Hands of the Ripper

  • Horror
  • Thriller
10/17/1971
85
R

The hands of Jack the Ripper live again...

A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.

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  • Wuchak

    Beware: the daughter of Jack the Ripper is on the loose

    In 1906 London the troubled daughter of Jack the Ripper (Angharad Rees) is taken in by a sympathetic Freudian psychologist (Eric Porter) who wants to study her condition and fix her, but shes soon prowling the Whitechapel district. Jane Merrow, Keith Bell and Derek Godfrey are also on hand.

    Hands of the Ripper (1971) is Victorian horror from Hammer thats similar to their previous The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), but less psychologically fascinating or entertaining.

    Actually the doctors mental condition is more interesting than that of the girl hes studying: He pulls a "Vertigo" on her by giving her his late wife's room, providing Anna her clothes to wear and is obse...

    October 4, 2021

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