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The Blood Runs In Rivers... And The Drill Keeps Tearing Through Flesh And Bone.  In episode 1 of Video Nasty we take a look at Abel Ferrara's The Driller Killer.

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Summary:   Reno is an artist struggling to survive in NYC. He draws inspiration from scenes of daily street life and occasional random violence. Under pressure to finish his oft-delayed grand masterpiece, his psychotic alter-ego takes over and he begins killing random vagrants to boost his creativity, not quite realizing that it is happening in reality. When an art dealer grimly rejects Reno's finished masterpiece, Reno's mental condition quickly deteriorates. 

Presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes  

Written and Edited by Graham Trelfer  


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Video Nasty: Episode 1: The Driller Killer

The Blood Runs In Rivers... And The Drill Keeps Tearing Through Flesh And Bone. In episode 1 od Video Nasty we take a look at Abel Ferrara's The Driller Killer Buy Robin's Books (UK) https://amzn.to/2F7Blbf (USA) https://amzn.to/3kmGMD3 Buy the film on Amazon (UK): https://amzn.to/2G3QU4e (USA): https://amzn.to/3cuy7uX Facebook: http://on.fb.me/RvhRdc Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarkCorners3 @DarkCorners3 Summary: Reno is an artist struggling to survive in NYC. He draws inspiration from scenes of daily street life and occasional random violence. Under pressure to finish his oft-delayed grand masterpiece, his psychotic alter-ego takes over and he begins killing random vagrants to boost his creativity, not quite realizing that it is happening in reality. When an art dealer grimly rejects Reno's finished masterpiece, Reno's mental condition quickly deteriorates. Presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes Written and Edited by Graham Trelfer Video Nasty: Episode 1 #BadMovieReview #DarkCornersReview #CultMovieReview

Comments

Anonymous

I had no idea you’d be going to such lengths, and I took Driller Killer at surface value so thank you for adding depth. I’m somehow more interested than I was before, and I was very interested. Looking forward to Night of The Demon.

Stephen Crane

I hope you do Bambi Goes Crazy Ape Bonkers with His Drill and Sex.

Anonymous

Going on my list films to avoid, I'm afraid. However, at least I'm making an informed decision and know why I don't want to see it. Education is good, so I'll go on watching the Video Nasty series.... well, probably more listening than watching actually.

darkcorners

Still working on the exact formula, but with each review I hope to be able to find different stories to tell about UK censorship or film history.

darkcorners

Funny, Robin and I were talking about maybe turning the episodes into a podcast too.

Anonymous

I grew up in NYC from 1956 - 1975, so movies like "Taxi Driver" and this one present the NY that I'm familiar with and makes me feel "at home" It's a bit strange growing up in an area that is considered a prime location for horror and suspense.

Anonymous

I found everything about this film except the killings interesting--the whole punk scene, the fashions, the capturing of New York as the pulsating and savage battleground it used to be before gentrification. Sadly, the hunting of the homeless for sport/mental breakdown expression is one part of the movie that's not in the distant past.

Jasmine Zantara

Of the 72 Video Nasties, I have seen all but four of them (those four being faces of Death, Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, and Cannibal Terror). Of the 68 I have watched, I like ten of them and find thirty-three to be just awful. Driller Killer is one of the awful ones, as I found it boring and sloppy. You give it far more insight than I did when I painfully watched it a few years ago when I was on my Video Nasties binge. I look forward to seeing the rest of the reviews in this series to compare to my thoughts on them all.

Anonymous

The weird thing about this film was it was easily available I saw the uncut version in the early 90s on a Dutch VHS where the only Dutch writing on the box was a warning sticker, warning people that it was an English language tape with no subtitles. I seem to remember the same thing with a lot of these, I just imagine there being a video store in Zeebrugge that made most of it's money from people sailing over from Harwich to buy banned Videos to sell down Romford Market.

darkcorners

Not too dissimilar today. I was looking at the versions of I Spit on Your Grave which still has cuts in the UK, but you can just order the dutch version on Amazon.

darkcorners

I think I just enjoyed seeing gritty new york. Make no mistake, those musical numbers are torture!