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.
The Driller Killer has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Driller Killer was released in 1979 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 157 reviews, giving The Driller Killer (1979) an average rating of 50%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 53%. Professional critics were more impressed with The Driller Killer than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 50%, The Driller Killer is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
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