This is the first Fulci film I have seen,and it is said to be the most graphic of all Fulci movies,and that explains a lot.
It starts out as an ordinary thriller with a psycho going around killing women with a knife.After the first 30 minutes I started to think that maybe it wasnt as disturbing and gory as everyone said,but then the killing scenes started to get more and more graphic and brutal. You can clearly see the knife go slowly into the victims stomach and then upwards so the blood drips out,and if that wasnt enough the killer starts to mutilate the victims in other ways,like a bottle up the vagina,various women have their throats slashed,have their guts sliced open,breasts stabbed and legs sliced.As said this movie is only for the hardcore gore fans.
Another element of New York Ripper that people seem to be put off by is the sex. New York Ripper contains more sex than all of Fulci's other works combined. There are lengthy segments in a strip/sex club,bondage and an infamous foot f*** scene that really has no point within the context of the film.
And when you finally think that the movie cant get any worse,comes the most graphic and sadistic scene I have ever seen.It involves a naked woman tied and tortured while she screams,the killer uses a razor blade and slowly cut her open while she screams,then he uses the razor blade to slowly cut of her nipples,before he slices her eyeballs open,in a very close up shot,that is hard to watch. The movie also ends with a close up shot gun shot to the head,(very graphic).
This movie is very realistic and well acted for a Fulci film and believe it or not,has a clever story and a surprising ending.
The movie is very hard to come by,and is banned in many contries,and the uncut version with the eyball and nipple scene is almost impossible to come by.
This movie isn't for everyone. Actually it may be for no one.
It starts out as an ordinary thriller with a psycho going around killing women with a knife.After the first 30 minutes I started to think that maybe it wasnt as disturbing and gory as everyone said,but then the killing scenes started to get more and more graphic and brutal. You can clearly see the knife go slowly into the victims stomach and then upwards so the blood drips out,and if that wasnt enough the killer starts to mutilate the victims in other ways,like a bottle up the vagina,various women have their throats slashed,have their guts sliced open,breasts stabbed and legs sliced.As said this movie is only for the hardcore gore fans.
Another element of New York Ripper that people seem to be put off by is the sex. New York Ripper contains more sex than all of Fulci's other works combined. There are lengthy segments in a strip/sex club,bondage and an infamous foot f*** scene that really has no point within the context of the film.
And when you finally think that the movie cant get any worse,comes the most graphic and sadistic scene I have ever seen.It involves a naked woman tied and tortured while she screams,the killer uses a razor blade and slowly cut her open while she screams,then he uses the razor blade to slowly cut of her nipples,before he slices her eyeballs open,in a very close up shot,that is hard to watch. The movie also ends with a close up shot gun shot to the head,(very graphic).
This movie is very realistic and well acted for a Fulci film and believe it or not,has a clever story and a surprising ending.
The movie is very hard to come by,and is banned in many contries,and the uncut version with the eyball and nipple scene is almost impossible to come by.
This movie isn't for everyone. Actually it may be for no one.