A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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- Director
- Writers
- C.A. Rosenberg(screenplay)
- Joe Spinell(screenplay)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- C.A. Rosenberg(screenplay)
- Joe Spinell(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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- C.A. Rosenberg(screenplay)
- Joe Spinell(screenplay) (story)
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Storyline
Frank Zito misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but Frank still misses her. He tries to keep her from leaving him, and reform her evil ways, by killing young women and putting their scalps on mannequins which he displays around his apartment. Photographer Anna D'Antoni takes a picture of him in the park, and he pursues and befriends her. Is she the one he has been looking for or just another mother wannabe? —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
- Taglines
- Run from this man!
- Genres
- Certificate
- R
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaWilliam Lustig and Joe Spinell say they didn't always have the necessary permits to film on location in New York City. Certain scenes (including the infamous shotgun through the windshield scene) had to have been filmed quickly and afterwards the crew had to run away before the cops arrived.
- GoofsThe nurse is supposedly alone in the subway station, but during one shot (from inside the subway train as it pulls away) we can see several people walking about on the platform; they all disappear in the next shot.
- Quotes
Frank Zito: I told you not to go out tonight, didn't I? Every time you go out, this kind of thing happens.
- Alternate versionsThe film was rejected for a cinema certificate in 1981 by the BBFC and also for a video rating in 1998. It was finally released in the UK on the Anchor Bay label in 2002 after receiving 58 secs of cuts to a prolonged strangulation scene and to a sexualized stabbing sequence.
- ConnectionsEdited from Inferno (1980)
Top review
creepy little NY film
Okay, first of all this movie was shot in New York and there's something I find fascinating about the look of films shot in NY in the 70's or 80's. The movie itself is decent but not great. It has a good look and feel to it and I like Joe Spinell in it. Joe plays Frank, a photographer, who misses his dead mother despite being mistreated by her as a child. He begins killing women at night and keeping parts from the bodies. I however didn't find the relationship he had with the model he stalked all too believable. It has some good scenes and is still a good watch for slasher fans and fans like me of gritty New York City in the 70's and 80's.
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- PaulyC
- Jan 18, 2008
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- Budget
- $350,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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