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Oct 3, 1971 · In the film's prologue, young Anna, the infant daughter of the notorious Jack the Ripper, witnesses her mother's brutal murder at her father's hands. Years later, the lovely teenage Anna (Angharad Rees) is plagued by traumatic memories of the incident and repressed impulses in which love and death are inextricably linked.
Hands of the Ripper is an example of one of their “deviations from the norm” that Hammer got oh so right. Hands of the Ripper is based on the assumption that Jack the Ripper had a daughter, Anna. When Jack murdered her mother at a very tender age, she was placed in an orphanage.
May 5, 2014 · Subscribe to Hammer for all our latest releases and classic clips http://bit.ly/1k38x0AAn infant girl watches in horror as her father, the infamous "Jack the...
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Jun 18, 2024 · Streaming charts last updated: 5:14:48 p.m., 2024-06-18. Hands of the Ripper is 17929 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 19693 places since yesterday. In Canada, it is currently more popular than Chuka but less popular than The Fabulous World of Jules Verne.
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Trailer. As a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences. As a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother.
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For a Hammer Studios film from 1971, Hands of the Ripper is strikingly restrained in its engagement with sex and sexuality. While director Peter Sasdy's film features a number of sex workers on its periphery, and engages most enthusiastically with explicit violence and bloody wounds, Sasdy almost entirely avoids exploring in any real way the sexual desire that simmers under the film's surface, particularly when it comes to the attitude of his hero, Dr. John Pritchard (Eric Porter) toward ...
Synopsis. A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts ...
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