The New York Ripper is a 1982 Italian horror by Lucio Fulci. See IMDb.
An extended version was passed 18 after 29s of BBFC cuts for
- UK 2011 Argent/Shameless Online
- UK 2011 Argent/Shameless Blu-ray at UK Amazon for release on 25th April 2011
- UK 2011 Argent/Shameless DVD at UK Amazon for release on 25th April 2011
The BBFC commented:
- Compulsory cuts were required to remove sexualised violence (a naked and bound woman’s stomach and breasts being mutilated with a razor blade)
Shameless commented:
- The version includes 3 minutes of footage not in the previous Shameless release and 15 seconds of footage not in the Blue Underground Blu-Ray. The BBFC cuts have been implemented by substitution and do not effect the running time.
- Both DVD and Blu-ray will be released on 25 April 201
- Extras: A presentation by Antonella Fulci, daughter and curator of Lucio Fulci’s work.
- Extras: A brand new, exclusive 20 min interview with Antonella Fulci and writer Dardano Sacchetti.
- Extras: A fan booklet on the making of New York Ripper.
See review from US Amazon: Darkest and goriest
The New York Ripper was a great Italian horror film from Lucio Fulci, the film was filled with plenty of gruesome death scenes and lots of sleaze, sex and nudity in fact its probably one of the sleaziest Italian horror flicks I’ve ever seen. It was also notorious for being banned in the U.K. This is easily one of Lucio Fulci’s darkest and goriest films out there (O.K. maybe not THE goriest, I still think that Cat In The Brain holds that title), there is one scene that was quite sick and perverse that’s guaranteed to make you squirm, yes I’m talking about the “Golden Toes” scene.
When an old man finds a prostitute’s severed hand under the Brooklyn Bridge the police decide to do a little investigating. It seems that the victim was heard speaking to a strange duck-voiced man. As the murders add up the police detective who’s investigating the case recruits a psychology professor to help find out who this Donald Duck voiced maniac could be
This is a typical Fulci flick which means that the plot gets thinner during the course of the film and the bad acting which was adequate especially for this type of film could have been better but that’s not important, if your a hardcore Fulci or exploitation fan then you’ll obviously love this as the death scenes were quite brutal and very nasty.
I have to admit that I really liked this film a lot and it was one of Fulci’s best, while not a classic like Zombi 2, it was still great and enjoyable.
