Jack the Ripper films
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Doing some coursework on Jack the Ripper and need to study an audio-visual document so could anyone give me a list of Jack the Ripper films or TV series. I need to study the trailers.
I've got From Hell and Jack the Ripper (1988) so far.
I've got From Hell and Jack the Ripper (1988) so far.
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Murder by Decree
The Lodger
Time After Time
Jack's Back
EDIT: Thanks ironjade, much appreciated, i'll check out The Lodger!
Just Googled it, Edge of Sanity I think, thanks
Bridge Across Time (TV Film)
I used to love that series, Darren mcGavin was great
"Murder by Decree" shows huge close-ups of the ripper's (very) bloodshot eyes prior to murders.
Not sure if that's what you remembered, but it scared me as a kid as well :eek:.
Some other references;
"Hands of the Ripper" by Hammer, is a film that I don't think anybody has mentioned yet, and features the Ripper's daughter!
"Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde" is another Hammer film, that shows the fictional doctor (and his female alter-ego!) as the murderer.
"The Mycroft Memoranda" is a fictional book by Ray Walsh, and is a very intriguing mash-up between Sherlock Holmes mythology and the identity of the Ripper.
One of my favourites is the skit in "Amazon Women on the Moon" that reveals the identity of Jack the Ripper as being none other than the Loch Ness Monster.
Edit and white chapel tv series, first series was a copy cat on it. 2009, really good
He also appeared in the original Star Trek.:eek:
An episode called "Wolf in the Fold" written by Robert Bloch, author of Psycho
Klaus Kinski also essayed the role in Jess Franco's version (same title) in 1976. Also entertaining, but as with many Franco films, for all the wrong reasons...
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0240549/?ref_=fn_ch_ch_2
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0217686/?ref_=fn_ch_ch_3
Just had to share it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ODBLO1IhQ
Also explored the Jekyll and Hyde concept, although I'll be damned if I know how the transformation was achieved on a live stage. Derren Brown style leading and persuasion I suppose.
Yes I remember that, one of the first TV shows that treated the subject seriously.
One of the first Cold Case shows.
I wonder if it's availible on DVD.
The other main problem with using documentaries for research is they do tend to use "artistic licence" to flesh things up saying a conversation, meeting took place, or even sometimes what a victim was thinking or feeling.
Is there a film or TV series that tells the whole story as it was (or as it's known rather) with the victims/investigation etc?
based on that, i must say i found "from hell " fascianting, and also the michael caine version referred to.