De problemen van de schilder Reno Miller groeien over het hoofd: geld, problemen met zijn dealer, pech in liefde en, de rockband, die vlak naast zijn appartement tot laat in de nacht hard speelt. Voor Reno wordt de stres zo sterk dat hij gek wordt. Om zijn woede te bedaren, sluipt hij 's nachts door de straten van New York en doodt de daklozen met een batterij boormachine.
Nee, helaas is The Driller Killer nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Abel Ferrara | Director |
| Sound | Joe Delia | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Arthur Weisberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | D.A. Metrov | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Ken Kelsch | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Bonnie Constant | Editor |
| Editing | Michael Constant | Editor |
| Editing | Orlando Gallini | Editor |
| Editing | Abel Ferrara | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Gooding | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Louis Mascolo | Assistant Director |
| Sound | John Paul McIntyre | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Richard Weigle | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Nicholas St. John | Screenplay |
| Production | Mary Kane | Production Manager |
| Crew | David E. Smith | Special Effects |
| Camera | John Coulakis | Grip |
| Camera | Dale Denning | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Dale Diamond | Grip |
| Camera | Sal Giarratano | Grip |
| Lighting | Ernie Jew | Gaffer |
| Camera | Doug Rowan | Grip |
| Camera | Kalman Schissel | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | David Sperling | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Wendy Stites | Grip |
| Camera | Sylvia Talkington | Grip |
| Camera | Louis Yansen | Grip |
| Sound | Joe Delia | Musician |
| Sound | Abel Ferrara | Songs |
| Sound | D.A. Metrov | Songs |
| Directing | Holly Yellen | Continuity |
| Directing | Holly Yellen | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Deborah Delia | Production Assistant |
