Skinner

Directed by Ivan Nagy

R

1993 88mHorror

5.241%4.4

A decent-looking lad called Dennis Skinner rents an apartment in a couple's house, Kerry and Geoff. At night he roams the streets with a goodie-bag filled with knives looking for victims to skin, constantly followed by the hobbling, wobbling junkie Heidi who was mutilated by him and is now looking for revenge. Dennis is attracted to Kerry and wants to show her the real him.

Cast of Skinner

Ted RaimiDennis Skinner
Traci LordsHeidi
Ricki LakeKerry Tate
David WarshofskyGeoff Tate
Richard SchiffEddie
Blaire BaronGloria
Roberta EatonSandy
Christina EngelhardtRachel
Dewayne WilliamsEarl
Time WintersNight watchman
Frederika KestenSuzanne
Sara Lee FrotonYoung woman
Ivan NagyDirector
Paul Hart-WildenWriter
Brad WymanProducer
Jeff PollonProducer
Nelson I. KorchakExecutive Producer
James H. RuttAssociate Producer
Dan SalesExecutive Producer
Mark BeychokExecutive Producer
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Skinner Ratings & Reviews

Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025
Ted Raimi is great as a drifter, Dennis Skinner, that stalks prostitutes, collecting skins and crafting a skinsuit. Also stars Ricki Lake as the innocent housewife who has rented a spare room to Skinner, and Traci Lords as one of his victims seeking out revenge. It’s not super compelling as a pseudo noir thriller, but it’s pretty fun just watching Raimi, Lake and Lords. There’s a few fun moments of Dennis skinning his victims. The wildest part of this film is looking into the director Ivan Nagy who was convicted of bookmaking and running a call-girl ring. He’s also famed for being a boyfriend of Heidi Fleiss. (Heidi also happens to be Traci Lords character name in this.) There’s a pretty big rabbit hole to go down here. I believe Nagy later went on to direct porn. Ultimately, I kind of liked the setup for this, but it didn’t really have much of a satisfying conclusion, even has some weird inconsistencies. For example, in the end there’s a scene where Heidi is looking for Skinner at Kerry’s (Lake) house but runs into Kerry’s husband. The two of them get into a scuffle and she goes after him with a syringe and ends up tossing him down the stairs. The next scene he’s driving her in his Mack truck to Skinner’s location and as soon they get there, she jabs him. I actually love stuff like that though.

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Skinner Trivia

Skinner was released on October 1, 1993.

Skinner was directed by Ivan Nagy.

Skinner has a runtime of 88 min.

Skinner was produced by Brad Wyman, Jeff Pollon.

The key characters in Skinner are Dennis Skinner (Ted Raimi), Heidi (Traci Lords), Kerry Tate (Ricki Lake).

Skinner is rated R.

Skinner is a Horror film.

Skinner has an audience rating of 4.1 out of 10.

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