
REPLAY: Crusaders at the Movies…The Driller Killer Uncut Version
The Crusaders get together for another movie, this time we take a look at the uncut Abel Ferrara cult classic, The Driller Killer. Join us as we drink, puff, chat and riff over this horror gem from 1979:
Panelists: Al Mega and Jeff Bracey
The Driller Killer is a 1979 horror film film directed by and starring Abel Ferrara. An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
It was on a list of banned so-called video nasty in the United Kingdom. The film was released in 1979, it became banned in the UK in 1984 due to new censorship laws, until 1999, when a version omitting 54 secs from the head-drilling scene and 2 earlier murders was approved for an 18 certificate. The full uncut version was finally passed by the BBFC in November 2002. On 10 June 2010 it was re-released as video on demand
The Driller Killer, 1979
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writer: Nicholas St. John (screenplay) (as N.G. St. John)
Cast
- Abel Ferrara (credited as Jimmy Laine) as Reno Miller
- Carolyn Marz as Carol
- Baybi Day as Pamela
- Harry Schultz II as Dalton Briggs
- Alan Wynroth as Landlord
- Maria Helhoski as Nun
- James O’Hara as Man in church
- Richard Howorth as Carol’s husband
- D.A. Metrov (credited as Rhodney Montreal) as Tony Coca-Cola
- Louis Mascolo as Knife victim
*The Driller Killer is a Public Domain Movie
Author Profile
- I'm Al Mega the CEO of Comic Crusaders, CEO of the Undercover Capes Podcast Network, CEO of Geekery Magazine & Owner of Splintered Press (coming soon). I'm a fan of comics, cartoons and old school video games. Make sure to check out our podcasts/vidcasts and more!
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