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Reno is a struggling artist getting near to the edge. Unfortunately, a punk band is practising next door, twenty-four hours a day, while he works on a new painting which he needs to sell to pay the rent. After a while the painting becomes an obsession and triggers a violence he cannot control...Product Identifiers
EAN5027035015514
eBay Product ID (ePID)17048555915
Product Key Features
ActorBob Defrank, Carolyn Marz, Peter Yellen, Jimmy Laine, Babi Day
Film/TV TitleThe Driller Killer
DirectorAbel Ferrara
Release Year2016
FormatBluraydvd
LanguageEnglish
Features4K Restoration\Audio Commentary\Interview\Willing and Abel - Ferreraology 101\Mulberry St. (2010)\Trailer\Reversible Sleeve
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs2
Additional InformationDirector 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).
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Driller Killer
Consumer AdviceContains strong violence and gore