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Film · 1982

The New York Ripper

Original titleLo squartatore di New York

Directed by Lucio Fulci · starring Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska and Howard Ross

  • 1 h 31 min
  • 18
  • Horror · Mystery · Thriller
  • Italy
  • 7.1 Users1 vote
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Synopsis

New York City. An old man walking his pet dog in waste ground near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge is suddenly horrified when his dog retrieves a completely decomposed human hand. It is identified by the police as belonging to a woman called Ann-Lynne, a local prostitute.

Lieutenant Fred Williams (Jack Hedley), the burned-out police detective investigating the horrible murder, interviews the young woman's nosy and obnoxious landlady, Mrs. Weissburger (Babette New), who tells the police detective that during her daily spying and eavesdropping on her tenants, she overheard the girl last week over the phone arranging to meet a really suspicious man who spoke with a very strange, duck-like voice.

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The essentials

Runtime
91 min1 hour and 31 minutes
Rating
18Suitable only for adults
How long is The New York Ripper?
1 hour and 31 minutes (91 minutes).
Who directed The New York Ripper?
Lucio Fulci.
Who is in The New York Ripper?
It stars Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross and Andrea Occhipinti.
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Cast

Full cast (11)
Director
Lucio Fulci
Writers
Lucio Fulci, Dardano Sacchetti

Videos and trailers

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'The New York Ripper' Trailer 2:2920 August 2018

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Reviews

7.1 1 vote

Trivia

  • Controversy and Censure

    After the film was rejected for a UK cinema certificate in 1984 chief censor James Ferman ordered the original print to be re-exported back to the rights holder in Italy. This was to avoid any possible prosecution of either the UK distributor or the BBFC itself.

  • Giallo Legend

    Lucio Folci is one of the greatest names of Italian giallo, a subgenre with an amazing success in the 70s and the 80s.

  • They Are Not... ¡The Same Person!

    Due to an error in the book 'Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci' (1999), Almanta Suska is often reported to be a pseudonym for actress Antonella Interlenghi, but they are in fact two different actresses.

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