UNITED STATES · 1979

The Driller Killer

Abel Ferrara
mental illness urban decay artistic struggle poverty serial killer
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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.

Year1979
CountryUnited States
DirectorAbel Ferrara
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