
The Addiction(1995)
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.


“The Blood Runs In Rivers... And The Drill Keeps Tearing Through Flesh And Bone.”
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
The Driller Killer is a horror film released in 1979 exploring themes of new york city, concert, painting, artist, dark comedy, hallucination. Directed by Abel Ferrara, it stars Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day. 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.
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