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The Exterminator

Play trailer Poster for The Exterminator R,  1980,  1h 41m,  Action Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 42% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 39% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
42% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 39% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A New York police detective (Christopher George) follows a vigilante's (Robert Ginty) gory trail of justice.

Critics Reviews

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Gary Arnold Washington Post May 10, 2017
Glickenhaus has enough skill to generate intense kinetic excitement out of trumped-up pretexts. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 31, 2011
0/4
The Exterminator is a sick example of the almost unbelievable descent into gruesome savagery in American movies. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Jul 6, 2010
An action film with little action. Contrived script instead opts for grotesque violence in a series of glum, distasteful scenes. Go to Full Review
Larry Vitacco Philadelphia Gay News May 27, 2020
1/4
How people can conceive of such trash, let alone commit it to film, is beyond the imagination, but movies like The Exterminator deserve to be visited by the Terminix Man. Go to Full Review
Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus Apr 1, 2020
...this is a film that really explores the helplessness of those who were damaged by the war and never given a chance to heal. Go to Full Review
Michelle Kisner The Movie Sleuth Nov 7, 2018
Ginty puts in an interesting performance because he's very low-key and soft spoken yet he executes thugs in cold blood and with glee. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Harry S Mar 2, 2018 sorry folks but this movie belongs in the toilet
Draco G Aug 12, 2017 Solid revenge exploitation. It's really rather gruesome. A lot more than I expected from the genre.
Han P Jun 1, 2017 So whitexploitation IS a thing. It starts out as a quite a ridiculous and clumsy vigilante b-movie in the standard bad taste and frankly doesn't really improve until the final phase of the film. The ending is good but doesn't save the circus. See more
Harry P Feb 3, 2012 Poorly shot, poorly acted and poorly plotted cash in on Death Wish.
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Cast & Crew

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James Glickenhaus

Director

Christopher George

Detective James Dalton

Robert Ginty

John Eastland

Samantha Eggar

Dr. Megan Stewart

Steve James

Michael Jefferson

Tony Di Benedetto

Chicken Pimp

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The Exterminator

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Movie Info

Synopsis A New York police detective (Christopher George) follows a vigilante's (Robert Ginty) gory trail of justice.
Director
James Glickenhaus
Producer
Mark Buntzman, J. Boyce Harman Jr.
Screenwriter
James Glickenhaus
Distributor
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production Co
Interstar
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 10, 1980, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 8, 2014
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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