The Driller Killer

A grimy, sweaty descent into urban madness, sleazy and unsettling, with a bleakly comic edge that sticks to your skin.

Directed by

Abel Ferrara

Genres

Horror

Starring

Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Smith, Pamela Bergman

Tagline

The Blood Runs In Rivers... And The Drill Keeps Tearing Through Flesh And Bone.

Overview

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.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, satirical and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Madness, obsession, isolation, politics

Content

Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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