1984·Drama·1h 35m
7.0
★
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Directed by Abel Ferrara
new york city
nightclub
exploitation
vice
stripper
times square
strip club
serial killer
police detective
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Cast
Tom Berenger
Matt Rossi
Billy Dee Williams
Al Wheeler
Jack Scalia
Nicky Parzeno
Melanie Griffith
Loretta
Rossano Brazzi
Carmine
Rae Dawn Chong
Leila
Joe Santos
Frank
Michael V. Gazzo
Mike
Jan Murray
Goldstein
Janet Julian
Ruby
Daniel Faraldo
Sanchez
María Conchita Alonso
Silver Chavez
Crew
Abel Ferrara
Director
Johanna Ray
Casting Director
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Editor
Johanna Ray
Casting
Kathryn Doby
Choreographer
Charles Newirth
Unit Manager
Harlan Cary Poe
Choreographer
Peter Manoogian
First Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
30 reviews
Streckopazius
7.0★ · 02/08/26
Ruby was a girl's girl
Ruby was a girl's girl
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Isaac Howson
5.0★ · 04/11/26
Nicky Parenzo was drafted third overall in the 1971 MLB draft by the Expos, wtf?!
Nicky Parenzo was drafted third overall in the 1971 MLB draft by the Expos, wtf?!
Somto Umelo
5.0★ · 12/28/25
A significant amount of this film was just naked women dancing and boring procedural stuff…
A significant amount of this film was just naked women dancing and boring procedural stuff…
Alfred HitchTOK
8.0★ · 12/22/25
Fear City is a superior slice of sex, sleaze and serial slayings soundtracked to a visual beat of the best of 80s Noo Yawk with its glorious time square locales of bright lights hawking TDK cassettes tales, Evita broadway tickets and other less savoury but not doubt infinitely more fun consumer options. This is the world of Ti West’s MaXXXine as it actually happened.
Tom Berenger is pro-pugilist turned proto-pimp supplying a circuit of exotic dancers to eager promoters up and down the square. The main attraction is Melanie Griffith, a sultry seductress with a taste for nose candy and an eye wandering between Berenger and fellow dancer Rae Dawn Chong. But business is about to take a sharp decline, as martial artist dude bro John Foster begins to target girls with his bladed weapon skills, leaving Police Detective Billy Dee Williams frustrated with the lack of co-operation from the intended victim cohort.
This is much slicker and glossier than Abe’s early efforts but is able to retain the authentic feel of grime he so successfully captured with The Driller Killer and Ms 45, and while it has a Nicholas St John script it is thankfully far from the pretentious navel gazing that would colour the pairs later collaborative work. It’s a D grade thriller (the kind that I love) that rises above with considerable acting chops and direction.
Shout-out to the Chevy Chase Distribution company for releasing this?
Tom Berenger is pro-pugilist turned proto-pimp supplying a circuit of exotic dancers to eager promoters up and down the square. The main attraction is Melanie Griffith, a sultry seductress with a taste for nose candy and an eye wandering between Berenger and fellow dancer Rae Dawn Chong. But business is about to take a sharp decline, as martial artist dude bro John Foster begins to target girls with his bladed weapon skills, leaving Police Detective Billy Dee Williams frustrated with the lack of co-operation from the intended victim cohort.
This is much slicker and glossier than Abe’s early efforts but is able to retain the authentic feel of grime he so successfully captured with The Driller Killer and Ms 45, and while it has a Nicholas St John script it is thankfully far from the pretentious navel gazing that would colour the pairs later collaborative work. It’s a D grade thriller (the kind that I love) that rises above with considerable acting chops and direction.
Shout-out to the Chevy Chase Distribution company for releasing this?
Fear City is a superior slice of sex, sleaze and serial slayings soundtracked to a visual beat of the best of 80s Noo Yawk with its glorious time square locales of bright lights hawking TDK cassettes tales, Evita broadway tickets and other less savoury but not doubt infinitely more fun consumer options. This is the world of Ti West’s MaXXXine as it actually happened.
Tom Berenger is pro-pugilist turned proto-pimp supplying a circuit of exotic dancers to eager promoters up and down the square. The main attraction is Melanie Griffith, a sultry seductress with a taste for nose candy and an eye wandering between Berenger and fellow dancer Rae Dawn Chong. But business is about to take a sharp decline, as martial artist dude bro John Foster begins to target girls with his bladed weapon skills, leaving Police Detective Billy Dee Williams frustrated with the lack of co-operation from the intended victim cohort.
This is much slicker and glossier than Abe’s early efforts but is able to retain the authentic feel of grime he so successfully captured with The Driller Killer and Ms 45, and while it has a Nicholas St John script it is thankfully far from the pretentious navel gazing that would colour the pairs later collaborative work. It’s a D grade thriller (the kind that I love) that rises above with considerable acting chops and direction.
Shout-out to the Chevy Chase Distribution company for releasing this?
Tom Berenger is pro-pugilist turned proto-pimp supplying a circuit of exotic dancers to eager promoters up and down the square. The main attraction is Melanie Griffith, a sultry seductress with a taste for nose candy and an eye wandering between Berenger and fellow dancer Rae Dawn Chong. But business is about to take a sharp decline, as martial artist dude bro John Foster begins to target girls with his bladed weapon skills, leaving Police Detective Billy Dee Williams frustrated with the lack of co-operation from the intended victim cohort.
This is much slicker and glossier than Abe’s early efforts but is able to retain the authentic feel of grime he so successfully captured with The Driller Killer and Ms 45, and while it has a Nicholas St John script it is thankfully far from the pretentious navel gazing that would colour the pairs later collaborative work. It’s a D grade thriller (the kind that I love) that rises above with considerable acting chops and direction.
Shout-out to the Chevy Chase Distribution company for releasing this?
Mostly Aidan
10.0★ · 10/17/25
Recently picked up the Scream Factory Blu Ray of this film since I saw there was so few left in stock, and boy am I glad to have made that decision. Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, and Melanie Griffith star in this thriller about a head of a stripper agency attempting to catch the serial killer that's responsible for killing his strippers. It was a fantastic film directed by Abel Ferrara, that captured the neon sleaze of 1980's New York.
Recently picked up the Scream Factory Blu Ray of this film since I saw there was so few left in stock, and boy am I glad to have made that decision. Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, and Melanie Griffith star in this thriller about a head of a stripper agency attempting to catch the serial killer that's responsible for killing his strippers. It was a fantastic film directed by Abel Ferrara, that captured the neon sleaze of 1980's New York.