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Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Horror | 85 minutes
2,97 34 votes

Genre: Horror / Thriller

Duration: 85 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Peter Sasdy

Stars: Eric Porter, Angharad Rees and Jane Merrow

IMDb score: 6,2 (3.331)

Releasedate: 17 October 1971

Hands of the Ripper plot

"The hands of Jack the Ripper live again..."

The young daughter of the former Jack the Ripper witnesses the murder of her mother by her father. Fifteen years later, she still suffers from this traumatic event and commits murders in moments of trance. Psychiatrist John Pritchard is convinced he can cure her and decides to help her.

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Noodless

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Perhaps a far-fetched story about the daughter of The Ripper, but the story knows how to entertain you thanks to the setting, the decor, the kills and the atmosphere. The kills are still quite bloody for its time. Good acting by the way, especially Angharad Rees as Anna and Eric Porter as psychiatrist Pritchard who cares for her. 6/10

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Collins

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At the end of the 60s, the hard times began for Hammer Films. The public showed little interest in classic horror. They had had enough of old castles, artificial mists and rubber monsters. Therefore, Hammer Films tried other creative ideas. Without much success. Even with films like Hands of the Ripper, the success did not return and at the end of the 70s the movie curtain fell for Hammer.

The storyline of Hands of the Ripper sounds interesting in itself. The execution is not. Now Hammer is not known for its original storylines. Hammer represents a film style. A concept in which a story is housed. With directors like Terence Fisher and Freddie Francis and the input of the big stars from the stable, that concept worked excellently.

In Hands of the Ripper, that doesn't work. Without skilled personnel, the typical style behind the story is not distinctive and barely noticeable, so that the emphasis is very much on the story. And that story is simply not well-developed, goes in ridiculous directions and never gets anywhere.

The film is a pale imitation of other Hammer productions. There is no sign of a break in style as announced in the battle for the audience. The direction is safe and does not allow itself any creative experiments. There is no sinister atmosphere. The few scenes that contain gore look very dated. I think they were even in 1971. A casual glance at a woman's nipple does not do much either. Competing giallo films went much further with gore and nudity at that time.

The pleasant atmosphere that so pervades the Hammer films of the 50s and 60s is hardly left in Hands of the Ripper. The film has no charm. The story is silly. The characters make no impression. The film lacks tension on every level.

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clubsport

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not blown away by this later hammer production, no tension is built up and there is no atmosphere that we know from previous productions here either.

The kills are cut too much and not enough is done with the basic story and plot to make it truly entertaining.

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