The Driller Killer

The Driller Killer

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

1979•1h 41m•5.2/10

Horror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.2/10(196)

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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Production

Navaron Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara

Reno Miller

Carolyn Marz

Carol Slaughter

Baybi Day

Pamela

Harry Schultz

Dalton Briggs

Alan Wynroth

Al the Landlord

Maria Helhoski

The Nun

James O'Hara

James O'Hara

Man in Church

Richard Howorth

Stephen - Carol's Husband

Louis Mascolo

Knife Victim

Tommy Santora

Attacker

Rita Gooding

TV Spot

Chuck Saaf

TV Spot

Gary Cohen

Voice-over (voice)

Janet Dailey

Girl at Audition

Joyce Finney

Girl at Audition

Butch Morris

Sidewalk Begger

Paul Fitze

Kid on Street

John Fitze

Kid on Street

Karl Metner

Kid on Street

Chris Amato

Kid on Street

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