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.
9 April 1897, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
21 January 1932, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
26 August 1941, London, England, UK
5 June 1906, Osaka, Japan
3 June 1924, London, England, UK
1942, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
16 July 1944, Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
7 February 1923, Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
1925, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
20 November 1900, London, England, UK
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 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.
June 20, 2014
An overrated glossy Hammer gothic horror tale.
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.
October 19, 2016
Part of the fascination lies in the variations on the familiar typology.
