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''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara, and is considered by many to be Ferrara's debut film.[[note]] He did direct a movie three years before called ''[[BleachedUnderpants 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy]]'', but he [[OldShame doesn't like mentioning that one.]][[/note]]

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''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara, and is considered by many to be Ferrara's debut film.[[note]] He did direct a movie three years before called ''[[BleachedUnderpants 9 ''9 Lives of a Wet Pussy]]'', Pussy'', but he [[OldShame doesn't like mentioning that one.]][[/note]]
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* BigBad: Reno Miller, a frustrated artist who becomes a SerialKiller.



* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: ''The Driller Killer''



* JobTitle: ''The Driller Killer''



* VillainProtagonist: Reno.

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* VillainProtagonist: Reno.Reno starts off as a {{Jerkass}} artist who spends his day hating on the homeless, and eventually the stress of his life leads him to become a SerialKiller.
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* DescendedCreator: Abel himself, credited as Jimmy Laine, plays Reno in one of his few acting roles.
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''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara. It is Ferrara's debut film.[[note]] Granted he did direct a movie three years before called ''[[BleachedUnderpants 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy]]'', but he [[OldShame doesn't like mentioning that one.]][[/note]]

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''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara. It Creator/AbelFerrara, and is considered by many to be Ferrara's debut film.[[note]] Granted he He did direct a movie three years before called ''[[BleachedUnderpants 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy]]'', but he [[OldShame doesn't like mentioning that one.]][[/note]]


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* BMovie: One of the more controversial ones at the time due to its extreme violence.
* DescendedCreator: Abel himself, credited as Jimmy Laine, plays Reno in one of his few acting roles.
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Initially released on home video in 1982 by Charles Band's Wizard Video in the United States, the film was praised in the United States but lambasted in the United Kingdom as a {{Video Nast|ies}}y and banned there for nearly two decades before finally being released there in 2002 (a censored version had previously been released in 1999). It has since fallen on the PublicDomain.

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Initially released on home video in 1982 by Charles Band's Wizard Video in the United States, the film was praised in the United States but lambasted in the United Kingdom as a {{Video Nast|ies}}y and banned there for nearly two decades before finally being released there in 2002 (a censored version had previously been released in 1999). It The film has since fallen on into the PublicDomain.
PublicDomain and can be viewed [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=2ahUKEwi-sO3amsfkAhUiLX0KHbm8BZ4Qxa8BMAF6BAgAEAQ&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov here]] on [=YouTube=].
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''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara. It is Ferrara's debut film.

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''The Driller Killer'' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara. It is Ferrara's debut film.
film.[[note]] Granted he did direct a movie three years before called ''[[BleachedUnderpants 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy]]'', but he [[OldShame doesn't like mentioning that one.]][[/note]]
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Initially released on home video in 1982 by Charles Band's Wizard Video in the United States, the film was praised in the United States but lambasted in the United Kingdom as a VideoNasty and banned there for nearly two decades before finally being released there in 2002 (a censored version had previously been released in 1999). It has since fallen on the PublicDomain.

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Initially released on home video in 1982 by Charles Band's Wizard Video in the United States, the film was praised in the United States but lambasted in the United Kingdom as a VideoNasty {{Video Nast|ies}}y and banned there for nearly two decades before finally being released there in 2002 (a censored version had previously been released in 1999). It has since fallen on the PublicDomain.



* VideoNasty: Why do you think it was popular with the youth?

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* VideoNasty: VideoNasties: Why do you think it was popular with the youth?
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->''As the drill finds its victim... the blood runs in rivers... and the drill keeps tearing through flesh and bone.''
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'''The Driller Killer''' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara. It is Ferrara's debut film.

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''The
Driller Killer''' Killer'' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Creator/AbelFerrara. It is Ferrara's debut film.
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** Oddly enough, ''[[BeamMeUpScotty subverted]]'' by the actual film. Most of the kills are relatively tame, and the film is more of a dark character study than an outright SlasherFilm.

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By day struggling artist Reno paints to survive. Sharing the seamy squalor of his UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity pad are Carol and Pamela. Reno tries hard to keep them happy. The pulsating paranoia of the city squirms and crawls in his psyche. The feverish shadoworld of the lower east side seeps into his subconscious. Rape, Murder, Terror. His mind splits under the strain.

By night, armed with a portopack electric drill Reno commits his first drill killing. His homicidal half spills the brains of innocent victims over the sidewalks of the city.

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By day struggling artist Reno paints to survive. Sharing the seamy squalor of his UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity pad are Carol and Pamela. Reno tries hard to keep them happy. The pulsating paranoia of the city squirms and crawls in his psyche. The feverish shadoworld shadow world of the lower east side Lower East Side seeps into his subconscious. Rape, Murder, Terror. His mind splits under the strain.

By night, armed with a portopack Porto-Pak electric drill Reno commits his first drill killing. His homicidal half spills the brains of innocent victims over the sidewalks of the city.



* AxCrazy: Reno.
* [[BannedInChina Banned In The UK]]: Due to its violence.
* {{Gorn}}
* IncessantMusicMadness: The punk rock neighbours (which appear throughout the movie).
* {{Jerkass}}: Reno.

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* AxCrazy: Reno.
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line that separates his perception of reality is blurred as the story goes on, symbolized by clips of him drenched in blood.
* {{Gorn}}
{{Gorn}}: One look at the cover and you'll see why.
* HighPressureBlood: One unfortunate homeless bum (the first drill victim) had blood splatted when he was drilled by Reno. The other victims, less so.
* IncessantMusicMadness: The punk rock neighbours neighbors (which appear throughout the movie).
* {{Jerkass}}: Reno.Reno, as a result of his built-up insanity. This leads to strained relations with his girlfriend, Carol.


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* StarvingArtist: Reno. He fails to pay his rent; and Dalton, the gallery owner, has had enough lending money to him.
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By day struggling artist Reno paints to survive. Sharing the seamy squalor of his NewYorkCity pad are Carol and Pamela. Reno tries hard to keep them happy. The pulsating paranoia of the city squirms and crawls in his psyche. The feverish shadoworld of the lower east side seeps into his subconscious. Rape, Murder, Terror. His mind splits under the strain.

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By day struggling artist Reno paints to survive. Sharing the seamy squalor of his NewYorkCity UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity pad are Carol and Pamela. Reno tries hard to keep them happy. The pulsating paranoia of the city squirms and crawls in his psyche. The feverish shadoworld of the lower east side seeps into his subconscious. Rape, Murder, Terror. His mind splits under the strain.
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'''The Driller Killer''' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Abel Ferrara. It is Ferrara's debut film.

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'''The Driller Killer''' is a 1979 horror movie directed by and starring Abel Ferrara.Creator/AbelFerrara. It is Ferrara's debut film.
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-> "Even the word 'sleaze' wouldn't fuck this movie!"
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-> "Even the word 'sleaze' wouldn't fuck this movie!"
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* ThisIsADrillThisIsADrill: We ''really'' prefer the ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' version.
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