The Exterminator

The Exterminator (1980) is a grimy New York vigilante thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Director James Glickenhaus drops you into the city's worst blocks, where street gangs rule and the law has checked out. Then one Vietnam vet decides to fight back.

John Eastland and Michael Jefferson survived the war together; Jefferson once pulled Eastland out of a death trap. So when a local crew leaves his friend broken on the pavement, Eastland breaks out his army training and starts cleaning the streets one body at a time. Robert Ginty plays him flat and cold — no swagger, just a quiet guy who stopped being afraid. Samantha Eggar and Christopher George circle the case as a doctor and a cop pulled into the bloodshed.

The movie rode the late-'70s vigilante wave that followed Taxi Driver and Death Wish, and it earned a cult following among fans of raw exploitation cinema. It's blunt, mean and unapologetic — built for viewers who want gritty street action from the era, not a polished modern action film. Stream The Exterminator (1980) online on iFILM.