Tockinit not horrible nor great

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Effective giallo from the master Fulci where he certainly had the most cruel and nasty gore scenes ever,the picture badly reach around fifteen minutes already have three bodies on the morgue,the duck appears soon and many clues are placed in many directions to bewilder the audience's nose,the movie shown us a portrait of a dirty New York in early 80',many scenes in dowtown with sin's streets with a lot the theatres and nightclubs living for sex miss on sighting...true a time machine!!Resume:First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7

punishmentpark This is one not as great as I remembered it to be. I may have been a little intoxicated at the time, but this is definitely not worth a full 10 out of 10. Having said that, 'Lo squartatore di New York' is still an excessive, intriguing and very entertaining mix of nudity, gore and creative writing.Even if the plot does not make sense in every detail, it deals with the possible suspects in a clever way and the approach of various dark themes is open and audacious - as were many exploitation films back in the day. To add a lot of gore and (sensual, though some may find it nasty) nudity into mix, only adds to that free spirited feel of those good old days.It's a bummer that all the dialogues were dubbed, but the acting was surprisingly adequate. Not all scenes are perfect, but the camera work was very good and Fulci knew perfectly how to emulate a gritty ánd artistic (New York) atmosphere.9 out of 10 this time around. Donald Duck will never be the same again, still.

Scott LeBrun Insanely brutal, seemingly misogynistic Lucio Fulci thriller tells of a psychopath butchering young women in NYC. But this is no run of the mill creep: they love to taunt the cops while speaking in a Donald Duck type of voice. The world weary detective on the case, Fred Williams (Jack Hedley) teams up with a college psychoanalyst, Paul Davis (Paolo Malco) to try to come up with a profile on their quarry."The New York Ripper" is admittedly not as fun as other Fulci gore epics, mainly because it's operating in a more realistic mode and is therefore more disturbing. The violence perpetrated on these poor, poor women is very damn depraved. At one point, Fulci indulges in a little of that eyeball trauma that he seemed to want to specialize in. A sex show worker (Zora Kerova) gets a broken bottle in the most private of places. Fulcis' favourite whipping girl, Daniela Doria, once again must suffer a horrible fate.Good use of NYC locations, an enjoyable rock score by Francesco De Masi, and (mostly) very convincing gore combine in this 93 minute exercise in sadism. Performances are decent enough, although Hedley's character is lacking in personality. Malco is engaging, though, as is the stunning Almanta Suska as Fay. Director Fulci has his usual cameo; here he plays the Chief of Police.Adding just the right touch of humour and bizarreness are those calls from the killer, doing their duck imitation.You know you're going to be in for some effective horror after the opening set piece of an old man walking his dog. He throws the dog a stick to fetch, and the dog comes back with a severed hand.Eight out of 10.

gridoon2018 "The sickest movie ever made!", proudly proclaims one of the many different DVD covers for the "New York Ripper"; I wouldn't go that far, but it's certainly one of the sleaziest and most misogynistic. If that's what you're after, you probably won't be disappointed. If, on the other hand, you're looking for a good mystery, you probably will be: there are only two real suspects for the killings, and one of them is soooo obvious that you know it has to be the other (despite one last-minute dishonest red herring thrown in by Fulci - I'm talking about the last phone call). And then there are a couple of Hall Of Shame lines, like "we know from his blood sample that he's lived all his life in New York"!!! The on-location New York shooting and Francesco De Masi's score give the film a flavor of authenticity, but otherwise Fulci's directorial style is mostly point-and-shoot (or is that point-and-slash?) this time around. As for the cast, only Jack Hedley provides a center of sanity here, though Almanta Suska is not bad considering this was her first screen role. I will give "New York Ripper" ** out of 4 because it's certainly memorable in parts, but from an artistic point-of-view it has little value.