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Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
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Produced by | Fabrizio De Angelis[1] |
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Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller[1] |
Edited by | Vincenzo Tomassi[1] |
Music by | Francesco De Masi[1] |
Production company | Fulvia Film[1] |
Distributed by | 77 Cinematografica[2] |
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Running time | 93 minutes[3] |
Country | Italy[1] |
Language | English |
Box office | ₤1.04 million |
The New York Ripper (Italian: Lo squartatore di New York) is a 1982 English-language Italian giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci.[4] The film is about a police lieutenant who is tracking a sadistic killer who slashes women with a switchblade and straight-razors.
The film was shot in late August to October 1981 in New York with interiors being shot in Italy. The script was re-written by Dardano Sacchetti at the last moment before filming had begun. It was released in 1982 in Italy and later in the United States in 1984 while being banned in the United Kingdom until 2002.