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Abel FerraraDriller Killer-Uncut (1979)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0079082/
An artist slowly loses his mind as he and his two female friends scrape to pay the bills. The punk band downstairs increasingly agitates him, his art dealer is demanding that he complete his big canvas painting as promised, and he gets into fights with his girlfriends. When the dealer laughs at his canvas he snaps, and begins taking it out on the people responsible for his pain and random transients in the manner suggested by the title.Uncut Version.

Warning: Adult language and situations. Viewer discretion advised.


This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Abel Ferrara
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: Horror; Abel Ferrara

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: nigeldavahah - - May 17, 2009
Subject: this is great !!!!
loved it

Reviewer: Drumcam - - May 16, 2009
Subject: Ferrara showed his stuff
After all these years, I've finally seen "Driller Killer."
This one got past me back then; and once my ex-wife walked out after ten minutes at a double feature revival, after having seen "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" for the third time.
I went with her. ( Maybe it's a good thing we didn't see the ending together, considering where our relationship was at the time. )
Well, this is no "Texas Chain Saw ..."; but it has something; and that intangible something comes from the director.
One has to say that Mr. Ferrara really knows how to get at the baser side of humanity.
Some of the acting is excellent! Most is not, but somehow appropriately so.
I especially liked the portrayal of one of the derelicts by Peter Yellin! ( at the bus stop )
The enjoyment curve begins low, slowly rises throughout, and peaks beautifully at the final cut to black!
At that moment I said "This movie is a classic of its kind."
And so it is.

Reviewer: dmartin23 - - May 14, 2009
Subject: Copyright Status?
Is this film in the Public Domain? Like I could make my own version of the film without asking a company?

Reviewer: arcturus - - November 24, 2008
Subject: HOLY CRAP! BATMAN,HES GOT A DRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS ONE EXCELLENT PIECE OF FILMAKING,THE ACTING IS VERY GOOD THE CHARACTURES ARE REAL THE SETTINGS AUTHENTIC,THE STORY BIZAAR BUT BELIEVABLE,GREAT CAMERA WORK,EXCELLENT DIRECTING AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE REAL MUSIC BEING CREATED ON THE SPOT BY JOHNNY COCA-COLA AND THE ROOSTERS.

Reviewer: Plan 9 - - October 4, 2008
Subject: 96 Min. Version Unlikely to be PD,
since it appears to be the most recent DVD release of The Driller Killer ("Driller Killer/The Early Short Films of Abel Ferrara"), whereas the so-called (and now outmoded) Collector's Edition-Uncut Version was released in 2001. http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1223101152/ref=sr_nr_seeall_1?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=B00027JYBW%7C%20B00006IXDF%7C%20B00004VYJ3%7C%20B000038I1M%7C%20B00004CYQY%7C%206305602360&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AB00027JYBW%7C%20B00006IXDF%7C%20B00004VYJ3%7C%20B000038I1M%7C%20B00004CYQY%7C%206305602360%2Ci%3Advd

Reviewer: rj975 - - September 30, 2008
Subject: Good bad. Or bad good. Whatever.
The badness is entertaining. The acting is hilarious. Why is this movie public domain?

Reviewer: Horror Master - - September 29, 2008
Subject: Trash.
I am unaware if this movie gets better after about then minutes - the point is, if a movie can make me actually want to turn it off after a mere 10 minutes, then there just isn't a single possibility that it will be able to redeem itself.

I know it is not a valid criticism to criticize it for being no budget trash, but the fact is, it is trash and I didn't enjoy this trash.

I will continue to watch the rest, but I highly doubt it will be worth wasting my time on it.

Reviewer: doowopbob - - September 25, 2008
Subject: Bologna!
The Original R/T Of This Film Is 96 Minutes....This Copy Runs 91........So Guess What Scenes Have Been Cut Out Kiddies?....To Say It's The Uncut Version Is B-O-L-O-G-N-A!.Sorry, Oscar.....Cut This One Up For Guitar Picks!

Reviewer: le big mac - - March 8, 2008
Subject: kill kill kill
the best punk psycho killer movie i've seen. Abel is really good at eating pizza and drilling people to death. Low budget, but lots of cool people : the junkies , the drunkyards and tony coca cola of course.

Reviewer: SOWAT - - December 20, 2007
Subject: Ferrara ROCKS!
pleasently suprised

Reviewer: Dr Quackula - - December 20, 2007
Subject: Just does't work...
I lived in Manhattan around the time this was made and enjoyed the local scenery, especially upstairs at Max's Kansas City, outside of that this film has nothing (other then nude scenes) to recommend it. Every film school cliché is piled on, from busy camera work to meaningless close ups that are meant to convey inner turmoil. Hard to believe this is the Director of ' King Of New York' . I love bad movies but this just doesn't work.

Reviewer: flapfrog - - December 19, 2007
Subject: eh
just watched this tonight, it was kinda boring but you know what they always say...

it's so bad it's good!

Credits

Director: Abel Ferrara
Writer: Nicholas St. John

Cast:
Abel Ferrara ... Reno Miller (as Jimmy Laine)
Carolyn Marz ... Carol
Baybi Day ... Pamela
Harry Schultz ... Dalton Briggs
Alan Wynroth ... Landlord
Maria Helhoski ... Nun
James O'Hara ... Man in Church
Richard Howorth ... Stephen, Carol's Husband
Louis Mascolo ... Knife Victim
Tommy Santora ... Attacker
Rita Gooding ... TV Spot
Chuck Saaf ... TV Spot
Gary Cohen ... Voice-over (voice)
Janet Dailey ... Girl at Audition
Joyce Finney ... Girl at Audition