Jack the Ripper

  • Drama
  • Thriller
9/23/1976
92
R

Close your eyes and whisper his name...

A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.

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  • Wuchak

    Any back alley street is where we'll probably meet

    Helmed by Jess Franco and released in 1976, Jack the Ripper is a well-done interpretation of the serial killer of the Whitechapel district of London with Klaus Kinski in the title role. Keep in mind that the murderer was never identified or arrested and so every cinematic account that reveals the killers identity is a fabrication. This is Victorian horror in the manner of Hammers "Hands of the Ripper" (1971), which dealt with the hypothetical daughter of the Whitechapel slasher, as well as "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" (1960). The latter is the better of the two and this ones about on par with it.

    I realize that "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" dealt with the fictitious Mr. Hyde, b...

    September 7, 2023

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