Lucio Fulci was one sick puppy. Some may watch this film and think that it is mysoginistic,well...they'd be right. It's basically another stalk & slash movie but with more nudity and disturbing sexual violence. If you though De Palma has a bit of a hatred towards women then wait til you see this. It's not actually a good film, the killer sounds like donald duck, but as far as 'Extreme cinema' goes this is up there with 'Cannibal Holocaust'. Definitely not a date movie or one for family viewing. Worth seeing so that you can say you have. Incidentally, in Britain, Head censor of the BBFC, James Ferman put this on his list of top ten films he would "never wish on a civilised society".
Review of The New York Ripper
