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Summary: uh oh spaghetti-oh's
Review: driller killer has, without question, the best director's commentary of any dvd i have ever seen. although driller killer is a far cry from his second film "ms. 45" it is a classic. reno can't seem to buy a thrill. despite the fact that he lives with two bombshells he can't get his painting finished to collect for the rent. his agent's reaction to his finished painting is absolutely priceless. what's worse is that his landlord has allowed a punk band to move in upstairs, adding insult to injury. the band, tony coca cola and the roosters, play "the grand street stomp" a guitar riff that has a great driving force. this film really documents the viallge punk circuit at the end of the 1970's. conventions are borrowed from polanski's "repulsion" and cassaveetes' "shadows". the handheld mingling with the street people of the period shows how filthy NYC was at the time. Lots of fun. Driller Killer was meant to be listened to loud!
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Summary: YES, it's gritty, but oh, the commentary track!!!
Review: Folks, this movie is indeed a low-budget slasher with a confused message about life in the big city. Some of the scenes drag, and some are a little too self-indulgent for my taste. However, in my opinion, this movie is a terrific showcase of the punk scene in 70's New York, as well as a realistic snapshot into the life of a struggling artist. It is RAW and powerful in this respect, an aquired taste but once it grows on you there's no stopping it. It seems that few reviewers out there understand that the grittiness of the movie and its impromptu, drugged-out sequences are all part of its charm. Plus, if you buy this edition, you get one of the most entertaining and personable commentary tracks out there. It's not one of those high-falutin' Hollywood guys being smooth and talking big but instead a REAL PERSON, and you could almost swear he was in there with you, watching his first film. Plus, he's a little self-deprecating and can be very, very funny.
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Summary: Gritty, controversial but hollow: 4/10
Review: It's hard to imagine how this film gained its notorious status(especially in the UK). It is poorly shot(reflecting its miniscule budget) and is really no more violent than any other horror film. True, when the disgruntled artist Reno(played by first-time director Abel Ferrara) first goes on a rampage armed with a drill and 'porto-pak', the film does manage to touch a raw nerve, but soon it descends to laboriously-paced repetition and struggles to hold attention.Will be remembered as the debut feature of director Ferrara, who has since never been afraid to court controversy with films like Ms. 45 and Bad Lieutenant; and probably as one of the films that sparked off the 'Video Nasty' hysteria in the UK in the 1980's; but for little else.
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Summary: A Must HAVE - horror fans only
Review: Oh man i just got this today and iam chuffed to bits - bought from the US Amazon cos i have no clue if there gunna Release this in the UK. anyway Driller Killer is one of my FAV horror movies... I think iam in the minority by saying that, alot of people tend to hate this movie. They hear the title "DRILLER KILLER" and see the cover image of a guy getting his head drilled and expect this movie to be so gross and so shocking... Well sadly it's not like that - what you get is a badly lit, slow pacing, horror / arthouse movie. If you just look past those minor factors you get a gr8 movie about urban alienation - the portrayal of insanity and fear in which viewers are invited inside the frustrations of a city dweller who finally decides enough is enough... ok about the DVD
there have been some really nice prints of this movie one of the best prints was by the Dutch label Extreme, but this version beats it hands down not only do you get the movie in amazing widescreen format you get the trailer and the Porto pack commercial ( fans of the movie will know what that is )
now the best part the short movies of Abel Ferrara - I can not tell you how chuffed iam to finally get to see these shorts by a classic director... THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR DRILLER KILLER / ABEL FERRARA FANS http://www.cultepics.com/ce_preview.html
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Summary: Came to see a horror movie and a soap opera broke out...
Review: What an absolute abysmal excuse for a horror movie. I cannot beleive some of the other reviewers here. They must be Driller Killer cult worshippers who's brains have been replaced by some congealed matter, melted by to many hits of battery acid. I read nice little tea cup accolades about what a lovely snapshot of the 70's punk scene this is, how mulitple viewings will somehow turn this turd from brown to pink etc...YO! If I wanted a snapshot of 70's punk, I'd get a Sex Pistols concert DVD! I don't care what a wonderfull director's commentary we have, Its about the film. Not what some yokel with 2 cents and a camera has to say. This things was awful. I even read its not really a horror movie and we shouldn't look at it as such. With a title like 'driller killer', what are we supposed to think it is? Mary Poppins! SO where to I begin to really take this dog to the park?
1. It looks like crap. No amount of DVD remastering can save something filmed in such a terrible way. The colours looked sprayed on by some mad arthouse wannabe. Thats the colour you could actually see if some hint of light actually hit a surface. The lighting here was the worst I have ever seen. The movie was to dark. I couldn't see anything!
2. The live punk bands sucked and since they WERE the soundtrack(other than that one sythn bassline that played over and over...)this was not a good thing. I could make a better score on some cheap kids casio keyboard.
3.Biggest sin of all. This was supposed to be a horror movie (don't be making excuses and saying it was not!) so where the heck is the horror? Wheres the sauce? I think it was there as I could hear the drill from time to time but I couldn't really see anything. Sometimes its good not to see anything, suspense means something too but in this case, it was just bad camera work, effects and lighting.
4. The acting, directing and screenplay. I know. Its supposed to be a horror film so we shouldn't expect much except here they actually try to make an intelligent script, focusing on the character as a man instead of just a killer. Except they fail miserably. Probably because the guy couldn't act out a childrens fairy tale. The directing was of the most amateur kind. There were no scares, no suspense, the kills were poorly set up, the camera work was of the worst kind and the editing was non existant. I just can't convey enough what an utter waste of 90 minutes this thing was. I will never get those precious minutes back. I either like a straight good horror film or one that really stinks but has spirit. This one was like some 2 cent hobo trying to pass himself off as royalty. It didn't know that it was supposed to be a low budget horror film, it tried to pass itself off as an arthouse flick. Crap. For those who haven't seen this, stay away, far away. It has a cool title and that it. It doesn't deliver.
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