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Hands of the Ripper
The daughter of Jack the Ripper, an infamous serial killer, witnessed her father kill her mother when she was a child. Now, the young girl is ostensibly controlled by the spirit of her late father and unconsciously embarks on an indiscriminate killing spree.
16 March 1938, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
17 March 1910, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
20 November 1900, London, England, UK
4 January 1941, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
1 January 1948, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
1942, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
3 June 1924, London, England, UK
August 10, 2013
What's actually here is a fascinating psychological chiller that's artfully made on a low budget, trusting the power of performance to carry a heavy workload of exposition and suspense.
October 19, 2016
Part of the fascination lies in the variations on the familiar typology.
October 24, 2013
Anna's savage acts of violence are provoked by a flash of light and a kiss: Symbols of the most desirable of gifts -- enlightenment and affection -- that here become triggers for perversion.
August 24, 2013
This latter-day offering from Hammer Films ratchets up the gore, but thankfully not at the expense of an engrossing tale that embeds its psychological context in a series of effective set-pieces.
June 20, 2014
An overrated glossy Hammer gothic horror tale.
