing, a broken bottle attack, and numerous stabbings and slicings with a nasty stiletto blade, The New York Ripper should satisfy even the most hardened of gore-hound's blood-lust, whilst also offering them a rather nifty mystery to solve.
Admittedly, the pace is occasionally a little slow, but with all of the gratuitous gore and nudity, and a crazy villain who talks like a duck, it's easy to forgive the odd lull in the action.
Jack Hedley plays Lt. Fred Williams, a policeman heading the search for the psycho responsible for a spate of bloody murders. Teaming up with a genius psychoanalyst, he attempts to form a profile of the killer that will help him solve the case before too many more mutilated bodies are discovered.
Totally nauseating, unashamedly misogynistic, and completely unmissable if you're fond of graphic on screen bloodletting, this film is perfect viewing for anyone who found the likes of House by the Cemetery, City of the Living Dead and Zombie 2 a little too tame.
Complete with umpteen raunchy sex scenes (including bondage and a 42nd Street live sex-show), razor blade eyeball mutilation and nipple slashing, a broken bottle attack, and numerous stabbings and slicings with a nasty stiletto blade, The New York Ripper should satisfy even the most hardened of gore-hound's blood-lust, whilst also offering them a rather nifty mystery to solve.
Admittedly, the pace is occasionally a little slow, but with all of the gratuitous gore and nudity, and a crazy villain who talks like a duck, it's easy to forgive the odd lull in the action.