Hands of the Ripper 1971 123movies

Watch: Hands of the Ripper 1971 123movies, Full Movie Online – The infant daughter of Jack the Ripper is witness to the brutal murder of her mother by her father. Fifteen years later she is a troubled young woman who is seemingly possessed by the spirit of her father. While in a trance she continues his murderous killing spree but has no recollection of the events afterwards. A sympathetic psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. Soon, however, he regrets his decision..
Plot: 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 of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.
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A flickering light leads to the kiss of death.
Jack the Ripper’s young daughter Anna; witness the grisly murder that her father committed against her mother. Many years have past and she been adopted by an old lady who fakes being a medium with the help of the girl. But one night these traumatic memories of her mother’s death and her father kissing her cause to enter a trance because of a glittering light and she murders whoever decides to kiss her. A psychiatrist – Dr John Pritchard is an idealist that decides to take her in, as he believes he can discover and eventually cure the girl’s unstable condition.

Like father… daughter will follow. Well, the voices in her head made sure. After watching this – I couldn’t believe director Peter Sasdy went from this credible Hammer flick to the ridiculously monstrous “I Don’t Want to Born” that I watched only a fortnight ago. Um, “Hand of the Ripper” is quite a big step up. “Taste the blood of Dracula” is even better. This Hammer production takes on the Jack the Ripper legend with a quite different and cerebral angle. Amongst psychological edge — there’s even a slasher touch about it. But those looking for high camp might be slightly disappointed. The skillful direction by Sasdy conjures up some flair, outlandishly violent deaths and a hauntingly, harrowing conclusion. The workman like production injects a very detailed and quite realistic backdrop of the grimy period. The empowering, but professionally orchestrated score is hard to shake as it works around with the moods effectively. Acting from the cast was very solid even if they had somewhat stilted characters. Eric Porter gave a strong performance as the determined doctor who has his own personal agenda and the ravishing Angharad Rees is naturally good as (daddy’s little girl) Anna. Now onto the weakest points. The muddled story is fuelled by many ideas, but still it has some illogical aspects and certain reasoning’s that just don’t rub off. The script probably does ponder on with some unusual turns, being flooded with scientific jargon and unconvincing relationships that don’t really lead anywhere. For some the pacing could be quite slow and while; I didn’t find it spectacular and filled with such excitement, but there was enough going on to keep me watching.

Hammer’s latter day effort is a above-average and polished presentation that receives more ticks than crosses.

HANDS OF THE RIPPER (Peter Sasdy, 1971) ***
This is one of four Peter Sasdy films shown on local TV in the early 1980s when we still owned a black-and-white set and I was too young to be allowed to see them! Over the years, I managed to catch up with three of them: the film under review itself while in London in September 2002, TASTE THE BLOOD OF Dracula (1970) fairly recently on DivX and NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT (1972) just last week on DVD-R; the only one still eluding me is, reportedly, also the weakest of the bunch, I DON’T WANT TO BE BORN aka MONSTER (1975)…

This is arguably Sasdy’s best work for Hammer and I guess overall, too; similarly, Eric Porter’s excellent performance is very underrated and among the best given in the studio’s entire output. The film contains two very well-directed sequences: the slow build-up to the revelation of the first murder and the very last scene featuring the fatal leap off the balcony at the Whispering Corridors. The sleazy MP character (Derek Godfrey) and the opportunistic protector/medium (Dora Bryan) are two other well-rounded characterizations; on the other hand, those of Porter’s son and blind fiancée (a wasted Jane Merrow) are bland and one-dimensional. In spite of its importance in establishing the girl’s true identity, the doctor’s second visit to a medium could perhaps have been altered to a different profession so that it does not seem reminiscent of the opening séance. Curiously enough, Hammer visited similar Jack The Ripper territory that same year in Roy Ward Baker’s DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE; besides, while the murder of the proverbial kind-hearted whore is again well-staged, the generally clichéd portrayal of them borders on caricature.

The Network SE DVD features an Audio Commentary (which I’ve yet to listen to) and an episode of the 1970s THRILLER TV series featuring HANDS OF THE RIPPER’s co-star Angharad Rees whose good and innocent looks are effectively deployed in the blank stare of the entranced protagonist.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 25 min (85 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror
Director Peter Sasdy
Writer Lewis Davidson, Edward Spencer Shew
Actors Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound Recording) (uncredited)
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras and Lenses (uncredited)
Laboratory Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK (processed by) (as Rank Film Laboratories)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm