Hands of the Ripper (1971)

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Release Date: Oct 17, 1971 Wide

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Hammer's trademark gothic style permeates this suspenseful thriller, considered one of the acclaimed British studio's superior efforts, thanks largely to the directorial skills of Peter Sasdy. This marked his last feature-length collaboration with the studio until 1980, when he returned to direct installments of the Hammer House of Horror television series. In the film's prologue, young Anna, the infant daughter of the notorious Jack the Ripper, witnesses her mother's brutal murder at her

R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Peter Sasdy

In Theaters: Oct 17, 1971 Wide

On DVD: Sep 13, 1989

Cast

Eric Porter
Dr. John Pritchard
Angharad Rees
Anna
Jane Merrow
Laura
Keith Bell
Michael Pritchard
Derek Godfrey
Dysart
Dora Bryan
Mrs. Colding
Lynda Barron
Long Liz
Norman Bird
Police Inspector
Charles Lamb
Guard
Barry Lowe
Mr. Wilson
Elizabeth MacLennan
Mrs. Wilson
Margaret Rawlings
Mme. Bullard
Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Bryant
Ann Way
Seamstress
Molly Weir
Maid
Vicki Woolf
2nd Cell Whore
Katya Wyeth
1st Pub Whore
A.J. Brown
Rev. Anderson
Anne Clune
1st Cell Whore
Beulah Hughes
2nd Pub Whore
Philip Ryan
Police Officer
April Wilding
Catherine
Marjie Lawrence
Dolly
Tallulah Miller
Pub Whores
Peter Munt
Pleasants

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Made during Hammer's descent into gore (but before their tits and gore last gasp days), "Hands of the Ripper" is a stylish, atmospheric and particularly well acted little horror film. Unlike, say, "To the Devil a Daughter" it actually feels like a Hammer film. Whatever its minor flaws may be are more than redeemed by

April 22, 2010

Eduardo C

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Set in lushly Gothic Edwardian London of Hammer Universe, this story of Jack the Ripper�s murderous daughter features Angharad Rees as Anna, marvelously psychotic package of angelic purity and lethal dangerousness. She is adopted by grumpily kind psychiatrist (Eric Porter), but he can�t prevent the killing spree...

November 24, 2009