Review of The Driller Killer (1979) by Alex R — 19 Oct 2010

Abel Ferrera's directorial debut is a low budget slasher flick that does a great job of capturing the feeling of the streets of New York City at the time. An artist and his two roommates are scraping by trying to pay the rent waiting for the artist to finish his masterpiece.

Soon the desperation causes the artist to lose control of his own sanity and he takes to the streets killing innocent street people with a power hand drill. Violent and crude at times the low budget feel gives the film a very realistic edge that can be rarely during this period of cinema.