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The New York Ripper (1982) · CriticCrunch

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The New York Ripper

Movie1982·93 min

The New York Ripper

Directed by Lucio Fulci

Horror Crime Thriller Mystery

A horror crime film directed by Lucio Fulci.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 33%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.3/10

About The New York Ripper

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: obsession, corruption power, trauma recovery, action combat, new york, urban, colleagues, detective investigator, anti hero, investigation procedural, cat and mouse, mystery disappearance, serial killer, slasher, body horror

332 ratings

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How The New York Ripper Ranks

All movies

Top 33%

1980s movies

Top 35%

Horror movies

Top 32%

1980s Horror movies

Top 32%

Lucio Fulci films#8 of 13

Top 33% All movies.

the vibe

The New York Ripper Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkharrowingapproachableseriouspersonalhaunting

gritty

unsettling

What it's about

investigation proceduralcat & mousemystery disappearanceobsessioncorruption powertrauma recoverydetective investigatoranti-herocolleaguesaction combatserial killerslasherbody horrorNew Yorkurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

grittygritty

Details

Director: Lucio Fulci
Language: Italian

Cast

Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross

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