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Old 11-24-2010, 09:31 PM
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Best "Ripper" films?

I'm an amateur "ripperologist" -- student of the history of Jack the Ripper -- and would like to find the best films on that subject. They don't have to be necessarily historically accurate, just entertaining.

Thus far, the Hughes' brothers "From Hell" is the best I've seen, nicely frightening, with the actual Ripper murder scenes reproduced as accurately as possible. Good acting, good production values, etc. make it the best Ripper film I've seen.

The worst was this movie about the London Bridge having been relocated to Lake Havasu City in Arizona, and the Ripper's spirit or ghost or whatever was also transported and he's rampaging the town there. It's been on cable twice and I was unable to watch the movie all the way.

Of course the funniest is the scene from "Amazon Women on the Moon" where we learn that Jack the Ripper was actually the Loch Ness monster!

What Ripper films would you recommend, and which have been awful?
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Old 11-24-2010, 11:07 PM
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Old 11-25-2010, 01:30 AM
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Good call on Time after Time...

I'm a big Sherlock Holmes fan - so i like A study in Terror and Murder by Decree.

Other films:

Edge of Sanity (a personal fave of mine)

Hands of the Ripper

The Lodger (he was also the killer in Pandora's Box)

There was an episode of The Veil too..
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Old 11-25-2010, 01:49 AM
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I believe there was a Tom Savini version of the Ripper in the 80s. Haven't seen it yet, so no idea how that one is.
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Old 11-25-2010, 04:53 AM
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I liked Jack the Ripper with Michael Caine, it was made for tv, great movie thought.
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Old 11-25-2010, 01:55 PM
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I believe there was a Tom Savini version of the Ripper in the 80s. Haven't seen it yet, so no idea how that one is.
Yep there is. Haven't tracked it down to watch myself yet. In fact I totally forgot about it till you mentioned it.
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Old 11-26-2010, 08:18 AM
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I believe there was a Tom Savini version of the Ripper in the 80s. Haven't seen it yet, so no idea how that one is.

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Old 11-26-2010, 03:16 PM
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For a couple Holmes/Ripper movies try these:

"Murder By Decree"
"A Study In Terror"
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Old 11-26-2010, 03:35 PM
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I liked Jack the Ripper with Michael Caine, it was made for tv, great movie thought.
This is the first thing that came to my mind when I clicked on this thread, I seem to remember it being pretty good too.
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