Tuesday, September 15, 2020

The New York Ripper (1982)

A grossly over the top slash gore murder horror. A serial killer is killing young women in New York, and not just killing them but mutilating and cutting them to pieces, he also speaks with a "comedy" duck voice. He uses this to taunt grizzle NY detective Williams (Jack Hedley) who is on the case, with the help of psychologist Dr Davis (Paolo Malco).

Fay Majors (Almanta Suska) is the victim who manages to survive, suspicion then falls on a strange man she encountered on the subway (Howard Ross). But there are no shortage of strange people in this depraved film to be honest...

The film is incredibly sleazy and isn't a little misogynist. There is a lot of violence including a rather brutal eye ball slicing scene, and quite a lot of sex too. Mostly though, this film is a bit too weird to take seriously and enjoy. It is quite a spectacle though.