Fulci gives New York a bad name in The New York Ripper. It's a strange and sleazy film with very little story, but enough unpleasantness for 10 other movies.
Fulci has never been known for his stellar and well crafted screenplays, but this one takes the cake. It's essentially a handful of murder set pieces (some of which are well-shot and harrowing) with a whole lot of dull police procedural stuff sandwiched in between with nothing of note holding them together.
The dreamy surrealism of films like The Psychic and The Beyond and the intriguing murder mystery of Don't Torture A Duckling are not to be found in The New York Ripper. The only thing that will keep the audience hanging on is the question of "what will this insane person show us next?" In that sense, there's a compelling carnival freak show quality to The New York Ripper, but it's not enough to give it more than once watch. If that's all you're interested in, this might be the movie for you.
Fulci has never been known for his stellar and well crafted screenplays, but this one takes the cake. It's essentially a handful of murder set pieces (some of which are well-shot and harrowing) with a whole lot of dull police procedural stuff sandwiched in between with nothing of note holding them together.
The dreamy surrealism of films like The Psychic and The Beyond and the intriguing murder mystery of Don't Torture A Duckling are not to be found in The New York Ripper. The only thing that will keep the audience hanging on is the question of "what will this insane person show us next?" In that sense, there's a compelling carnival freak show quality to The New York Ripper, but it's not enough to give it more than once watch. If that's all you're interested in, this might be the movie for you.