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The Driller Killer
Human Monsters, Psychological

The Driller Killer

1979

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

Directed by Abel Ferrara

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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.

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Director
Abel Ferrara
Composer
Joe Delia
Cinematographer
Ken Kelsch
Origin country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Language
en
TMDB
5.2/10 (197 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
64% Fresh
Metacritic
66/100
IMDb
5.2/10 (8,774 votes)
Released June 15, 1979

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