The New York Ripper (1982)

Director
Lucio Fulci

Main cast
Jack Hedley; Antonella Interlenghi; Howard Ross; Andrea Occhipinti; Alexandra Delli Colli

Genres
Horror

Description
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.


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