Product Description

New York City:
It's A Nice Place To Visit, But You Wouldn't Want To Die There!

A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detectives follow the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic taunt. In the city that never sleeps, he's the killer that can't be stopped!

Written and directed by acclaimed horror maestro Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD) and filmed on location in the mean streets of New York City, THE NEW YORK RIPPER is one of Fulci's most savage and controversial thrillers and is presented here completely uncut and uncensored.

EXTRAS:
Theatrical Trailer
Lucio Fulci Bio

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46243 in DVD
• Brand: Ryko Distribution
• Released on: 2008-04-29
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 93 minutes

HorrorDVDs.com
"One Of The Most Controversial Italian Horror Films Ever Made!"

HorrorDVDs.com
"FULCI AT HIS ABSOLUTE MOST BRUTAL... Only Those With The Strongest Tolerance For Violence Will Be Able To Avoid Feeling Uncomfortable!"

Reel.com
"NASTILY EFFECTIVE!"

Customer Reviews

Guaranteed to make you squirm.
The New York Ripper was a great Italian horror film from Lucio Fulci, the film was filled with plenty of gruesome death scenes and lots of sleaze, sex and nudity in fact its probably one of the sleaziest Italian horror flicks I've ever seen. The film was also out of stock for a while so I was glad when I heard about the good news, it was finally being re-released by Blue Underground they've been doing a great job lately, the picture quality was great with no grains and it's completely uncut with a widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio looking and sounding better than ever. The New York Ripper was also notorious for being banned in the U.K. and it was included in the video nasties list, this is easily one of Lucio Fulci's darkest and goriest films out there (O.K. maybe not THE goriest, I still think that Cat In The Brain holds that title), there is one scene that was quite sick and perverse thats guaranteed to make you squirm, yes I'm talking about the "Golden Toes" scene WTF!!!. When an old man finds a prostitute's severed hand under the Brooklyn Bridge the police decide to do a little investigating. It seems that the victim was heard speaking to a strange duck-voiced man. As the murders add up the police detective who's investigating the case recruits a psychology professor to help find out who this Donald Duck voiced maniac could be, theres also a subplot involving a woman (Alessandra Delli Colli from Dr. Butcher M.D.) who enjoys being perverse and records her exploits on a tape recorder for her husband, there was also a bit of suspense which was nicely done by Fulci I was actually surprised by this, I was expecting a lot of badly edited and shot sequences but there weren't that many in this film. This is a typical Fulci flick which means that the plot gets thinner during the course of the film and the bad acting which was adequate especially for this type of film could have been better but thats not important, if your a hardcore Fulci or exploitation fan then you'll obviously love this as the death scenes were quite brutal and very nasty it includes nipple slicing, a face being carved up and mutilated, a young woman being stabbed with a large knife in her vagina and ripped open etc. this is definetely NOT a date movie unless your date was a psychotic maniac ;-), this is obviously not going to appeal to those who are easily offended or those who have a weak stomach so you have been warned. The New York Ripper was done in the early 80's and it was made during the period when Lucio Fulci was still making good movies as he previously made his classic zombie films The Beyondand City of the Living Dead, the film was nicely shot using different locations in N.Y. and some seedier places like the xxx theaters and sleazy motels. I have to admit that I really liked this film alot and it was one of Fulci's best, while not a classic like Zombi 2 (25th Anniversary Special Edition 2-Disc Set) it was still great and enjoyable. Hats of to Blue Underground for releasing a classic sleazy Lucio Fulci film and making it available, I highly recommend this and two thumbs up QUACK!!! ;-).

Solid 80's horror from Fulci
If you're viewing this product you most likely know who Lucio Fulci is and what type of films he is famous for, so we'll skip the history lesson and the usual paragraph of unconditional fawning that would normally start a review of one of his movies.

Fulci takes a little break from super natural/fantasy type of horror with The New York Ripper and gives us an attempt at a more realistic story about a serial killer in the Big Apple. That's not to say the gore that he's known for isn't present, the guts are in abundance here and the sleaze factor runs at an all time high! Ripper tells the story of a NY detective on the trail of a killer who seemingly targets young promiscuous women and disposes of them in some exceptionally brutal ways. Oh, and he talks like Donald Duck too.

The main premise of the story is pretty straight forward, however during the segments in between murder scenes it gets pretty dull and becomes difficult to follow with its ill-timed introductions to new characters half way through the movie. The ending and identity of the killer should come as a surprise as vital details of the story clumsily emerge in the final minutes. With a lack of any truly likable or interesting characters, I'd have to say The New York Ripper was just okay for me. Obviously commenting on plot points in a Fulci flick is rather pointless, but even with the heavy gore I felt the movie was just a few notches above mediocre. I recommend it to hardcore Fulci/gore fans.

Lucio Fulci at his best!!!!
I am a fan of the Giallo films and love Dario Argento's films so I wanted to expand and see what other directors take on it. So I was recomended to check out films on Lucio Fulci and my first choice was to see THE NEW YORK RIPPER. I mean this film has what a Giallo film needs (a mysterious black gloved killer,tons of blood/kills, and loads of Female Nudity) Sounds like my time of movie!!! This film is really SLEEZY, wich I don't mind and love about it.

Other than that it delivers and what you expect from Fulci. Women are being turned up dead left and right and it's up to a detective to solve the crime. The killer talks like Donald Duck and that was disturbing. I will never look at Donald Duck the same way again.

Bottom line a 10/10

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