Fear City

"No showgirl is safe on the streets of... Fear City."

Jul 18 1984 R 1h 35m
Crime, Drama, Mystery

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.

Plot

In New York City, a psycho killer is stalking and randomly slashing and killing strippers working in various nightclubs. Matt Rossi is a former boxer trying to escape his past whom is currently employed at a talent agency which caters exotic dancers to the mafia-controlled strip clubs all over Manhattan. Matt and his business partner, Nicky, are relentlessly dogged by Al Wheeler, a persistent police detective on the case of the murdered strippers, and hoping to find something to nail both Matt and Nicky on. Matt is trying to reconcile with his former flame, Loretta, whom also works as a dancer and has a off-again, on-again drug problem. With the police constantly hounding them, and under pressure from his mob boss and other bosses to do something, Matt must somehow face his inner demons to find the killer before he strikes again.

Written by

Nicholas St. John

Directed by

Abel Ferrara

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Rebecca Productions, Castle Hill Productions, 20th Century Fox, Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
4,799
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA