The New York Ripper(Movie, 1982)

Name: The New York Ripper
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1982
Duration: T01:33:00
Rating: 3.2

Original title: "Lo squartatore di New York" (Italian/IT)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 33min | Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 112 votes)

The New York Ripper (Italian: Lo squartatore di New York) is a 1982 Italian giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film is about a police lieutenant who is tracking a sadistic killer who slashes women with a switchblade and straight-razors. The film was shot in late August to October 1981 in New York with interiors being shot in Italy. The script was re-written by Dardano Sacchetti at the last moment before filming had begun. It was released in 1982 in Italy and later in the United States in 1984 while being banned in the United Kingdom until 2002. ()

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About The New York Ripper

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

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Trailer for The New York Ripper + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Der New York Ripper - Trailer, deutsch(Trailer, 2:18)

Der New York Ripper - Trailer, deutsch (Trailer, DE) | The New York Ripper 1982 Trailer (HD) (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Italy

Shot in: New York City (NYC)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: Fulvia Film

Original language: Italian (IT)

Spoken languages: Spanish (ES), Italian (IT)

Translated into 17 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 06/10/1982 (World premiere: 03/04/1982)

Cast: Jack Hedley, Paolo Malco, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti, Alexandra Delli Colli, Cosimo Cinieri, Cinzia De Ponti, Lucio Fulci, Zora Kerova, Urs Althaus, Antonella Interlenghi, Barbara Cupisti, Michele Soavi, Daniela Doria, Carolyn De Fonseca, Sal Carollo

Director: Lucio Fulci

Producer: Fabrizio De Angelis

Screenwriter: Lucio Fulci, Gianfranco Clerici, Dardano Sacchetti, Vincenzo Mannino

Film Editor: Vincenzo Tomassi

Director of Photography: Luigi Kuveiller

Composer: Francesco De Masi

Costume designer: Massimo Lentini

Production Designer: Massimo Lentini

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Esquartejador de Nova York"

"Manhattan Ripper"

"Blodig Voldtægt"

"L'Éventreur de New-York"

"New York Ripper"

"Psycho Ripper"

"The Ripper"

Keywords: sadistic torture, murder, razor, body mutilation, serial killer, detective, new york city, whodunit

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