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The New York Ripper

1982 · 93 min

A grimy, mean-spirited descent into urban depravity, where every scene crackles with sleaze and dread, punctuated by shockingly cruel violence.

Directed by
Lucio Fulci
Genres
Horror, Crime, Thriller
Tagline
Slashing up women was his pleasure.
Overview
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

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Directed by
Lucio Fulci
Genres
Horror, Crime, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • crime
  • madness
  • obsession
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Action5
Horror9
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness10
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, crime, thriller, mystery
Directed by
Lucio Fulci
Written by
Dardano Sacchetti, Gianfranco Clerici, Lucio Fulci, Vincenzo Mannino
Starring
Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti, Alexandra Delli Colli, Paolo Malco, Cinzia de Ponti, Cosimo Cinieri
Music
Francesco De Masi
Cinematography
Luigi Kuveiller
Runtime
93 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian

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