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Lo Squartatore di New York (The New York Ripper) (1982)

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Jack Hedley of The Anniversary stars as a hardbitten police lieutenant tracking a sadistic sex-killer in this gruesome thriller from splatter-maven Lucio Fulci. The misogynistic script (by Fulci and prolific collaborators Gianfranco Clerici and Vincenzo Mannino) posits a femme-hating psycho (who talks like Donald Duck) slashing beautiful women with a switchblade and a straight-razor because his daughter is in the hospital and will never grow up to be beautiful. Fulci was apparently trying to

Aug 24, 1999

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It goes without saying that if you've seen one Fulci giallo, you've seen The New York Ripper.

May 21, 2008 Full Review Source: PopMatters | Comment
PopMatters

The New York Ripper took all the fun out of New York City's photogenic death throes.

April 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Sour and pointless.

April 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

The acting is bad, the dubbing atrocious, and the dialogue is even worse.

January 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
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Directed by Lucio Fulci and staring Jack Hedley and Giordano Falzoni OMG this movie is so stupid I just can't take it seriously. Two reasons why I know about this movie is because it is an Italian Giallo film and the book are quite good if you find the right one and the second reason is that. This movie was a torrent

October 10, 2010
Keiko A. --Samurai--
Keiko Aya

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The New York Ripper is one of Lucio Fulci's last great films. What I love about this film is that it's a drastic departure from Fulci's previous Gates Of Hell Trilogy which started with The Beyond followed by The House By The Cemetery and concluded with City Of The Living Dead. The New York Ripper is a mix between

July 6, 2011
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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