Directed by Abel Ferrara • 1979 • United States
Starring Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day
In a career that has encompassed such controversial classics as MS. 45 and BAD LIEUTENANT, none of Abel Ferrara’s films have quite managed to match the shock, extremity, and downright notorious nature of THE DRILLER KILLER. Ferrara plays struggling artist Reno, a man pushed to the edge by the frustrations of life in gritty 1970s New York City. His grip on reality soon begins to slip and he takes to stalking the streets with his power tool in search of prey. One of the most infamous “video nasties” of its era, this art-house-meets-grindhouse slasher has lost none of its power to unnerve.
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Ms .45
Directed by Abel Ferrara • 1981 • United States
Starring Zoë Lund, Albert Sinkys, Darlene StutoAbel Ferrara’s exploitation-scuzz classic takes place in the cesspool of 1980s New York, where mute garment-district worker Thana (Zoë Lund, who also cowrote Ferrara’s BAD LIEUTENANT) is raped once, t...
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Fear City
Directed by Abel Ferrara • 1984 • United States
Starring Tom Berenger, Melanie Griffith, Billy Dee WilliamsCult auteur Abel Ferrara offers a bracing plunge into the sordid neon underbelly of 1980s Times Square in this stylishly pulpy neonoir sleazefest. There’s a psychopath loose on the streets...
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China Girl
Directed by Abel Ferrara • 1987 • United States Starring James Russo, Richard Panebianco, Sari Chang
Auteur of sin and sleaze Abel Ferrara brings his inimitable brand of pulp poetry to this gritty,...
