# The Driller Killer (1979)

**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Thriller

**Duration:** 96 min

**IMDb:** [5.2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079082/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.1](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-driller-killer/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 64%, Popcornmeter: 32%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_driller_killer)

## Description

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.

## Details

**Premiere:** 15 Sep 2026 (in 6 days)

**Director:** Abel Ferrara

**Cast:** Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz, Alan Wynroth, Maria Helhoski, James O'Hara, Richard Howorth, Louis Mascolo, Tommy Santora, Rita Gooding, Chuck Saaf

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy23UT85piY)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-09-15 (Tuesday)

- **[Lichtspiele Kalk](https://cologne.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/323-lichtspiele-kalk.md) (Kalk):** [2026-09-15 22:15](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/koeln/lichtspiele-koeln-kalk/vorstellung/3644867130)  (OV)