- Year
- 1980
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Director
- James Glickenhaus
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- known (26/100)
The Exterminator
A flamethrower and a meat grinder. Death Wish with the restraint removed.
Death Wish with the restraint stripped out. A Vietnam vet whose friend is crippled by a gang goes to war on New York's criminals with a flamethrower and an industrial meat grinder, and the film is squarely interested in the punishment rather than any moral around it.
It is grimy, mean and effective, riding the wave of post-Death Wish revenge pictures with more gore than most. The tone is pure tabloid, and the city has never looked more like a sewer.
Blunt, brutal, and exactly what it says on the tin.
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