Film

The Driller Killer

1979 · 1h 41m · Horror

The Blood Runs In Rivers... And The Drill Keeps Tearing Through Flesh And Bone.

IMDb

5.2

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

Metacritic

66

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.

Abel Ferrara

Reno Miller

Carolyn Marz

Carol Slaughter

Baybi Day

Pamela

Harry Schultz

Dalton Briggs

Alan Wynroth

Al the Landlord

Maria Helhoski

The Nun

James O'Hara

Man in Church

Richard Howorth

Stephen - Carol's Husband

Louis Mascolo

Knife Victim

Tommy Santora

Attacker

Rita Gooding

TV Spot

Chuck Saaf

TV Spot

Gary Cohen

Voice-over (voice)

Janet Dailey

Girl at Audition

Joyce Finney

Girl at Audition

Butch Morris

Sidewalk Begger

• Abel FerraraDirector · Editor
• Nicholas St. JohnScreenplay
• Arthur WeisbergExecutive Producer
• Ken KelschDirector of Photography
• Joe DeliaOriginal Music Composer
• Bonnie ConstantEditor
• Michael ConstantEditor
• Orlando GalliniEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

June 15, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

RC

Budget

$20,000

Genres

Horror

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